Chimamanda Adichie mourns renowned Kenyan author, Binyavanga Wainaina (photos)

NEWS

Chimamanda Adichie mourns renowned Kenyan author, Binyavanga Wainaina (photos)

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has shared never-before-seen photos she took with her friend Binyavanga Wainaina following the death of the renowned Kenyan author.

The Nigerian writer shared photos dating as far back as 15 years ago as she mourned Wainaina who died exactly on May 21, 2019.

 

Sharing the photos, she wrote a tribute which reads: 

Binyavanga Wainaina. (1971 – 2019)

So kind, so generous, so humorous, so brilliant, so brave, so talented, so knowledgeable, so wonderfully curious, so original.

I am struggling. To use the past tense. To stop crying.

My beloved ‘Canga.’ There is nobody else remotely like you. Nobody.

With you, I felt so known, so understood. And there is no gift, in a
friendship, more precious than this.

I love you. Always. Rest well.

Chimamanda

Below are more personal photos of the duo who were bosom friends.

SHARE THIS STORY

At Age 17, I Was Sexually Harassed By The Big Man In The Media - Chimamanda Adichie

​BREAKING NEWS

At Age 17, I Was Sexually Harassed By The Big Man In The Media - Chimamanda Adichie

Nigerian author, Chimamanda Adichie has revealed that she was molested at the age of 17.

The award winning author revealed this while speaking at the Stockholm Forum for Gender Equality.

She narrated how a ‘big man in the media’ slipped his hand under her clothes and then into her bra to squeeze her breasts when she was 17 years old’.

According to her, “I had written a book of poems and taken it to a big man in the media who I felt would support my quest to have it introduced to the public, but was dumbfounded when the man who had earlier praised me for writing the book did the unthinkable.

“He slipped his hand into my bra to squeeze my breasts. Then I was so shocked that I did nothing for seconds but then, I pushed his hand away, gently, nicely, because I didn’t want to offend him.

“Later that day, I broke out in a rash on my face, neck and chest, as though my body was recoiling, as though my body was saying what my lips had not said.”

Please Share This Post