39 Quotes by Binyavanga Wainaina

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation – you know the rest.

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated.

It is an aspect of Kenya I am always acutely aware of – and crave, because I don’t have it all. My third language, Gikuyu, is nearly non-existent; I can’t speak it. It is a phantom limb...

He has money. She will wear the mask he needs.

Always end your book with Nelson Mandela saying something about rainbows or renaissances. Because you care.

People reach an age... where somebody else's platform is no longer yours.

I'm extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

All people have dignity. There's nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.