Binyavanga Wainaina

Kenyan writer and journalist.
Died on Wednesday May 22nd 2019


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@EEsomnofu: RT @Catchoris: My tribute to the late, great Binyavanga Wainaina, who once warned me to never refer to him as "Sir": - 5 years ago

@abashese: RT @SMUG2004: Today we join the friends and family of Binyavanga Wainaina to celebrate his life. May he rest in power. - 5 years ago

@HartmutSchrewe: RT @SMUG2004: Today we join the friends and family of Binyavanga Wainaina to celebrate his life. May he rest in power. - 5 years ago

@SMUG2004: Today we join the friends and family of Binyavanga Wainaina to celebrate his life. May he rest in power. - 5 years ago

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@EnamDee: RT @Catchoris: My tribute to the late, great Binyavanga Wainaina, who once warned me to never refer to him as "Sir": - 5 years ago

@mleccha: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@kenyan_digest: Ode to literary gangster Binyavanga Wainaina - - 5 years ago

@cwkagume: RT @africasacountry: Africa is a Country Live Episode 3 — Special: The Life of Binyavanga Wainaina 1971-2019. - 5 years ago

@DaveMeres: RT @Catchoris: My tribute to the late, great Binyavanga Wainaina, who once warned me to never refer to him as "Sir": - 5 years ago

@Essy_Emilly: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@Catchoris: My tribute to the late, great Binyavanga Wainaina, who once warned me to never refer to him as "Sir":… - 5 years ago

@dkwere: RT @Sikilizaspeaks: An Ode to my Brother Binyavanga Wainaina #RIPBinyavanga #binyavangawainaina #rememberingbinyavanga - 5 years ago

@Sikilizaspeaks: An Ode to my Brother Binyavanga Wainaina #RIPBinyavanga #binyavangawainaina #rememberingbinyavanga… - 5 years ago

@kate0wallis: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@RadioFAfrica: Insiders Insight: Binyavanga Wainaina gone too soon - 5 years ago

@HSpeciosa: RT @PIETROSCARTEZZI: Tagliente, talvolta esagerato nei suoi ragionamenti, ma sicuramente ha sempre cercato di esternare un punto di vista m… - 5 years ago

@brittlepaper: RT @NathanSuhrSy: A beautiful piece by @Catchoris on idolising the late Binyavanga Wainaina: "when I remember ... my own gratitude that pro… - 5 years ago

@KitBaha: RT @KennedyOdede: I’m mourning the Internationally-renowned Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. #RIPBinyavanga - 5 years ago

@RogueAcademic_: RT @jamesmurua: In remembrance of Binyavanga Wainaina. - 5 years ago

@art_tea_rights: RT @achairukdpc: Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and gay rights activist, dies aged 48 - 5 years ago

@Gachara: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@mayameme: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@achairukdpc: Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and gay rights activist, dies aged 48 - 5 years ago

@erasnderitu: Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan author and gay rights activist, dies aged 48 - 5 years ago

@ValentineZikki: RT @jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank you for fr… - 5 years ago

@jimchuchu: Today we memorialize Binyavanga Wainaina: the bravest, wisest, most generous, most truthful man I ever met. Thank y… - 5 years ago

@Davieology: Discovering Home - Binyavanga Wainaina - 5 years ago

@PIETROSCARTEZZI: Tagliente, talvolta esagerato nei suoi ragionamenti, ma sicuramente ha sempre cercato di esternare un punto di vist… - 5 years ago

@Sonofmansalt: Rest on 'Binyavanga Wainaina'. You're indeed a man of many parts. Thanks for teaching me and making me a better wri… - 5 years ago

@zefanar: RT @LSEPfAL: "I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards it's citizens" - Binyavanga Wainaina #Kenya #Africa #WednesdayWisdom - 5 years ago

@BrentGregston: RT @africasacountry: The writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died at aged 48. Apart from "How to write about Africa" for @GrantaMag, the most co… - 5 years ago

@XtinaJordan: RT @AsiaLeeds: I use “How to Write About Africa” in my ADW class. It’s a masterful satire and helps students unlearn and question what they… - 5 years ago

@SardImperium: RT @ajplus: LGBTQ rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina, a high-profile Kenyan author who openly talked about being gay, died at age 48. http… - 5 years ago

@NathanSuhrSy: A beautiful piece by @Catchoris on idolising the late Binyavanga Wainaina: "when I remember ... my own gratitude th… - 5 years ago

@dwatchnews: RT @globalvoices: "There is only one Binyavanga Wainaina. He is an ancestor now. Let us celebrate his life." The world mourns the loss and… - 5 years ago

@shadyantics: RT @_fels1: When gay marriage is brought up, every Christian that smokes, drinks alcohol,lies, gambles, curses,and has premarital & extrama… - 5 years ago

@lynne_bias: He will be remembered by many for his great spirit, his bravery, his outspoken-ness. But most of all he needs to be… - 5 years ago

@devislaskar: RT @RainTaxiReview: “A literary force of nature”: Ngugi wa Thiong’o (who spoke at Rain Taxi's book festival last year) and others pay tribu… - 5 years ago

@JayTiche: RT @kwanitrust: Friends, we are hosting a tribute #KwaniOpenMic tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, from 6:30 PM at the Kenya National Theater to reme… - 5 years ago

@grace_minlibe: Binyavanga Wainaina, How to Write About Africa: J'adore cette ironie 😂😂😂 - 5 years ago

@marieamash: RT @kwanitrust: Friends, we are hosting a tribute #KwaniOpenMic tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, from 6:30 PM at the Kenya National Theater to reme… - 5 years ago

@AfrStudiesLib: In Memoriam: Binyavanga Wainaina | Tributes from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, Aminatta Forna, Malaika Adero, and Others via… - 5 years ago

@theMagunga: RT @kwanitrust: Friends, we are hosting a tribute #KwaniOpenMic tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, from 6:30 PM at the Kenya National Theater to reme… - 5 years ago

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@Gallopie: RT @_fels1: When gay marriage is brought up, every Christian that smokes, drinks alcohol,lies, gambles, curses,and has premarital & extrama… - 5 years ago

@potentash: Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina: Here Is What You Need To Know About This Celebrated African Literary Giant - 5 years ago

@NarekuActually: RT @africasacountry: '... “A Japanese cow would be a middle-class Kenyan,” Wainaina once wrote commenting on the insanity of development fi… - 5 years ago

@Bloggs74: How to Write About Africa: RIP Binyavanga Wainaina - 5 years ago

@coboje: RT @jekjek19: Celebrating Binyavanga Wainaina’s queerness: Binyavanga's fashion sensibility (the caftans, the dresses, the hats, the dyed h… - 5 years ago

@Safahalhassan: "I love playing with words and texture" (Binyavanga Wainaina) Jan 1971 - May 2019 - 5 years ago

@plumandmustard: RT @jekjek19: Celebrating Binyavanga Wainaina’s queerness: Binyavanga's fashion sensibility (the caftans, the dresses, the hats, the dyed h… - 5 years ago

@celebrity_hush: Celebrity Travel: How to Write About Africa: RIP Binyavanga Wainaina - 5 years ago

@valfardsutskott: RT @africasacountry: '... “A Japanese cow would be a middle-class Kenyan,” Wainaina once wrote commenting on the insanity of development fi… - 5 years ago

@africasacountry: RT @jekjek19: Celebrating Binyavanga Wainaina’s queerness: Binyavanga's fashion sensibility (the caftans, the dresses, the hats, the dyed h… - 5 years ago

@HumanitarianWay: How to Write About Africa: RIP Binyavanga Wainaina - 5 years ago

@africasacountry: '... “A Japanese cow would be a middle-class Kenyan,” Wainaina once wrote commenting on the insanity of development… - 5 years ago

@Eclectic_GRITS: RT @NPR: In tribute to the late Kenyan writer, we've reprinted his brilliant, barbed essay: “Always end your book with Nelson Mandela sayin… - 5 years ago

@a_meevdh: “If there is a miracle in the idea of life it is this: that we are able to exist for a time, in defiance of chaos.”… - 5 years ago

@a_meevdh: A week ago Kenyan LGBTQ activist and author Binyavanga Wainaina passed away. Three days later Kenya upheld the depl… - 5 years ago

@alexkent: Nothing stands the test of time better than the words of @BinyavangaW - what a legend - 5 years ago

@salimcamerapix: RT @KalimRajab: My column out today: At first glance, a new documentary seems to conform to Binyavanga Wainaina’s worst stereotypes about A… - 5 years ago

@lewis_miano: RT @bikozulu: Billy Kahora on Binyavanga Wainaina's Groundbreaking Work - 5 years ago

@fionaodhiambo: RT @kwanitrust: Friends, we are hosting a tribute #KwaniOpenMic tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, from 6:30 PM at the Kenya National Theater to reme… - 5 years ago

@gishungwa: RT @kwanitrust: Friends, we are hosting a tribute #KwaniOpenMic tomorrow, Tuesday 28th, from 6:30 PM at the Kenya National Theater to reme… - 5 years ago

@GuillaumeCingal: Binyavanga Wainaina died one week ago. I mentioned this briefly, but now I'm asking y'all to spend 15 minutes watch… - 5 years ago

@Victor_oumah: RT @surambaya: My favorite by Binyavanga Wainaina was the 2005 masterpiece: How To Write About Africa 1/ "...words such as ‘Guerrillas’, ‘T… - 5 years ago

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