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Hon Binyavanga Wainaina is DEAD, was Uhuru advisor and gay rights activist

Hon Binyavanga Wainaina is DEAD, was Uhuru advisor and gay rights activist

May 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Renown Kenyan author and gay rights activist Binyavanga Wainana  has passed on

The author died on Tuesday May 21 at 10PM  after a stroke. The 47-year-old founder of literary magazine Kwani  was a vocal gay rights activists and was set to marry his boyfriend this year in South Africa.

Wainaina once served as President Uhuru advisor on matters culture during his first term in office 2013-2017

He was set to do a documentary on homosexuality and always asked Kenyans to speak on the issue.

He suffered stroke in 2016.

Subtle reminder that @BinyavangaW wrote the finest homage to Brenda Fassie in One Day I Will Write About This Place

— Wilfred Okiche (@drwill20) April 20, 2018

 

 

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