"Binyavanga Wainaina was many things in his short, frenetic life: memoirist and roving essayist, trailblazing editor and publisher, agitator and activist. . . . Wainaina's language [is] barbed, playful, inventive . . . his omnivorous brilliance matched by ambition and vision on a continental scale."
–The New York Times (Editors' Choice) "It's beginning to seem like Binyavanga Wainaina's satirical essay 'How to Write About Africa' might be, after the Bible, the most read English-language text on the African continent. . . . This collection of his writing–the first to be published since he died–makes it difficult not to feel the scale of [his] loss. . . . A fierce literary talent . . . [Wainaina] shines a light on his continent without cliché."
–The Guardian "Brilliant . . . incisive . . . each [essay] showcasing Wainaina's sharp wit and penetrating analysis."
–Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Unflagging in his generosity, unflinching and direct in his criticism, [Wainaina] produced work in his short life that will have longer-lasting impact than those whose time here is twice as long."
–Ellah Wakatama Allfrey, OBE, chair of the Caine Prize for African Writing