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

There is no country in the world with the diversity, confidence and talent and black pride like Nigeria.

Every human being has a bit of gangster in him.

All people have dignity. Theres nobody who was born without a soul and a spirit.

I’m extremely optimistic about rapid transformation and change of things in Africa in general.

I believe in, and will to the best of my ability fight for, equal rights and freedom of opinion for everyone, regardless of colour, religion, nationality, orientation - you know the rest.

I like the idea of readers feeling a familiarity, whether its with Africa or childhood.

Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated

People reach an age... where somebody elses platform is no longer yours.

I love playing with words and texture.

I, Binyavanga Wainaina, quite honestly swear I have known I am a homosexual since I was five.

The world we live in might not be free from pain, but you have the ability to create for yourself a world free from struggle.

One who utters speech that isn't rough But instructive and truthfulSo that he offends no one, Him I call Brahmin.

Football is unconditional love.

It is not true that the heart wears out - but the body creates this illusion.

Effectiveness in teaching the Bible is purchased at the price of much study, some of it lonely, all of it tiring.

Bad roads and indifferent inns, ... the continual converse one is obliged to have with the vilest part of mankind - innkeepers, post-masters, and custom house officers.

I can count on one hand the number of people who wrote me a thank you letter after having an interview, and I gave almost all of them a job.

I have some friends, colleagues here at the Karolinska Institute and even in the United States and many other countries too, because we are working together as scientists.

Bad improvisers block action, often with a high degree of skill. Good improvisers develop action.

There is a book yearning to come out of me: about how we can build the new collaboration economy, and the role of 'openness' in our quest for efficient use of resources and as a driver of innovation.