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OverviewA trailblazing collection of writing on contemporary Africa from across Binyavanga Wainaina's extraordinary life - ranging from musings on politics and culture to deeply personal introspections Binyavanga Wainaina was a seminal author and activist, remembered as one of the greatest chroniclers of contemporary African life. After his death in 2019, this ground-breaking collection brings together his pioneering writing on the African continent for the first time. Featuring an introduction by his long-time friend Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A rule-breaker full of wry satire and piercing wisdom, this collection includes many of Binyavanga's most critically acclaimed pieces, including the viral satirical sensation 'How to Write About Africa'. Writing fearlessly across a range of topics - from politics to international aid, cultural heritage and redefining sexuality, this is a remarkable illustration of a writer at the height of his power. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Binyavanga WainainaPublisher: Penguin Books Ltd Imprint: Hamish Hamilton Ltd Dimensions: Width: 14.40cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 22.20cm Weight: 0.483kg ISBN: 9780241252505ISBN 10: 0241252504 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 29 September 2022 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsGlimmering, strobe-lit language . . . a complex, cosmopolitan African experience too rarely depicted in books -- Teju Cole, author of 'Open City', on 'One Day I Will Write About This Place' [A] standup-and-cheer coming-of-age memoir * New York Times Book Review on 'One Day I Will Write About This Place' * A fierce literary talent . . . [Binyavanga Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliche . . . an uncompromising commentator -- Nesrine Malik * Guardian * Hilarious, worldly, biting, flippant, and meaningful -- Achal Prabhala * Africa is a Country * Glimmering, strobe-lit language . . . a complex, cosmopolitan African experience too rarely depicted in books -- Teju Cole, author of Open City, on One Day I Will Write About This Place [A] standup-and-cheer coming-of-age memoir * New York Times Book Review on One Day I Will Write About This Place * [A] Kenyan writer and LGBT activist who made a revolutionary impact on literature from and about the African continent -- Margaret Busby * Guardian * Barbed, playful, inventive . . . African literature would never be the same * The New York Times * [An] award-winning Kenyan writer whose humorous, incisive books and essays explored themes of post-colonialism, gender and sexual identity . . . with wit and humour he took apart the paternalism of certain writers who talk of Africa as one country * Independent * An uncompromising commentator . . . [Binyavanga Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché -- Nesrine Malik * Guardian * [A] barrier-shattering presence in African literature * Washington Post * Unflagging in his generosity, unflinching and direct in his criticism, [Binyavanga] produced work in his short life that will have impact longer lasting than those whose time here is twice as long -- Ellah Wakatama Allfrey A trail-blazing Kenyan legend * Al Jazeera * Hilarious, worldly, biting, flippant, and meaningful -- Achal Prabhala * Africa is a Country * [A] Kenyan literary icon . . . [Binyavanga Wainaina's] work continues to challenge stereotypes and prejudices about Africa * The Stream * [Binyavanga Wainaina's] writing dances beyond the borders of language, lineage, genre, containment . . . [His] imagination hops, skips and jumps, in that space of infinite possibilities and worlds waiting to be made and unmade * Bubblegum Club * Everything that made Binyavanga so great was there on the page - his righteous passion, his biting wit, his eye for hypocrisy, his arch turn of phrase -- Matt Weiland Cutting and incisive, witty and confrontational, and deeply revealing -- Remy Ngamjie Wainaina's sharp wit and penetrating analysis . . . shows off his talent for withering satire * Publishers Weekly * Glimmering, strobe-lit language . . . a complex, cosmopolitan African experience too rarely depicted in books -- Teju Cole, author of Open City, on One Day I Will Write About This Place [A] standup-and-cheer coming-of-age memoir * New York Times Book Review on One Day I Will Write About This Place * Author Information"Binyavanga Wainaina (18 January 1971 - 21 May 2019) was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the ""Most Influential People in the World""." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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