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Thursday, 2006 January 19, 10:35 — general

how to write about Africa

Binyavanga Wainaina in Granta

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. If you must include an African, make sure you get one in Masai or Zulu or Dogon dress.

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