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Kenyan Author - Binyavanga Wainaina

Kenyan Author - Binyavanga Wainaina

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After publicly 'coming out', can Binyavanaga Wainaina change attitudes to homesexuality?

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In a host of African countries, homosexuality is a crime. From
Nigeria to Uganda, politicians seem to believe persecuting gays
is a vote-winning strategy. As part of the BBCs Freedom season,
Hardtalk speaks to Kenyan writer Binyavanaga Wainaina. He knew it
would be big news when he publically revealed his homosexuality
earlier this year. Sure enough he is now at the centre of a
debate about freedom, identity and culture that's raging across
the African continent. Is his stand changing minds?

(Photo: Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina during an interview
with the AFP on January 27, 2014. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty
Images)