Growing Up In Kenya
Binyavanga Wainaina. (Photo: nightscream/Wiki Commons)
Marco Werman speaks with Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina. The author’s stinging 2005 essay, “How to Write About Africa” earned him the Caine Prize. Now he’s written a memoir, “One Day I Will Write About This Place”, about growing up in Kenya and becoming a writer.
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