On Binyavanga Wainaina
<p>In the latest issue of the&nbsp;<em>LRB</em>, Jeremy Harding reviews&nbsp;<em>How to Write about Africa</em>, a posthumous collection of essays and stories by Binyavanga Wainaina, one of postcolonial Africa’s great anglophone satirists.&nbsp;Jeremy joins Tom to talk about Wainaina’s life and work, including the title essay and his ambivalent response to its popularity (‘I went viral,’ he later said, ‘I became spam’); his reporting from South Sudan; the ‘lost chapter’ from his memoir in which he imagines coming out to his parents; and his account of travelling to Senegal to interview the musician Youssou N'Dour, a piece that Harding describes as both ‘beautifully done’ and ‘extremely funny’.</p><br><p>Find further reading and external links on the episode page: <a href="https://lrb.me/wainainapod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lrb.me/wainainapod</a></p><br><p>Sponsored links:</p><p>Use the code ’LRB’ to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb</a></p><p>Find out more about&nbsp;ACE&nbsp;Cultural Tours:&nbsp;<a href="https://aceculturaltours.co.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://aceculturaltours.co.uk</a></p><p>See&nbsp;Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Opera House:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/hansel-and-gretel-details" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/hansel-and-gretel-details</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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In the latest issue of the LRB, Jeremy Harding reviews How to Write about Africa, a posthumous collection of essays and stories by Binyavanga Wainaina, one of postcolonial Africa’s great anglophone satirists. Jeremy joins Tom to talk about Wainaina’s life and work, including the title essay and his ambivalent response to its popularity (‘I went viral,’ he later said, ‘I became spam’); his reporting from South Sudan; the ‘lost chapter’ from his memoir in which he imagines coming out to his parents; and his account of travelling to Senegal to interview the musician Youssou N'Dour, a piece that Harding describes as both ‘beautifully done’ and ‘extremely funny’.
Find further reading and external links on the episode page: https://lrb.me/wainainapod
Sponsored links:
Use the code ’LRB’ to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrb
Find out more about ACE Cultural Tours: https://aceculturaltours.co.uk
See Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Opera House: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/hansel-and-gretel-details
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.