Cyprian Fernandes Article Talk Read Edit View history Appearance hide Text Small Standard Large Width Standard Wide Color Automatic Light Dark From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cyprian "Skip" Fernandes (born September 1943) is a retired journalist and author. Having started life and his career in Kenya, he is now based in Sydney, Australia. Early life and education Cyprian Fernandes was born in September 1943 into a Goan family in Nairobi, Kenya, which was still a British colony. He was raised, along with five siblings, by a single mother, after his alcoholic father had left the family.[1] He left school at 13 years old after the headmaster falsely accused him of stealing altar wine, but continued to read widely.[2] He grew up in the Asian suburb of Eastleigh in Nairobi.[1] Career Fernandes worked first in a warehouse, followed by a bank, the civil service, and then as an acting juvenile probation officer. After lying about his age, claiming to be 22, Fernande...