On Standards and Representation
I don’t have anything specific to say about Binayvanga Wainaina, except that I think people ought to be reminded about him occasionally, so I’m pointing him out again. He a smart funny writer, and a useful antidote for people who see Africa as a sick patient. He also turned down the World Economic Forum’s “Global Youth Leader” award, which, as someone who dies a little every time I hear the worlds ‘global’ and ‘youth’ in the same sentence, I find hard not to love.
Last week he recorded a little response to his excelent How to Write About Africa, more musing than response, I think from the Texan University he teaches at, but I’m really not sure about that part. It isn’t hilarious but it is good. It is here.
