Whichever angle you take, be sure to leave the strong impression that without your intervention and your important book, Africa is doomed…"
Africa is to be pitied, worshipped or dominated. If you are a woman, treat Africa as a man who wears a bush jacket and disappears off into the sunset. If you are a man, thrust yourself into her warm virgin forests. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these…" Critically, he suggested, "Africa is the only continent you can love – take advantage of this. "Never," he went on, "have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel prize. "Always use the words 'Africa' or 'Darkness' or 'Safari' in your title," Wainaina advised, to begin with. It was the perfect anti-primer for any would-be "dark continent correspondent", skewering every cliche under the vast, red, setting savannah sun: Binyavanga Wainaina made his name with a short and celebrated satire called " How to Write About Africa".
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