Award-winning author and Gay rights activist Binyavanga Wainaina is dead.
The 48-year-old author reportedly died on Tuesday evening after suffering from a stroke. He first suffered a stroke in 2016.
In a shocking revelation the same year, Wainaina confessed that he was HIV positive. He did not, however, reveal the period he had been handling the disease.
“What I said (in a tweet) is true. I’m HIV positive and happy! That is all I can say,” he said.
The author won the prestigious Caine Prize for African Writing in 2002 and was in 2014 named by Time100 as one of the “Most Influential People in the World”.
In 2014, Wainaina also confessed that he was a Gay. His revelation sparked a heated debate within the media and literary world.
“I can be selfish. I masturbate a lot, and never allow myself to crack and grow my heart. I touch no men. I read books. I love my dad so much, my heart is learning to stretch. I am a homosexual.”
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