Quotes by Binyavanga Wainaina

About Binyavanga Wainaina:

Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina is a Kenyan author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual TIME 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World."
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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 humanitari...

Binyavanga Wainaina

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.

Binyavanga Wainaina

Author Bio

  • NameBinyavanga Wainaina
  • DescriptionKenyan writer
  • BornJanuary 18, 1971
  • CountryKenya
  • ProfessionJournalist; Author
  • AwardsCaine Prize