A group of people have gathered together to honour Binyavanga Wainaina by putting together an archive of his work.

The Binyavanga Wainaina Archive contains all of the writer’s work, or the pieces that are available on the internet, together in one place, including essays, fiction and interviews from publications such as Kwani?, Chimurenga, Granta, The East African, The Guardian and Africa is a Country.

However, the group needs your help to locate some ‘lost’ essays:

We could use your help. Binyavanga Wainaina’s earliest published writing (late 1990s to early 2000s) was for several South African publications, including Y Magazine, Cape Times, and the Mail and Guardian. We are unable to locate these essays. He wrote several essays for the Sunday Times, South Africa, commissioned by Andrew Unsworth, which are unavailable on their online archive. He also regularly wrote for G21: The World’s Magazine, edited by the late Rod Amis; unfortunately, these essays have been unavailable ever since the site went down some years ago. (Only one piece, Black Mischief, is archived). If you have access to any of early pieces by Binyavanga Wainaina, please email Isaac Otidi Amuke.

Isaac Otidi Amuke is contactable on: isaacamuke@gmail.com.

Click on the link above to view the archive.

Categories Africa Fiction International Non-fiction

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