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Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Being Bit Every Gangster Him Human Human Being

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I love playing with words and texture.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Love Playing Texture Words I Love

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Black Confidence Country Diversity Like Nigeria No Country Pride Talent World

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: African Come Conversation Felt Just Knew Needed New New Yorker Out Want Wrong Yorker

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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

Topics: African Book Cover Never Nobel Nobel Prize Picture Prize Unless Won Your

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In kindergarten, we had this Irish Catholic headmistress called Sister Leonie, and I remember she would tell us, say, to put the crayons in the box. I remember thinking, 'Why is everyone finding this so easy? Why should the crayons be in the box?'

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Box Catholic Crayons Easy Everyone Finding Had Irish Kindergarten Put Remember Say She Should Sister Tell Thinking Us Why Would I Remember

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It's like I was always not quite sure even how to move in space somehow; I would watch people and then copy them. I found it really hard to walk straight. My brother was always on at me for walking off the pavement. I guess I always expected people to bring me back into line.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Always Back Bring Brother Copy Even Expected Found Guess Hard How Like Line Me Move Off Pavement People Quite Really Somehow Space Straight Sure Them Then Walk Walking Watch Would

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When I went to live in South Africa, I immediately began to understand what went wrong. Because here was a place supposed to be under apartheid - I arrived there in 1991 - but here a black person had more say and had more influence over his white government than an average Kenyan had over the Moi government.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Apartheid Arrived Average Because Began Black Government Had Here His Immediately Influence Live More Over Person Place Say South South Africa Supposed Than Understand White Wrong

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Africa Back Coming Insane Just Kenya Living Relationship South South Africa

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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

Topics: Am Changed Excited Follow Footsteps Free Free Press Leaving Longer Press Quite Situation I Am

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Biography

Nationality: Kenyan

Type: Author

Born: January 18th, 1971

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