FILE PHOTO: Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, who challenged stereotypes of Africa with biting satire and took on prejudice by documenting his life as an openly gay man, is seen at his an event in ...

Binyavanga Wainaina, the deeply influential Kenyan writer credited with founding the literary magazine and collective Kwani? and advancing the fight for LGBTQ rights in Africa, has died at the age of ...

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Two weeks ago, when I heard, in Lagos, that Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan had signed an anti-gay bill into law, a Nigerian friend archly commented, “I don’t know why people are surprised.” She ...

Reporting from NAIROBI, Kenya — One of Africa’s best known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died following an illness. He was 48. The Kenyan author, who lifted the profile of ...

One of Africa's best-known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died at age 48, a colleague and friend said Wednesday. The Kenyan author died Tuesday night in Nairobi after an ...

Binyavanga Wainaina, the acclaimed Kenyan author who inspired a generation of writers and became one of the most prominent Africans ever to publicly identify as gay, died on Tuesday in Nairobi. He was ...

Prize-winning Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina has died in Nairobi after a short illness at the age of 48. He won the Caine Prize for African writing in 2002 and was best known around the world for ...

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Rosemary Alakie Mboya died at Coptic Hospital in Nairobi on Thursday after a four-year battle with breast cancer. She was a thespian and at one point a director of the KBC. "Given the UK Government's ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — One of Africa’s best-known authors and gay rights activists, Binyavanga Wainaina, has died at age 48, a colleague and friend said Wednesday. The Kenyan author died Tuesday night in ...