Kenyan Gay Author Binyavanga Wainaina Proposes To Nigerian Partner

The 2002 Caine Prize winner for African Writing, Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina, has proposed to his long-term Nigerian partner.

The award-winning author, who also said that he will marry his boyfriend early next year, is, however, silent on the identity of the said Nigerian.

The 47-year-old took to Twitter on Wednesday to say:

“I knelt down and asked my love for his hand in marriage two weeks ago. He said YES. We will be married in South Africa early next year. I am beside myself with excitement that he has agreed to spend the rest of his life with me.”

I knelt down and asked my love for his hand in marriage two weeks ago. He said YES. We will be married in South Africa early next year. I am beside myself with excitement that he has agreed to spend the rest of his life with me.

— Binyavanga Wainaina (@BinyavangaW) May 2, 2018

It is understood that Wainaina and his Nigerian boyfriend have been together for five years.

The wedding will take place in South Africa, a country that condones same-sex marriage.

I am sure we will have a party for Nigerians later next year.

— Binyavanga Wainaina (@BinyavangaW) May 2, 2018

Since declaring that he is homosexual, Binyavanga’s life has been marked by controversy.

“Nobody, nobody, ever in my life has heard this. I am a homosexual, mum,” Binyavanga wrote in a confession subtitled “A Lost Chapter”, in the book One Day I Will Write About This Place.

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