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Adriaan van Klinken

Africa has Lost One of It’s Finest Heroes of the Pen (Binyavanga Wainaina)

May 24, 2019

Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Kenya’s most famous writers, has passed away.

How to write an obituary for a person of such standing? The conventional way would be by starting with the key biographical facts.

Wainaina was born in 1971 …

Human Rights

Kenya’s 14-year Jail Term for its LGBT Community is Disgraceful and Insane

Adriaan van Klinken

February 26, 2019

The much-awaited court ruling on a petition seeking to decriminalize homosexuality in Kenya has been delayed for at least a further two months. The petition currently before the High Court argues that two sections of the Penal Code contravene …