‘How to Write About Africa: Collected Works’ Shows Binyavanga Wainaina’s Legacy

‘How to Write About Africa: Collected Works’ Shows Binyavanga Wainaina’s Legacy

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The author Binyavanga Wainaina left a slim oeuvre, but recent African writing — including by NoViolet Bulawayo, Okwiri Oduor, Eloghosa Osunde and others — has been richer in part thanks to his rallying call. Binyavanga Wainaina attacked insulting clichés in the essay, “How to Write About Africa,”…

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