"I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston."

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Source : "Taiye Selasi on discovering her pride in her African roots". www.theguardian.com. March 22, 2013.

Taiye Selasi

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