A review by mayajb02
How to Write about Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina

4.0

Read the "How to Write about Africa" essay for my History of Africa since 1796 class, loved it. I just finished my final exam for that class so I came back to this piece to reread it and see how my perceptions of Africa have changed after learning so much in the class. I still found the essay as fun and biting as I did when I first read it, and I actually realized some of my own ignorance that I had to unlearn, such as viewing Africa "as one country" as Wainaina puts it. Really liked this. I also heard that Wainaina is a very important author so I'll have to remember to check out some more of his stuff! Also need to read the other essays in this book since I've only read the one in the title.