How to write about Africa : collected works
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New York : One World, [2023].
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Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780812989656, 0812989651
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x, 347 pages ; 25 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - New | 896 Wainaina | Available |
Morris County Library - Adult Nonfiction | 814.6 WAI | Available |
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Published
New York : One World, [2023].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780812989656, 0812989651
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"Binyavanga Wainaina was a pioneering voice in African literature, an award-winning memoirist and essayist, and a gatherer of literary communities. Before his tragic death in 2019 at the age of forty-seven, he won the Caine Prize for African Writing and was named one of Time's 100 Most Influential People. His wildly popular essay "How to Write About Africa," an incisive and unapologetic piece that exposed the harmfully racist ways Western media depicts Africa, with implicit bias and subjective clichés, changed the game for African writers and helped set the stage for a new generation of authors, from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to Yaa Gyasi. When Wainaina published a "lost chapter" of his 2011 memoir as an essay called "I Am a Homosexual, Mum," which imagines coming out to his mother, he became a voice for the queer, African community as well, adding a new layer to how African sexuality is perceived"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Wainaina, B., Adichie, C. N., & Prabhala, A. (2023). How to write about Africa: collected works (First edition.). One World.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wainaina, Binyavanga, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Achal, Prabhala. 2023. How to Write About Africa: Collected Works. One World.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Wainaina, Binyavanga, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Achal, Prabhala. How to Write About Africa: Collected Works One World, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Wainaina, Binyavanga,, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Achal Prabhala. How to Write About Africa: Collected Works First edition., One World, 2023.
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