Quote of the day
My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
Binyavanga Wainaina

Born: January 18, 1971
Died: May 21, 2019 (aged 48)
Bio: Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina was 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."
Known for:
- How to Write about Africa (2006)
- Discovering Home (2003)
- Kwani? 1 (2003)
- Beyond the River Yei (2004)






