What is astonishing is that globalised technology, like Whatsapp and Viber, really gives a lot of leeway to negotiating spaces and to keeping one's identity. So people are able to be more receptive as a gay community to be part of an environment that is going to challenge the law.

The time we are living in is the greatest opportunity to be queer, and it is almost the most dangerous time because everything is up for grabs.

I'm an African. I was brought up here; my home is here. Being an Afropolitan, I am here to stay.

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated.