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One Day I Will Write about This Place

A Memoir

One Day I Will Write about This Place( )
Author: Wainaina, Binyavanga
Narrated by: Jeremiah, Ivanno
ISBN:978-1-4640-4141-9
Publication Date:Aug 2012
Publisher:Recorded Books, Inc.
Book Format:Downloadable audio file
List Price:USD $92.00
Book Description:

Caine Prize winner Binyavanga Wainaina took the literary world by storm with his groundbreaking memoir One Day I Will Write About This Place, a New York Times Notable Book and a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year. From his middle-class Kenyan childhood to the writing prize that finally enabled him to write full-time, Wainaina offers a stunning portrayal of his family, tribe, and country-and of the shifting political scene that so influenced all of his experiences.

Author Biography
Wainaina, Binyavanga (Author)
Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina was born in Nakuru, Kenya on January 18, 1971. He was an author, publisher, journalist, and commentator. He won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2002 and went on to establish the literary magazine Kwani? In 2005, he published an essay entitled How to Write About Africa in the British literary journal Granta. His memoir, One Day I Will Write About This Place, was published in 2011. In 2014, he published an essay entitled I am a Homosexual, Mum. On World AIDS Day in 2016, he announced that he was H.I.V. positive. He died after a short illness on May 21, 2019 at the age of 48.

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