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L-R CAROLINE (Sarah Lancashire), CELIA (Anne Reid), ALAN (Derek Jacobi) and GILLIAN (Nicola Walker) in LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX.

Airs Sundays, Sept. 20 - Oct. 11, 2020 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV + Stream with the PBS Video App

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.

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.

Simon Rosenblum-Larson of the Salt River Rafters pitches against the Peoria Javelinas on Oct. 16, 2019 in Peoria, Ariz.

In A Pandemic, The Paupers Of Professional Baseball Are Getting Help

With sports leagues on hiatus due to the coronavirus, most athletes are still getting paid. But not all. Minor League Baseball players have no guaranteed pay when they're not playing regular season.

We're tethered to our brothers and sisters as adults far longer than we are as children; our sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have.

Here's To Grown-Up Siblings And The Ties That Bind

Though she and her younger brother are very different, he's the one, in a way, she knows best. Sibling relationships, in fact, are the longest-lasting family ties we have, transcending time and loss.

David Holmes, a State Department official, arrives to a closed-door deposition in the House impeachment inquiry.

State Department Aide Confirms He Overheard Trump On Call Discussing Investigation

David Holmes, the State Department official who overheard a phone call between the president and a top diplomat, appeared in a closed-door deposition Friday before the House impeachment inquiry.

America's Wall

This project is a KPBS and inewsource investigation about the existing barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border ahead of President Trump's promised wall. Using previously undisclosed government data, we reveal the impact of construction over time.

Justice Clarence Thomas, the longest-serving member of the current Supreme Court, has views that perhaps can be described only as unique. Some court watchers, however, use other terms: idiosyncratic, eccentric, provocative, thoughtful and, yes, wacky.

Clarence Thomas: From 'Black Panther Type' To Supreme Court's Conservative Beacon

The longest-serving member of the current court is also its furthest to the right, least traditional and most controversial — and with a new conservative majority, he may be having a moment.

Dr. Derek Muller at the Chernobyl Reactor, Chernobyl, Ukraine.

Uranium: Twisting The Dragon's Tail

Airs Wednesdays, Aug. 7 & 14, 2019 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV

Kenya's High Court ruled on Friday to uphold the penal code criminalizing homosexual acts. An LGBTQ activist in Nairobi is seen here in February, learning that a court ruling on same-sex relationships was postponed.

Kenya's Judges Uphold Laws That Criminalize Gay Sex

A three-judge panel made a unanimous ruling on Friday that outraged the LGBTQ community. People convicted of homosexual acts will continue to face the threat of up to 14 years in prison.

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