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Tributes pour in for Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina

Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina during an interview in Nairobi, Kenya, on January 27, 2014. PHOTO | AFP

By  VALERIE KOGA

Tributes poured in following news of the death of celebrated writer Kenyan Binyavanga Wainaina.

He died on Tuesday night at the age of 48 years following a short illness, local Kenyan media report.

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