Conquering the Horse
One Day I Will Write About This Place is a memoir of upheaval and discovery—both personal and political. It’s a coming of age narrative about a young middle-class Kenyan man finding his way as a writer as well as the story of a post-colonial Kenya struggling toward independent nationhood. This memoir is a meditation on liminality, and the resulting change, which, for Binyavanga Wainaina, is often volatile, violent and messy. At times, it’s not even desirable, as one rigged Kenyan election leads to yet another and finally the infamous 2007 ethnic riots that ravaged Nairobi. Written in the present tense with a keen attention to detail, the narrative unfolds in a series of charged, impressionistic moments—both urgent and immediate. This is a book for people who love words; for those who love to linger in swirling, effervescent reveries. Continue reading "One Day I Will Write About This Place"…