"Every human being has a bit of gangster…" — Binyavanga Wainaina

"Every human being has a bit of gangster in him."

— Binyavanga Wainaina

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16 Quotes by Binyavanga Wainaina

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International correspondents with their long dictaphones, and dirty jeans, and five hundred words before whiskey, are slouched over the red…
I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan…
It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake…
I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.
Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the…
Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated
I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African…
When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a…
Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.
I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

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