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Book of the Week: Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place

Book of the Week: Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place: Episode 2

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One Day I Will Write about This Place

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Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Binyavanga Wainaina - One Day I Will Write About This Place, Episode 2

There is political upheaval, but what matters most to Wainaina is learning to read.

Wainaina is nine, Kenyatta is dead and Moi is president. There is political upheaval all over East Africa, but what fascinates him most is the power of words. Read by Freddy Macha.

By Binyavanga Wainaina.

Wainaina is nine and has learned to read. He devours a book a day and loves to play with words. And he observes that all around him East Africa is in turmoil. "Kings are in trouble from Presidents. Presidents are in trouble from Generals. Everybody is in trouble from communists." And as he tries to puzzle out the difference between tribe and nation, he decides that one day he will become a writer.

Read by Freddy Macha. Abridged by Jane Marshall 


Produced by Jane Marshall 
A Jane Marshall Production for BBC Radio 4.

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