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Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.

Living in South Africa and periodically coming back to Kenya, my relationship with officialdom in Kenya was just insane.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

I want to be fighting for a society accountable towards its citizens.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'

I am quite excited that Moi is leaving. Kenyans have changed. We have a free press, and it is no longer a situation of 'follow in my footsteps.'

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

I knew I didn't want to come out in the 'New Yorker'; it just felt wrong. It needed an African conversation.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: People reach an age ... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.

People reach an age ... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether it's with Africa or childhood.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I love playing with words and texture.

I love playing with words and texture.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: Every one, we, we homosexuals, are people, and we need our oxygen to breathe.

Every one, we, we homosexuals, are people, and we need our oxygen to breathe.

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'

I'm not even sure I want to use the term 'coming out.'

Binyavanga Wainaina quotes: All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.

All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.