"I want Aids to be finished. I am tired and my friends are tired. We want our lives back. We want to live again, whole, whole lives."
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About Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, journalist, and LGBTQ rights activist. He gained international acclaim for his satirical essay 'How to Write About Africa' and won the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2002. Wainaina founded the literary magazine Kwani? and was a vocal advocate for African literature and queer rights. He bravely came out as gay in a 2014 essay titled 'I am a homosexual, mum'. His writing often addressed themes of identity, politics, and culture in Africa.
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