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Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina, who died on Tuesday. "How To Write About Africa" is perhaps his most famous essay. "Whichever angle you take," he urged, tongue-in-cheek, "be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed."

Binyavanga Wainaina Tells Us 'How To Write About Africa'

The Kenyan writer died on Tuesday. Here is his famously sharp-edged essay.

Actor Benedict Cumberbatch is one of many celebrities who take part in Red Nose Day fundraising efforts.

Red Nose Day 2019: How Does It Work, And Why Is It Being Criticized?

The goal is to raise money to fight child poverty by selling red foam noses and staging celebrity events. But some critics are raising questions about the campaign.

Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina, seen here during a January 2014 interview in Nairobi, has died at the age of 48. A founder of the Nairobi-based literary network Kwani?, Wainaina had come out as gay in a country where homosexuality was illegal.

Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan Writer And LGBTQ Activist, Dies At 48

The author founded a platform for young Kenyan authors and came out as gay in a place where homosexuality has long been illegal. "Binyavanga was unbound in his imagining," said a friend and colleague.

Jeremy Dutcher: Tiny Desk Concert

There is no one making music like this 27-year-old, classically trained opera tenor and pianist. Watch and see why.

Jeremy Dutcher performs a Tiny Desk Concert on April 22, 2019 (Michael Zamora/NPR).

Jeremy Dutcher: Tiny Desk Concert

There is no one making music like this 27-year-old, classically trained opera tenor and pianist. Watch and see why.

An Author Goes 'Spying On The South' 160 Years After Frederick Law Olmsted

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Tony Horwitz retraces the path of the famed Central Park architect — and discovers a deep cultural divide along the way.

Rich Isaacson, seen in his backyard in Pentagon City, Va., wrote his thesis on gravitational waves and says he always thought their existence would be proven sometime during his career. But he didn't realize that trying to see them would become his career.

Billion-Dollar Gamble: How A 'Singular Hero' Helped Start A New Field In Physics

In the 1970s, Rich Isaacson was presented with what seemed a crazy idea: using lasers to detect gravitational waves. It became the biggest project the National Science Foundation had ever funded.

Novelist Herman Wouk, pictured here in 1955, wrote about a variety of subjects, including World War II, the publishing world and a fictional Caribbean island.

Herman Wouk, 'The Jackie Robinson Of Jewish American Fiction,' Dies At 103

Wouk was famous for writing The Winds of War, Marjorie Morningstar and The Caine Mutiny, which won a Pulitzer Prize. He also helped popularize themes that writers like Philip Roth later tackled.

Herman Wouk, 'The Jackie Robinson Of Jewish-American Fiction,' Dies At 103

Wouk was famous for writing The Winds of War, Marjorie Morningstar and The Caine Mutiny, which won a Pulitzer Prize. He also helped popularize themes that writers like Philip Roth later tackled.

Architect I.M. Pei stands in front of the Louvre museum's glass pyramid in Paris, just before the structure's inauguration in March 1989.

I.M. Pei, Architect Of Some Of The World's Most Iconic Structures, Dies At 102

During his influential career, the Pritzker-winning architect designed everything from schools to skyscrapers. Known for spare geometric forms, Pei said the goal was to "eliminate the inessential."

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