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The Granta emails, or How to Write About Africa revisited—notes on catalysing a moment of literary reparations, by Nkiacha Atemnkeng

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022Nkiacha Atemnkeng1 Comment on The Granta emails, or How to Write About Africa revisited—notes on catalysing a moment of literary reparations, by Nkiacha Atemnkeng

I cannot count the number of times I’ve read the late Binyavanga Wainaina’s viral Granta essay, ‘How to write about…

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Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971–2019, RIP

May 22, 2019May 22, 2019Jennifer Malec11 Comments on Binyavanga Wainaina, 1971–2019, RIP

Kenyan author and activist Binyavanga Wainaina has died, at the age of forty-eight. Wainaina passed away at 10 pm on…

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‘How to write about everything’—Binyavanga Wainaina on the problems faced by African writers, and how to overcome them

August 7, 2017June 2, 2019Jennifer Malec2 Comments on ‘How to write about everything’—Binyavanga Wainaina on the problems faced by African writers, and how to overcome them

Binyavanga Wainaina spoke eloquently about his writing career and his life, and how the two are intertwined, at Wits University…

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