Binyavanga Wainaina author biography, plus links to books by Binyavanga Wainaina.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, activist, and journalist, and the 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. His debut book, the memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, was published in 2011. Time magazine included Wainaina in its list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2014. He died in 2019.

This biography was last updated on 06/06/2023.

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