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Binyavanga Wainaina
Kenyan writer and editor (1971–2019)
Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina (18 January 1971 – 21 May 2019) was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing.
In 2003, he was the founding editor of Kwani? literary magazine.
Binyavanga wainaina biography of michael
In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".[2]
Early life and education
Binyavanga Wainaina was born on 18 January 1971[3] in Nakuru in Rift Valley Province, Kenya.[4] He attended Moi Primary School in Nakuru, Mangu High School in Thika, and Lenana School in Nairobi.
He later studied commerce at the University of Transkei in South Africa, where he went to live in 1991.[4][5] He completed an MPhil in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia in 2010.[6]
His debut book, a memoir entitled One Day I Will Write About This Place, was published in 2011.
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