“International correspondents with their long dictaphones, and dirty jeans, and five hundred words before whiskey, are slouched over the red velvet chairs, in the VIP section in the front, looking for the Story: the Most Macheteing Deathest, Most Treasury Corruptest, Most Entrail-Eating Civil Warest, Most Crocodile-Grinning Dictatorest, MOst Heart-Wrenching and Genociding Pulitzerest, Most Black Big-Eyed Oxfam Child Starvingest, Most Wild African Savages Having AIDS-Ridden Sexest with Genetically Mutilatedest Girls...The Most Authentic Real Black Africanest story they can find.”
Quote by Binyavanga Wainaina
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Binyavanga Wainaina
Binyavanga Wainaina was a Kenyan author, journalist, and critic, recognized for his incisive wit and insightful commentary on African literature and culture. Born on January 18, 1971, he became a prominent figure in the discussion of African representation in global discourse. more