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Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

Binyavanga Wainaina

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Binyavanga Wainaina
Age: 48 †
Born: 1971
Born: January 18
Died: 2019
Died: May 21
Author
Journalist
Writer
Everywhere
Forward
Seen
Looking
Lagos
Young
Rwanda
People
Suburbs
Confident
London

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