Podcasts about Binyavanga Wainaina

In the latest issue of the LRB, Jeremy Harding reviews How to Write about Africa, a posthumous collection of essays and stories by Binyavanga Wainaina, one of postcolonial Africa's great anglophone satirists. Jeremy joins Tom to talk about Wainaina's life and work, including the title essay and his ambivalent response to its popularity (‘I went viral,' he later said, ‘I became spam'); his reporting from South Sudan; the ‘lost chapter' from his memoir in which he imagines coming out to his parents; and his account of travelling to Senegal to interview the musician Youssou N'Dour, a piece that Harding describes as both ‘beautifully done' and ‘extremely funny'.Find further reading and external links on the episode page: https://lrb.me/wainainapodSponsored links:Use the code 'LRB' to get £100 off Serious Readers lights here: https://www.seriousreaders.com/lrbFind out more about ACE Cultural Tours: https://aceculturaltours.co.ukSee Hansel and Gretel at the Royal Opera House: https://www.rbo.org.uk/tickets-and-events/hansel-and-gretel-details Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Novelist Leila Aboulela joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on their 200th episode to talk about the fighting between rival military factions in her native Sudan, which has displaced millions of civilians. She compares the situation of Sudan, which underwent a coup in 2019, with the six other African countries that have experienced coups since 2020. Aboulela explains the historical precedents and particularities and reflects on how, when a country's military is its mightiest institution, a coup can be the only way to change leadership. She also reads from her new novel River Spirit, which covers the period of time leading up to the British occupation of Sudan.  To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). You can also listen by streaming from the player below. Check out video versions of our interviews on the Fiction/Non/Fiction Instagram account, the Fiction/Non/Fiction YouTube Channel, and our show website: https://www.fnfpodcast.net/ This episode of the podcast was produced by Anne Kniggendorf. Leila Aboulela River Spirit Bird Summons Elsewhere, Home The Kindness of Enemies Lyrics Alley Minaret Coloured Lights The Translator Articles in The Guardian Others: “What's behind the wave of coups in Africa,” Al Jazeera “Chaos in Sudan: Who Is Battling for Power, and Why It Hasn't Stopped,” by Declan Walsh and Abdi Latif Dahir "How To Write About Africa," Granta, by Binyavanga Wainaina, 2005 “Binyavanga Wainaina, Kenyan Writer And LGBTQ Activist, Dies At 48,” by Colin Dwyer, NPR, May 22, 2019 Sudan, a coup laboratory - ISS Africa Khartoum (1966 film) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are so excited to welcome Mwendia Steve Kiengu to the podcast as we begin highlighting perspectives from Africa! Mwendia is a seminary student in Kenya who's grown up with same-sex attraction. He talks with TJ about the African cultural dynamics they've both experienced around same-sex attraction—how people talk about it, advice they give, and the challenges that Christians with same-sex attractions face. We value Mwendia's perspective on sexuality, both for Africans engaging in the conversation and for global listeners expanding their knowledge of the world. — Note: This episode uses the terms “Side A” and “Side B” (and X, Y) as shorthand, which is most often a western framing. If you're new to the conversation, you might find it helpful to check out Communion & Shalom episode #3, where we talk through the four “sides”: ⁠⁠⁠#3 - A-B-Y-X | 4 Sides on SSA/Gay Sexuality⁠⁠ __________ Timestamps (0:24) TJ: On highlighting African voices (04:09) Introducing Mwendia (16:02) Same-sex sexual relations (and insult words) among Kenyan young people (22:54) Are there gay Kenyan celebrities? (25:36) Most closeted Kenyans stay there (under pressure to marry, have kids) (32:21) African values on marriage + kids (high), celibacy (low) (40:41) Openness to celibate partnerships, LGBT language? in Kenya (50:02) "This is a western ideology” (58:44) Kenyan Christians who affirm same-sex sex? (1:00:00) Finding the boldness to build community (1:05:36) What LGBT language is used among Kenyan Christians? Links and References Mwendia's blog: https://thequestionofsexuality.home.blog/Washed and Waiting by Wesley Hill (2010) Link to publisher Spiritual Friendship blog: https://spiritualfriendship.org/ Revoice conference: https://www.revoice.org/Still Time to Care by Greg Johnson (2021) Link to publisher — Below are some resources or terms mentioned in this episode, which may help make this conversation accessible to global listeners (inclusion does not imply endorsement, of course). Binyavanga Wainaina was a famous Kenyan writer who was open about his homosexuality. Wiki Kenyan fashion designer and LGBTQ activitist Chiloba Edwin was recently murdered. Wiki The story of Leah's and Rachel's use of their maids as surrogate mothers/concubines to build their families is found in Genesis 29:31 through 30:22. If you like this podcast, please consider… →Sharing feedback or questions! www.podpage.com/communion-shalom/contact →Supporting us on Patreon! patreon.com/communionandshalom →Following us on Instagram! @communionandshalom — Credits Creators and Hosts: David Frank, TJ Espinoza Audio Engineer: Carl Swenson (www.carlswensonmusic.com) Podcast Manager: Elena

This story takes us from Cape Town to Kisoro, Uganda as Binyavanga Wainaina finds his way back home.

Em agosto, o Clube Rádio Companhia leu "O carro do êxito". Publicado pela primeira vez em 1972, este é o único livro de contos de Oswaldo de Camargo, um dos mais notáveis intelectuais negros do século XX. * Participaram da conversa: Enrico Sera, do departamento de negócios digitais e apresentador deste episódio; Stéphanie Roque, que editou o livro na casa; e Camilla Dias, assistente social de formação, pós-graduada em Literatura e Humanidades, mediadora de leitura, livreira e militante literária. * Sobre o livro: A obra apresenta uma perspectiva pouco usual na literatura brasileira: personagens negros não apenas na luta, mas no triunfo. O título – alusão ao poema de Mário de Andrade, "O carro da miséria" – é uma prévia de histórias que retratam o negro descobrindo que "é possível ser na vida, apesar dela", como afirma o sociólogo Mário Augusto Medeiros da Silva no prefácio desta edição. As catorze narrativas reunidas neste volume, que conta com ilustrações de Marcelo D'Salete, mesclam a ficção e as experiências do escritor, tendo como pano de fundo a vida urbana em São Paulo. * ⚠️ O episódio contém spoilers e, por vezes, apresenta interferências e ruídos nos microfones por conta da gravação on-line! * Obras citadas: 30 poemas de um negro brasileiro (Oswaldo de Camargo): https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9786559212064/ Tornar-se negro (Neusa Santos Souza): https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9786559790296/tornar-se-negro Literatura negro-brasileira (Cuti): https://www.amazon.com.br/Literatura-Negro-Brasileira-Cuti/dp/8587478478 Becos da memória (Conceição Evaristo): https://www.pallaseditora.com.br/produto/Becos_da_memoria/296/ Um dia vou escrever sobre este lugar (Binyavanga Wainaina): https://www.livrariadavila.com.br/um-dia-vou-escrever-sobre-esse-lugar--memorias-498312/p Podcast Projeto Querino: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ihscGfv0vmjBrK6dHA9Xo?si=34f175ecbfb04c94

En esta especie de descargo revestido de ironía Wainaina, nacido en Kenia, nos pone de frente los prejuicios y juicios sobre África que abundan en Europa y América. ¿Cuánto sabemos de los 54 países que lo integran? ¿Por qué compramos los recortes que nos proponen las películas y los libros? Impiadoso, el autor parece pedirnos un esfuerzo para animarnos a ver y mostrar distinto. ¿Estamos dispuestos? Esta lectura fue una recomendación de Marcela Carbajo, editora de Empatía quien, en una entrevista en vivo que hicimos para YouTube, lo mencionó entre aquellos que pueden darnos una pauta del sentir hacia la literatura africana. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 📚 Qué es POR QUÉ LEER Por qué leer es un proyecto multiplataforma que promueve el placer por la lectura. La idea es contagiar las ganas de leer mediante recomendaciones, reseñas y debates. ¡Cada vez somos más! 📚 Sobre CECILIA BONA Soy periodista, productora y creadora de contenidos. Trabajé en radios como MITRE, VORTERIX y CLUB OCTUBRE. Amo leer desde pequeña, incentivada especialmente por mi mamá. En Por qué leer confluyen muchas de mis pasiones -la radio, la edición de video, la comunicación- y por eso digo que está hecho con muchísimo amor. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 💰 ¿Te gustaría patrocinar POR QUÉ LEER? 📙 PATREON: http://bit.ly/patreonporqueleerok (¡incluye recompensas!) 📙 MERCADO PAGO: Primer estante: https://mpago.la/1rk7hyY Pequeña biblioteca: https://mpago.la/1m4SFj7 Colección: https://mpago.la/2TE7pP4 Si escaneás el QR del video podés patrocinar por el monto que quieras. 📙 PayPal: https://paypal.me/porqueleerok

The main role of organized anti-slavery during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was to both legitimate and reinforce deeply rooted hierarchies which saw European states and their peoples position themselves at the moral and racial apex of ‘civilization'. Centuries of death and destruction associated with Transatlantic slavery firmly dispatched to the past, despite their continuing and catastrophic effects, thereby enabling Europeans to be reborn as abolitionists rather than enslavers. The foundational premise of organized anti-slavery – no one should be enslaved – would come to be primarily understood in terms of paternalistic ‘protection', with ‘civilized' Europeans justifying unprovoked wars of colonial conquest as ‘humanitarian' missions to prevent ‘savage' and ‘backward' peoples in other parts of the globe from enslaving each other. Appeals to moral and religious enlightenment (the ‘civilising mission') and altruistic sacrifice (the ‘white man's burden') proved to be hugely important. By treating their non-European subjects as ‘backward children', who were said to be unable to make decisions for themselves, Europeans were able to both justify and excuse any number of external actions and interventions. Tragically, these actions included countless examples of death, exploitation, extraction, violence and abuse, which exposed the fundamental hollowness of European pretentions towards moral superiority. Slavery would be banished symbolically via legal abolition while many of its defining features continued alongside everyday forms of violence and exploitation. In case after case, governments who congratulated themselves on abolishing slavery would continue to justify and defend numerous acts of violence and coercion directed against ‘inferiors' and ‘outsiders'. Readings The material presented here is primarily based upon the following paper: Joel Quirk, ‘Political Cultures', A Cultural History of Slavery and Human Trafficking in the Age of Global Conflict, Henrice Altink (ed.) (London: Bloomsbury, in press). Minor changes in language are possible prior to publication. Other useful reading materials include: Joel Quirk, Uncomfortable Silences: Anti-Slavery, Colonialism and Imperialism, Historians Against Slavery, 13 February, 2015. Joel Quirk, Reparations are too confronting: Let's talk about Modern Slavery instead, openDemocracy, 7 May 2015. Aimé Césaire, Discourse on Colonialism, (New York: Monthly Review Press 1972). Originally published in French in 1955. Binyavanga Wainaina, How to Write About Africa. Granta, 92. 2005. Teju Cole, The White-Savior Industrial Complex, The Atlantic, March 21, 2012. Toby Green, How the End of Atlantic Slavery paved a path to colonialism, Aeon, 30 March 2021. Emily Burrill, State of Marriage: Gender, Justice and Rights in Colonial Mali (Athens: Ohio University Press, 2015). Martin Klein, Slavery and Colonial Rule in French West Africa, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998). Eric Allina, Slavery by Any Other Name: African Life under Company Rule in Colonial Mozambique (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012). Robert Burroughs, African Testimony in the Movement for Congo Reform : The Burden of Proof (Abington: Routledge, 2018). Alice Bellagamba, Sandra Greene, Martin Klein (eds.) African voices on slavery and the slave trade, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013). Resources Slave Voyages (essential starting point for the history of Transatlantic enslavement) UNESCO General History of Africa (free downloads, multiple languages). Basil Davidson, Africa Episode 5 The Bible & The Gun, and Episode 6 The Magnificent African Cake. Liberated Africans (database on enslaved Africans freed in the nineteenth century). Stanford, Africa South of the Sahara (online database of primary sources) Bouillagui: A Free Village (multimedia platform on slavery and abolition in Mali, in both French and English). Imperialism/Colonialism in Africa Resource Links. Africa is a country (essential starting point for African politics and history)   Questions for Discussion Colonialism was primarily driven by economic and political interests, yet was frequently justified and defended using appeals to a ‘higher purpose'. What does the close relationship between anti-slavery and European colonialism say about the politics and prospects of humanitarianism and altruism more broadly? What are the defining features of paternalism as both an ideology and practice? How do these defining features pave the way for systems of violence and coercion? What does the history of legal reforms targeting enslavement say about the limits and possibilities of legal solutions to complex problems? What should we make of the introduction of various laws which were designed to reconstitute and extend core features of enslavement after slavery had been legally abolished? How does the history of slavery and abolition in the late ninetieth and early twentieth century influence how we think about slave resistance, both individual and collective? Where and how do models of hierarchy and ‘supremacy' which were dominant during the age of high imperialism continue to have effects upon politics and society today?

Marco Ciriello"I leggeri di Nairobi"Rubbettino Editorehttps://www.store.rubbettinoeditore.it/I leggeri di Nairobi è la storia di un maratoneta ragazzino, Muhammad Ali, che – rischiando di scendere sotto le due ore alle Olimpiadi – viene inseguito dalla multinazionale NK per farne il testimonial delle sue nuove fantastiche scarpe, e dal governo cinese che lo vuole naturalizzare per vincere a Tokyo2020. Un romanzo costruito come una sinfonia in tre movimenti. Intorno al ragazzino, a Nairobi, convivono molte altre storie, di un'Africa che ha recepito i sogni di Binyavanga Wainaina, scritte dal carcere da un prigioniero che ricorda Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Con Ali c'è un medico italiano – fuggito da Bollywood – figlio dell'uomo che curò Abebe Bikila, un tennista americano che dopo l'undici settembre è andato in missione in Afghanistan, un giornalista erede di Hunter Thompson, un lottatore di sumo che fonda la prima squadra ciclistica keniana, un sosia nero di Hemingway, i registi Zemeckis e Scorsese, il presidente cinese Xi Jinping, e sopra di loro c'è il primo viaggiatore abusivo dello spazio e tantissimi altri, per un romanzo che incrocia Stefano Benni con Kurt Vonnegut e Paco Ignacio Taibo II: mescolando sport, thriller e comicità.Marco Ciriello (1975), scrittore e giornalista lavora per «Il Mattino» e «Il Messaggero» e scrive per il teatro e la televisione. Ha pubblicato: In corsa; Qualcuno era venuto a turbare il nostro cuore; Tutti i nomi dell'estate; Grande Atlantico. Cargo Ship Stories; Pace alle acque; SanGennaroBomb; Il vangelo a benzina; Per favore non dite niente; Il più maldestro dei tiri; Assassinio sulla Palmiro Togliatti; Le sorelle misericordia; Il catenaccio mi sta antipaticoIL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

... flicked a match to light the paraffin lamp. "They say we won't have any more paraffin next month..." he said. The farmer paused. The room smelt of many things. Paraffin. Urine. Smoke. Tendai gently pushed the farmer to the single bed in the room. "Sit!" Like a parent to a child. Someone who knew what was next. The farmer sank down on the bed. The sheets were clean. The walls were roughly painted yellow, catching the flickering of the lamp as Tendai moved around the small room towards a tin drum.... Binyavanga Wainaina's book is an oxymoron. Thinking he would know his homeland, he comes back to reknow it. publisher: 2006 by Kwani The collection of teeth on the man's face is a splendid brown. I have never seen such teeth before. Refusing all instruction, my eyes focus on dental contours and craters. Denuded of any superficial pretence; no braces, no fillings, no toothbrush, it is a place where small scavengers thrive. “Evidence!” The man giggles. A flash of green and my US $50 disappears into his pocket. His fingers prod: shirt, coat, trousers. He finds the worked snake skin wallet. No money in it, just a picture or Agnethe-mama, Lune and Chi-Chi, elegant and unsmiling, diamonds in their ears, on their necks and wrists. The man tilts the picture this way and that, returns the picture into the wallet. The wallet disappears into another of his pockets. The man's teeth gleam. “Souvenir.” Afterwards, a hiccupping “Greeeheeereeehee” not unlike a National Geographic hyena, complete with a chorus from the pack. Weight of Whispers Book by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor shows the plight of the rich becoming poor in a foreign land. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

This is an exclusive interview with Kenyan novelist Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor conducted in a little café by Lavington Mall, Nairobi. She talks about her relationship with the late great Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina, the China that she writes about in her book The Dragonfly Sea. She also shares some of her favourite women writers. We would like to thank Prestige Books for sponsoring this edition of the podcast. Prestige Books is your favourite bookstore for your African and other literatures with branches on Mama Ngina Street in the Central Business District and at the Lavington Mall.

This essay is also described as the lost chapter, that never made it to the book, One Day I Will Write About This Place.

Lucas talks to Joyfrida Anindo about what it was like growing up in Kenya and whether or not she had a pet giraffe. What it was like becoming a parent and inevitably becoming like your parents! Living and learning with volunteers from around the world, and navigating the cultural waters. We also discuss Black Panther and whether DC or Marvel is better. Guest Plugs * Joy Anindo on Twitter - https://twitter.com/JoyJoyancel * Joy Anindo on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joyjoyancel/ * Joy Anindo on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/joyjoyancel * Joy Anindo Poetry and Short Stories - http://joywrite.wordpress.com Show Notes * Black Panther - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/ * Serve with Mennonite Central Committee - https://mcc.org/get-involved/serve * Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - https://www.chimamanda.com/ * The Danger of a Single Story: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamandaadichiethedangerofasinglestory * Chinua Achebe - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8051.ChinuaAchebe * Binyavanga Wainaina - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/681372.BinyavangaWainaina * How Not to Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina - https://youtu.be/c-jSQD5FVxE * Planet Binya has an incredible collection of writing, audio and video of Binyavanga Wainaina - https://planetbinya.org/ * Ngugi Wathiogo - https://ngugiwathiongo.com/ * Ken Saro-Wiwa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KenSaro-Wiwa * Meja Mwangi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meja_Mwangi * Red Nile: A Biography of the World’s Greatest River by Robert Twigger - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20613764-red-nile Support the Podcast – https://www.patreon.com/wdtatpodcast Leave us a voicemail! https://www.speakpipe.com/wdtatpodcast Email your feedback to wdtatpodcast@gmail.com Follow us: Facebook –https://www.facebook.com/wdtatpodcast Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/wdtatpodcast/ Twitter – https://twitter.com/wdtatpodcast Special Guest: Joyfrida Anindo.

In this episode, poet Deborah Landau and novelist Mathangi Subramanian talk to Fiction/Non/Fiction podcast co-hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell about their writing lives as Americans abroad. From exploring Paris's rich expat literary history to witnessing the diversity of slums in India, Landau and Subramanian discuss what they found when they began writing in unfamiliar places. Guests:Deborah LandauMathangi Subramanian Readings for the Episode:Deborah LandauOrchideliriumThe Last Usable HourThe Uses of the BodySoft Targets Mathangi SubramanianA People's History of HeavenThe Day My Outrage Went Viral, Zora Magazine, Aug. 2Picturing Change photography project (Greeshma Patel) Others:A Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayBehind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine BooHow To Write About Africa by Binyavanga Wainaina, Granta Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pictured: Edward Seaga Julian Worricker on: The Jamaican politician, Edward Seaga, who led his country as prime minister throughout the 1980s Binyavanga Wainaina, one of Kenya's most prominent writers and LGBTQ activists The Vogue fashion editor and Manhattan socialite, Gloria Schiff Archivist, Mary Stopes-Roe, daughter of the bouncing bomb developer Barnes Wallis And the Grammy Award-winning, New Orleans born singer, Dr John. Interviewed guest: David Katz Interviewed guest: Ellah Wakatama Allfrey Interviewed guest: Jenny Guinness Producer: Neil George Archive clips from: International Profile, Radio 4 20/11/1987; The World Tonight, Radio 4 17/12/1976; BBC Sound Archive, Jamaican Labour Party Victory 03/11/1980; One Day I Will Write About This Place by Binyavanga Wainaina, read by Freddy Macha, Radio 4 07/11/2011; HardTalk, BBC World Service 21/02/2014; Regional Extra, Radio 4 16/04/1968; Interview with Mary Stopes-Roe, University of Huddersfield Research 19/07/2013; The First Time With Dr John, 6 Music 22/01/2018.

In this week's episode, we talk about Malawi's elections, the passing of Binyavanga Wainaina, and ethnic violence and displacement in Ethiopia. Our featured conversation is with Ato Kwamena Onoma, a political scientist currently serving as a senior program officer at the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa. He is also the author of two books, Anti-Refugee Violence and African Politics and The Politics of Property Rights Institutions in Africa, both published by Cambridge University Press. His segment begins at 13:06. … More Ep70. A conversation with Ato Kwamena Onoma on property rights, refugees, and more

For Binya: “Even if he will be known most outside the literary world for his hair and his style, as a radical who dared to be different. He will be remembered by many for his great spirit, his bravery, his outspoken-ness. But most of all he needs to be remembered for the writing. “

Kenyan writer Binyavanga Wainaina's work confronts the outdated Western clichés of 'Africa' and 'African Literature'.

POWER OF LOVE by Binyavanga Wainaina by Podcast by Finger Piano Productions

The Publishing Sphere - Ecosystems of Contemporary Literatures June 13 & 14, 2017 Workshops, radio show Radio Brouhaha with Felwine Sarr, Binyavanga Wainaina, Mara Genschel, Ho Tzu Nyen, David Desrimais, Jan-Niklas Howe, Caleb Waldorf

*This episode originally aired as Cosmonauts Avenue podcast #8 in March 2015* Binyavanga Wainaina is one of Africa's and the world's most recognized literary figures. He is a highly accomplished and multi-award-winning author, editor, publisher and journalist. He rose to prominence after his short story "Discovering Home" won the 2002 Caine Prize for African Writing, after which he founded the influential literary magazine Kwani? - the first of its kind in East Africa. Following the renown of his 2003 satirical essay "How to Write About Africa," he was given an award by the Kenya Publisher's Association for his contributions to Kenyan literature. From 2008-2012 he was a Bard Fellow and Director of the Chinua Achebe Center for African Literature. His debut novel "One Day I Will Write About This Place" was published in 2011. In April 2014, Time Magazine named him one of the World's 100 Most Influential People.

In a host of African countries, homosexuality is a crime. From Nigeria to Uganda, politicians seem to believe persecuting gays is a vote-winning strategy. As part of the BBCs Freedom season, Hardtalk speaks to Kenyan writer Binyavanaga Wainaina. He knew it would be big news when he publically revealed his homosexuality earlier this year. Sure enough he is now at the centre of a debate about freedom, identity and culture that's raging across the African continent. Is his stand changing minds?(Photo: Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina during an interview with the AFP on January 27, 2014. Credit: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images)

Highlights from the Granta Podcast 2011 - with readings by Binyavanga Wainaina, Robert Coover & Taiye Selasi. Plus outtakes and extras from our events series.

Binyavanga Wainaina talks to Ellah Allfrey about his memoir 'One Day I Will Write About This Place', managing the expectations of an African readership and what to do with a negative review.

With Kirsty Lang. Pan Am, a new American TV drama, lands on BBC Two next week. The series follows the lives and loves of a group of air hostesses in the early 1960s, who are apparently empowered by their new profession. Janet Street Porter reviews. Songs of War is a new disc by award-winning British baritone Simon Keenlyside, featuring his personal selection of music by composers including Ralph Vaughan Williams, George Butterworth and Kurt Weill. He explains why some of his choices may come as a surprise. Remembrance Day is a fitting release-date for new British horror film The Awakening, starring Rebecca Hall and Dominic West. It's set in the years immediately after the First World War, when many of the bereaved sought solace in spiritualism. Professor Steven Connor gives his verdict. A photograph of the Rhine by Andreas Gursky has fetched $4.3m (£2.7m) in an auction, setting a new world record for photography. Art market watcher Sarah Thornton explains why photographs are becoming the art market's hottest property. The Caine Prize-winning Kenyan author Binyavanga Wainaina has published One Day I Will Write About This Place, a memoir of his middle-class childhood in Kenya. He reflects on growing up in a country whose literature was, he argues, stuck in a colonial time-warp. Producer Georgia Mann.

We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality and efficacy behind many Western initiatives to abolish poverty and speed development in Africa. See more at www.onbeing.org/program/ethics-aid-one-kenyans-perspective/190

We explore the complex ethics of global aid with a young writer from Kenya, Binyavanga Wainaina. He is among a rising generation of African voices who bring a cautionary perspective to the morality and efficacy behind many Western initiatives to abolish poverty and speed development in Africa.