Taiye Selasi
Taiye Selasi is a TED speaker who has written 1 quality-verified book, paired here with their talk.
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. In 2005 she published the much-discussed (and controversial) essay "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What Is an Afropolitan?)," offering an alternative vision of African identity for a transnational generation. Prompted by writer Toni Morrison, the following year she published the short story "The Sex Lives of African Girls" in the literary magazine Granta. Her first novel Ghana Must Go, published in 2013, is a tale of family drama and reconciliation, following six characters and spanning generations, continents, genders and classes.
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What books has Taiye Selasi written?
Taiye Selasi has written 1 book in the Books Worth Reading catalogue: "Ghana Must Go". It is quality-verified and paired with their TED talk.
What does Taiye Selasi write about?
Taiye Selasi's books on Books Worth Reading cover Society & Culture.
What is Taiye Selasi known for?
Taiye Selasi's intellectual project centers on reimagining identity beyond the confines of nationalism and fixed cultural categories. Her landmark 2005 essay "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What Is an Afropolitan?)" fundamentally challenged conventional understandings of Africanness by proposing that identity ...
What is Taiye Selasi's TED talk?
Taiye Selasi's TED talk is "Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local" (2015). It is paired with their book on Books Worth Reading.