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. Show more

Wainaina visits the industrial sprawl of Nairobi with his father, and learns manly things about cars. Read by Freddy Macha. Show more

The Kenyan government stops subsidising university education, so Wainaina and his sister enrol at Transkei University instead. Read by Freddy Macha. Show more

Having felt desperately homesick in South Africa, Wainaina finally returns home to Kenya and a memorable family reunion. Read by Freddy Macha. Show more

Prize-winning author Binyavanga Wainaina's impressionistic memoir of growing up in Kenya amongst a cacophony of sounds. Show more