Moi Primary School; Mangu High School; Lenana School; University of Transkei; University of East Anglia
Occupation(s)
Memoirist, short-story writer, editor
Known for
Founding editor of literary magaxine Kwani?
Notable work
"How to Write About Africa" (2005)
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir (2011)
Awards
2002 Caine Prize
Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina (18 January 1971 – 21 May 2019) was a Kenyan author, journalist and 2002 winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing. In 2003, he was the founding editor of Kwani? literary magazine. In April 2014, Time magazine included Wainaina in its annual Time 100 as one of the "Most Influential People in the World".[2]
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