Displaced selves in contemporary fiction, or the Art of Literary Activism

The impact of the above passage, taken from an essay written by Kenyan essayist Binyavanga Wainaina, is indisputable. As we read a deep anger rises from within Wainaina's otherwise insightful, patient and generous advice to would-be-writers. A satire on ongoing representations of Africa and of Africans, the essay appeared in a collection published by Granta Books in 2005 entitled The View from Africa.