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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Age Else Longer People Platform Reach Somebody Where Yours

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Am Five Homosexual Honestly Known Quite Since Swear I Am

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Accountable Citizens Fighting Society Towards Want

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: About Africa Change Extremely General Optimistic Rapid Things Transformation

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Coming Even Out Sure Term Use Want

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There's no point for me in being a writer and having all these blocked places where I feel I can't think freely and imagine freely. There just really is no point.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Being Blocked Feel Freely Having Imagine Just Me No Point Places Point Really Think Where Writer I Feel

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We are a mixed up people. We have mixed up ways of naming, too... When my father's brothers and sisters first went to colonial schools, they had to produce a surname. They also had to show they were good Christians by adopting a western name. They adopted my grandfather's name as surname. Wainaina.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Adopted Adopting Also Brothers Brothers And Sisters Christians Colonial Father First Good Grandfather Had Mixed Name Naming People Produce Schools Show Sisters Too Up Ways Were Western

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: All People Born Dignity Nobody People Soul Spirit Who Without

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I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Ability Believe Best Colour Equal Equal Rights Everyone Fight Freedom Know Nationality Opinion Orientation Regardless Religion Rest Rights Will You I Believe I Believe In

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

~Binyavanga Wainaina

Topics: Breathe Every Homosexuals Need Our Oxygen People

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Biography

Nationality: Kenyan

Type: Author

Born: January 18th, 1971

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