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== Career == |
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In 2005 the LIP Magazine published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)", Selasi's seminal text on [[Afropolitan]]s. The same year Selasi met Professor [[Toni Morrison]] at Oxford, introduced by Morrison's niece, [[Peter Sellars]] protege Dr. [[Avery Willis]]. Morrison invited Selasi to her home when they returned to the States, but Selasi was too frightened to bring writing when she went. In 2006 Morrison proposed a one-year deadline; Selasi wrote "The Sex Lives of African Girls" to meet it. The story, published by ''[[Granta]]'' in 2011, appears in ''Best American Short Stories 2012''.<ref>http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Interview-Taiye-Selasi</ref> In 2010 Ann Godoff at Penguin Press bought Selasi's unfinished novel. ''Ghana Must Go'' will be published in 15 countries in 2013.<ref>http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/penguin-press-buys-first-novel-salman-and-tonis-seal-approval</ref> In 2012 Selasi launched the multimedia project "2154," setting out to photograph and film twentysomethings in all 54 African countries. |
In 2005 the LIP Magazine published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)",<ref>http://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=76</ref> Selasi's seminal text on [[Afropolitan]]s. The same year Selasi met Professor [[Toni Morrison]] at Oxford, introduced by Morrison's niece, [[Peter Sellars]] protege Dr. [[Avery Willis]]. Morrison invited Selasi to her home when they returned to the States, but Selasi was too frightened to bring writing when she went. In 2006 Morrison proposed a one-year deadline; Selasi wrote "The Sex Lives of African Girls" to meet it. The story, published by ''[[Granta]]'' in 2011, appears in ''Best American Short Stories 2012''.<ref>http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Interview-Taiye-Selasi</ref> In 2010 Ann Godoff at Penguin Press bought Selasi's unfinished novel. ''Ghana Must Go'' will be published in 15 countries in 2013.<ref>http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/penguin-press-buys-first-novel-salman-and-tonis-seal-approval</ref> In 2012 Selasi launched the multimedia project "2154," setting out to photograph and film twentysomethings in all 54 African countries. |
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Revision as of 15:33, 9 December 2012
Taiye Selasi is a writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin.[1]
Early life and education
Selasi was born in London, England and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the elder of twin daughters in a family of academics. Selasi's mother, a pediatrician in Ghana, is widely known across Africa for her advocacy of children's rights.[2] Her father, a surgeon and public intellectual, has published numerous volumes of poetry, one included in the literature curriculum of Ghana.[3][4] Selasi graduated summa cum laude with a BA in American Studies from Yale and holds an MPhil in International Relations from Nuffield College, Oxford. Taiye means first twin in her mother's native Yoruba. Selasi means God has heard in her father's native Ewe.[5]
Career
In 2005 the LIP Magazine published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)",[6] Selasi's seminal text on Afropolitans. The same year Selasi met Professor Toni Morrison at Oxford, introduced by Morrison's niece, Peter Sellars protege Dr. Avery Willis. Morrison invited Selasi to her home when they returned to the States, but Selasi was too frightened to bring writing when she went. In 2006 Morrison proposed a one-year deadline; Selasi wrote "The Sex Lives of African Girls" to meet it. The story, published by Granta in 2011, appears in Best American Short Stories 2012.[7] In 2010 Ann Godoff at Penguin Press bought Selasi's unfinished novel. Ghana Must Go will be published in 15 countries in 2013.[8] In 2012 Selasi launched the multimedia project "2154," setting out to photograph and film twentysomethings in all 54 African countries.
References
- ^ http://www.isoldeb.com/pressImages/Afropolitan.pdf
- ^ "Juliette Tuakli". Jhsph.edu. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "lade wosornu". Amazon.com. 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "Prof. Lade Wosornu Compiles His Articles Into A Book". The Ghanaian Times. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ "African Religious Names". Homepage.ntlworld.com. Retrieved 2011-03-31.
- ^ http://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=76
- ^ http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Interview-Taiye-Selasi
- ^ http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/penguin-press-buys-first-novel-salman-and-tonis-seal-approval