"I have learned that I, we, are a……" — Binyavanga Wainaina
"I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a day). This means that a Japanese cow would be a middle class Kenyan... a $9-a-day cow from Japan could very well head a humanitarian NGO in Kenya. Massages are very cheap in Nairobi, so the cow would be comfortable."
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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…
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It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake…
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I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.
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There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.
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Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the…
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Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated
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I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.
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Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African…
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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a…
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Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.
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I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.
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I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for…
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