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Rather than simply wondering if Africa’s narrative has changed, perhaps the real questions should be: how are narratives on and about Africa changing? (Joe Penney/Reuters)
ABDOU RAHIM LEMA

Many Africa ‘experts’ still don’t get the need for African voices and perspectives

Thirteen years after Binyavanga Wainaina’s satirical essay, many ‘experts’ on Africa continue to fail to comprehend the need for African voices

  • Abdou Rahim Lema
5 min read
From Binyavanga, Brian Kamanzi learnt the importance about different kinds of “writing” and that it always involved confronting yourself.
AUTHOR BINYAVANGA WAINAINA

​How to write about Binyavanga

Writing about Binyavanga, as is writing about Africa, is about what is left off the page

  • Brian Kamanzi
6 min read