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Wainaina, Binyavanga

LC control no.nr2004010499
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR9381.9.W25
Personal name headingWainaina, Binyavanga
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Variant(s)Wainaina, Kenneth Binyavanga
Associated countryKenya
Birth date1971-01-18
Death date2019-05-21
Place of birthNakuru (Kenya)
Place of deathNairobi (Kenya)
Profession or occupationAuthors
Found inWe the women-- for peace, c2003: t.p. verso (Binyavanga Wainaina) p. 5 (Kenyan writer)
New York times WWW site, viewed May 23, 2019 (in obituary published May 22: Binyavanga Wainaina; b. Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina, Jan. 18, 1971, Nakuru, Kenya; d. Tuesday [May 21, 2019], Nairobi, aged 48; acclaimed Kenyan author who inspired a generation of writers and became one of the most prominent Africans ever to publicly identify as gay)
Associated languageeng