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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Nobody: 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
why is HIV synonyms with gay
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by kamez(m): 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
see his face like Taboo

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Yankiss(m): 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
Binyavanga Wainaina is gone? He was a fellow writer at G21 The world magazine edited by Rod Amis. It's a sad loss but sadder is his orientation. He told at 31 how he was under pressure like everyone of his peerage to get married. Short of saying he was gay, he stated that he didn't really feel the need at then. Most of us understood that to mean he wasn't ready then. May his soul rest in peace, amen! cry cry

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by jimi4us: 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
sinaj:
Noticed that HIV is prevalent amongst gays

Yeah they fck through the anus, and maybe condom will always burst 100% of the time
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by BrownRoofRep: 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
Tbf those Gays are disgusting!

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Tonyspecial(m): 2:31pm On May 22, 2019
What A World Of Lust
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by backnbeta(f): 2:32pm On May 22, 2019
His Nigerian fiancee (?) try Sha...they can date anything once the thing can take them outside the country!
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Sigala: 2:32pm On May 22, 2019
Now who will marry the lonely fiancee abi fiance
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Champneys: 2:37pm On May 22, 2019
Sun Re O Wainaina
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by oochi123(f): 2:38pm On May 22, 2019
And it is finished! Go and explain to your creator.

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by sanpipita(m): 2:39pm On May 22, 2019
Comments here will make u think straights don't die from HIV too, some here commenting are probably HIV positive without knowing

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Chinashopping84: 2:39pm On May 22, 2019
Rip
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by fortunechy(m): 2:39pm On May 22, 2019
looking like a degraded animal.... Rest in perfect pieces
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Meskaofficial1(m): 2:40pm On May 22, 2019
hell fire straight.. but who am I to judge?
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by sammirano: 2:41pm On May 22, 2019
Homosexuality contradicts what is moral and socially acceptable not even minding the religious interpretation, it is wrong in its entirety. It is bull shit to try and understand why people that engage in it do so. It obviously has its mischevious origin.

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by JikanTaalolo: 2:42pm On May 22, 2019
THANK GOD FOR HIS DEATH. THIS MAN WILL REGRET EVER COMING TO THIS WORLD.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by rusher14: 2:43pm On May 22, 2019
May his soul rest in peace.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by wink2015(m): 2:45pm On May 22, 2019
goldcoinhub:
Binyavanga Wainaina is dead – The Prize-winning Kenyan writer died after a short illness at the age of 48.

His family represented by his brother James Wainaina, said his death is a great loss to the family and they would want to celebrate his life.

“We are in a life celebration mood, we’re looking at this from a human level; it’s a human story. Allow that humanness to shine, people are hurting,” he said.

He won the Caine Prize for African writing in 2002 and was best known around the world for his satirical essay How to Write About Africa.

Wainaina was also named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2014 for his gay rights activism.

He “demystified and humanized homosexuality” author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote at the time.

Wainaina was one of the first high-profile Kenyans to openly declare he was gay and “he felt an obligation to chip away at the shame” that people felt about being gay, Adichie added.

Homosexual relations are currently illegal in Kenya but the Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday whether to overturn the law banning them.

Wainaina had won the Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story Discovering Home in 2002. Following the passage of a series of anti-gay laws across Africa in 2014, Wainaina publicly announced that he was gay.

In December 2016, Wainaina posted on Twitter that he was HIV-positive.

In 2014, his personal life took centre stage when he told the world he had known he was gay since he was five, BBC reports.

A year later, he suffered a stroke. The next year, in 2016, he announced he was HIV-positive on World Aids Day. In 2018, against all odds, he said he would marry his boyfriend in South Africa.

Wainaina will not have his wedding. But he leaves behind an LGBT community in Kenya, many of whom were emboldened by his bravery.

https://lailasnews.com/binyavanga-wainaina-is-dead-hiv-gay-rights-activist-passes-on/

Binyavanga Wainaina Proposes To His Nigerian Gay Partner, Set To Wed - Pictures
https://www.nairaland.com/4485527/binyavanga-wainaina-proposes-nigerian-gay#67249951


Such a learned writer dying and loosing the struggle to HIV.

Wole Soyinka group of book writer.

The Wole Soyinka of East Africa.

Chimamanda Adichie of East Africa.

Rest in Peace.

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Brock1: 2:46pm On May 22, 2019
goldcoinhub:
Binyavanga Wainaina is dead – The Prize-winning Kenyan writer died after a short illness at the age of 48.

His family represented by his brother James Wainaina, said his death is a great loss to the family and they would want to celebrate his life.

“We are in a life celebration mood, we’re looking at this from a human level; it’s a human story. Allow that humanness to shine, people are hurting,” he said.

He won the Caine Prize for African writing in 2002 and was best known around the world for his satirical essay How to Write About Africa.

Wainaina was also named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2014 for his gay rights activism.

He “demystified and humanized homosexuality” author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie wrote at the time.

Wainaina was one of the first high-profile Kenyans to openly declare he was gay and “he felt an obligation to chip away at the shame” that people felt about being gay, Adichie added.

Homosexual relations are currently illegal in Kenya but the Supreme Court is due to rule on Friday whether to overturn the law banning them.

Wainaina had won the Caine Prize for African Writing for his short story Discovering Home in 2002. Following the passage of a series of anti-gay laws across Africa in 2014, Wainaina publicly announced that he was gay.

In December 2016, Wainaina posted on Twitter that he was HIV-positive.

In 2014, his personal life took centre stage when he told the world he had known he was gay since he was five, BBC reports.

A year later, he suffered a stroke. The next year, in 2016, he announced he was HIV-positive on World Aids Day. In 2018, against all odds, he said he would marry his boyfriend in South Africa.

Wainaina will not have his wedding. But he leaves behind an LGBT community in Kenya, many of whom were emboldened by his bravery.

https://lailasnews.com/binyavanga-wainaina-is-dead-hiv-gay-rights-activist-passes-on/

Binyavanga Wainaina Proposes To His Nigerian Gay Partner, Set To Wed - Pictures
https://www.nairaland.com/4485527/binyavanga-wainaina-proposes-nigerian-gay#67249951

Na Angel Gabriel ass dis idiot go dey target wen he reach heaven.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by olamakinde(m): 2:46pm On May 22, 2019
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FORGET ABOUT SPEAKING IGNORANTLY, AND SHOW ME STATISTICS.

HOW MANY GAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS?

IF THEY ARE 10 IN TOTAL, POSITIVE PEOPLE WITH HIV WILL BE NUMBERING IN MILLIONS.





IT DOESN'T MATTER MUMMY, EVEN YOU WILL DIE.



LOL, NOBODY CARES.
gay mofo on the loose

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by ajumobia(m): 2:48pm On May 22, 2019
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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Brock1: 2:52pm On May 22, 2019
MistarT:
Lord purify the earth, so many people living in sin and proud about it, people just hate holy living, Lord send down your Spirit upon all flesh please Abba Father!!!

I don't know why God doesn't want to do dat, I prayed alot for that to happen, but nothing changed, I got fed up, we are sinners, I don't know if God enjoys us been sinners.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by skyfather09(m): 2:52pm On May 22, 2019
You be gay, cum get HIV join.. Omo na DIE be that oh.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by imitor4us(m): 2:53pm On May 22, 2019
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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by ngadaAwo: 2:55pm On May 22, 2019
CAPSLOCKED:


FORGET ABOUT SPEAKING IGNORANTLY, AND SHOW ME STATISTICS.

HOW MANY GAY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS?

IF THEY ARE 10 IN TOTAL, POSITIVE PEOPLE WITH HIV WILL BE NUMBERING IN MILLIONS.





IT DOESN'T MATTER MUMMY, EVEN YOU WILL DIE.



LOL, NOBODY CARES.
gay spotted

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Brock1: 2:56pm On May 22, 2019
IT DOESN'T MATTER MUMMY, EVEN YOU WILL DIE.


grin grin grin All sinners and saints will eventually die.
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by JuanDeDios: 2:56pm On May 22, 2019
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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Mizwisdom(f): 2:57pm On May 22, 2019
He's still young
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Bellotelli: 2:58pm On May 22, 2019
SweetBuns:
Another idiot is gone.

I hate homosexuality
and people like you condone lesbianism shocked shocked shocked

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Nobody: 3:00pm On May 22, 2019
Wrote a good article...

How to write about Africa...

Your African characters may include naked warriors, loyal servants, diviners and seers, ancient wise men living in hermitic splendour. Or corrupt politicians, inept polygamous travel-guides, and prostitutes you have slept with. The Loyal Servant always behaves like a seven-year-old and needs a firm hand; he is scared of snakes, good with children, and always involving you in his complex domestic dramas. The Ancient Wise Man always comes from a noble tribe (not the money-grubbing tribes like the Gikuyu, the Igbo or the Shona). He has rheumy eyes and is close to the Earth. The Modern African is a fat man who steals and works in the visa office, refusing to give work permits to qualified Westerners who really care about Africa. He is an enemy of development, always using his government job to make it difficult for pragmatic and good-hearted expats to set up NGOs or Legal Conservation Areas. Or he is an Oxford-educated intellectual turned serial-killing politician in a Savile Row suit. He is a cannibal who likes Cristal champagne, and his mother is a rich witch-doctor who really runs the country.

Among your characters you must always include The Starving African, who wanders the refugee camp nearly naked, and waits for the benevolence of the West. Her children have flies on their eyelids and pot bellies, and her breasts are flat and empty. She must look utterly helpless. She can have no past, no history; such diversions ruin the dramatic moment. Moans are good. She must never say anything about herself in the dialogue except to speak of her (unspeakable) suffering. Also be sure to include a warm and motherly woman who has a rolling laugh and who is concerned for your well-being. Just call her Mama. Her children are all delinquent. These characters should buzz around your main hero, making him look good. Your hero can teach them, bathe them, feed them; he carries lots of babies and has seen Death. Your hero is you (if reportage), or a beautiful, tragic international celebrity/aristocrat who now cares for animals (if fiction).

Bad Western characters may include children of Tory cabinet ministers, Afrikaners, employees of the World Bank. When talking about exploitation by foreigners mention the Chinese and Indian traders. Blame the West for Africa’s situation. But do not be too specific.

How to write about Africa

Published in Granta.

Link here: https://granta.com/how-to-write-about-africa/
Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by tmakins1: 3:03pm On May 22, 2019
you call this man handsome ....u need to be checked


supportnija:
This handsome looking man is going where ,? Paradise or hell

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Re: Binyavanga Wainaina Is Dead! HIV Positive Gay Rights Activist And Author Dies by Mazulu: 3:06pm On May 22, 2019
sinaj:
Noticed that HIV is prevalent amongst gays

Anal sex--which most gay people practice-- is very unsafe and people who practice it are much more susceptible to infections and other complications than those who practice vaginal sex.

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