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

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated.

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London..

It is a pink and blue feeling, as sharp as clear sky; a slight breeze, and the edges of Lake Nakuru would rise like the ruffle at the edge of a skirt….

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, nationa….

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

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood..

Every human being has a bit of gangster in him..

I love playing with words and texture..

International correspondents with their long dictaphones, and dirty jeans, and five hundred words before whiskey, are slouched over the red velvet ch….

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

All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit..

I have learned that I, we, are a dollar-a-day people (which is terrible, they say, because a cow in Japan is worth $9 a day). This means that a Japan….

People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours..