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Binyavanga Wainaina
Kenyan writer (1971–2019).
Born January 18th, 1971 in Nakuru.
Died May 21st, 2019 at 48 years old in Nairobi (stroke). [ref]
Occupations
journalist, writer
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You’ll drift apart, it’s true, but you’ll be out in the open, part of everything alive again. Philip Pullman