![]() ![]() ![]() That’s where we all should start reading about Africa. And I hope your mind drifts back to his most famous piece of writing: the essay ‘How to Write About Africa’. That his beautiful face appears in your imagination, his hairdos, his way of talking. How to read about Africa? Well, I hope you immediately think of Binyavanga Wainaina. Guests will focus on two of his brilliant essays: ‘How to Write About Africa’, about the framing of ‘Africa’ in Western media, and ‘I Am a Homosexual, Mom.’Īs a kick-off for that meeting Dutch journalist Wim Bossema, who has been writing on ‘anything African’ since 1980, mainly for the Dutch daily de Volkskrant, shifts his focus from writing to reading. On Thursday 24th October, 2019, a celebration of his life and works will be held at Studio ZAM. ![]() On after suffering a stroke, Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina (48) passed away. ![]()
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