Taiye Selasi - Wikipedia
Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979 in London, England) is an American writer and photographer. [1] [2] Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. In 2005, Selasi published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)", her seminal text on Afropolitans.
Taiye Selasi | Speaker - TED
A writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent, born in London and raised in Boston, now living in Rome and Berlin, who has studied Latin and music, Taiye Selasi is herself a study in the modern meaning of identity.
Taiye Selasi: How Do The Places We Call Home Inform Our Identities ...
Jun 15, 2018 · Taiye Selasi is a writer of Nigerian and Ghanaian descent, born in London, and raised in Boston. She has lived in New York, Berlin, Rome, and Lisbon, as well as regularly visiting...
Ghana Must Go (novel) - Wikipedia
Ghana Must Go is the debut novel of Taiye Selasi. It was published in 2013, and nominated for an NAACP Image Award. [1] The novel follows the Sai family as they come to terms with their father Kweku Sai's death, and as they work through family troubles.
Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local - TED
Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the city they live now and maybe another place or two. "How can I come from a country?" she asks.
Revisiting Afropolitanism: An Interview with Taiye Selasi
Sep 9, 2020 · Taiye Selasi embodies and lives an immense freedom. This is partially because she feels at ease with multiple vocations, languages, places and people but also because she doesn’t quarrel with contradictions but straddles them with ease. She debuted on the literary scene in 2005 with her evocative an
Taiye Selasi - Penguin Random House
Taiye Selasi was born in London and raised in Massachusetts. She holds a BA in American studies from Yale and an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University. “The Sex Lives of African Girls” (Granta, 2011), Selasi’s fiction debut, appears in Best American Short Stories 2012. Author of Ghana Must Go, she lives in Rome.
Interview | Taiye Selasi | Granta Magazine
Jun 10, 2011 · Taiye Selasi. Taiye Selasi was born in London. She holds a BA from Yale and an MPhil from Oxford. Her short fiction was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2012 and she was named as one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists in 2013. Her debut novel, Ghana Must Go, was published in 2013. More about the author →
Taiye Selasi (@taiye.entirely) • Instagram profile
Her seminal TED talk, "Don't Ask Where I'm From; Ask Where I'm a Local," has reached over three million viewers, while her speaking career has taken her to 6 of 7 continents. A proud local of Accra, New York, Lisbon and Rome, Selasi is the founder of The Cocoa Content, a creative production company dedicated to premium international narrative.
Taiye Selasi - IMDb
Taiye Selasi was born on 2 November 1979 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Victoria Island, Masterpiece (2013) and Titel, Thesen, Temperamente (1967).