Binyavanga Wainaina is a femours story writter from Kenya, who was awarded Caine Prize’ in 2002 through is short story so called ‘How to Write in Africa.
Binyavanga was born in 1971 in Nakuru, situated in Nakuru province.Gets his education in various schools, included Nakuru Pirimary School, then attended Mangu High School in Thika and Lenana School, in Nairobi.
He is a founder editor of Kwani Magazine which deals writing literary stories,m and through his publishers he wrote so many shot stories inlubding, How to Write in Africa, Discovering Home, An Affair to Dismember, Beyond the River Yei,A letter from Nairobi and BBC News Articles.
He established Kwani Megazine in 2003 , he aimed to nurturing and developing kenya’s and Africa intellectual and creative resource through strategic literancy.
In 2002 Binyavanga Wainaina awarded the Caine Prize and to be recongniced for his effort payed to the African Writers, who always facing a hard time doing their activities with in the field of journalism.
Not only he was awarded the Caine Prize, but Binyavanga Wainana also prized another prize, this time prized within his country, in Kenya.It was in January 2007. He awarded prize toward World Economic forum as ‘Young Global Leader.
About Cane Prize
The Caine Prize is prize worth 10,000 dollar, awarded to the African writers wherever they are.It is awarded annually to the short story writers, which published their stories in English languange.
The Prize aimed encourage writers of Africa, founded in England in 2000. in memory of late Sir Michael Harris Caine, who was a former chairman of Book publishers.
With the Binyavanga Wainana to have the Caine Prize, others who wons since in 2000 with the year into the blackets are Leila Aboulela (2000),Helon Habila (2001),Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor (2003), Brian Chikwava 2004,S.A.Afolabi,Mary Watson 2006, Monica Arac de Nyeko (2007) and Henrietta Rose –Innes.
My short comment
Through his article,i realised that, Binyavanga Wainaina is so good writer,to be recongnised in case of writing features, short stories by expresing what African peoples facing alot of problems to their daily lives.
He gives me something to learn., maily about how to express and making point on the issue he raisen.
I obsereving that Africa as if one country. It is hot and dusty with rolling grasslands and huge herds of animals and tall, thin people who are starving. Or it is hot and steamy with very short people who eat primates. Don’t get bogged down with precise descriptions.
Through BinyavangaI believe that, the African continent have so many thing to write and discus about, through many contents which within our daily life day to day.
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