I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Childhood Feelings Ideas
I love playing with words and texture.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Love Playing Texture
People reach an age… where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Age People Platform
Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.
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Country People Young
I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation – you know the rest.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Believe Fighting Rights
Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated
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Country Dominated People Worshipped
I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Homosexual Honestly Swear
All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.
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People Soul Spirit
I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

Optimistic Rapids Transformation
A stretch of my body would surely stretch as far as the sky. The whole universe poised, and I am the agent of any movement.
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Movement Posed Stretch Universal

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