Binyavanga Wainaina

16 books

Discovering Home by Binyavanga Wainaina

Discovering Home

Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction memoir reflective medium-paced

225 pages | first published 2007

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing by Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing

Yvonne Vera, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Mia Couto, Doreen Baingana, Leila Aboulela, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Nawal El Saadawi, Ondjaki, Abdourahman A. Waberi, Aziz Chouaki, J.M. Coetzee, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Mohamed Magani, Marlene van Niekerk, Patrice Nganang, Helon Habila, Mohammed Naseehu Ali, Boubacar Boris Diop, Nuruddin Farah, Alain Mabanckou, Nadine Gordimer, Niq Mhlongo, Zakes Mda, Chinua Achebe, José Eduardo Agualusa, Rob Spillman, E.C. Osondu, Binyavanga Wainaina, Laila Lalami, Chris Abani

fiction short stories reflective sad medium-paced

344 pages | first published 2009

The Granta Book of the African Short Story by Helon Habila

The Granta Book of the African Short Story

Helon Habila with Mansoura Ez-Eldin, E.C. Osondu, Camara Laye, George Makana Clark, Doreen Baingana, Ungulani Ba Ka Khosa, Alaa Al Aswany, Patrice Nganang, Uwem Akpan, Fatou Diome, Ivan Vladislavić, Rachida el-Charni, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alex La Guma, Alain Mabanckou, Yvonne Vera, Dambudzo Marechera, Brian Chikwava, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Manuel Rui, Binyavanga Wainaina, Olufemi Terry, Leila Aboulela, Milly Jafta, Aminatta Forna, Laila Lalami, Henrietta Rose-Innes, Zoë Wicomb, Maaza Mengiste

fiction short stories adventurous reflective slow-paced

344 pages | first published 2011

How to Write about Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina

How to Write about Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction essays funny reflective medium-paced

52 pages | first published 2006

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir by Binyavanga Wainaina

One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir

Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

256 pages | first published 2011

Safe House: An Anthology of Creative Non-Fiction from Africa by Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Binyavanga Wainaina

Safe House: An Anthology of Creative Non-Fiction from Africa

Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction essays challenging reflective slow-paced

240 pages | first published 2016

Beyond the River Yei: Life in the Land Where Sleeping Is a Disease by Binyavanga Wainaina

Beyond the River Yei: Life in the Land Where Sleeping Is a Disease

Binyavanga Wainaina

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

97 pages | first published 2004

How to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina

How to Write About Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina with Achal Prabhala, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

fiction contemporary essays politics short stories

352 pages | first published 2008

Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison by Tahmima Anam, Ai Weiwei, Joe Dunthorne, Gillian Slovo, James Lingwood, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jeanette Winterson

Inside: Artists and Writers in Reading Prison

Tahmima Anam, Ai Weiwei, Joe Dunthorne, Gillian Slovo, James Lingwood, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jeanette Winterson

medium-paced

180 pages | first published 2017

Kwani? 01 by Kwani Trust, Binyavanga Wainaina

Kwani? 01

Kwani? Journal #1

Kwani Trust, Binyavanga Wainaina

poetry challenging reflective slow-paced

296 pages | first published 2003