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Taiye Selasi
Selasi níbi ayẹyẹ Erlanger Poetenfest, ní ọdún 2013
Ọjọ́ ìbíTaiye Tuakli
2 Oṣù Kọkànlá 1979 (1979-11-02) (ọmọ ọdún 46)
London, United Kingdom
Iṣẹ́Oǹkọ̀wé ìtàn-àròsọ
Ẹ̀kọ́Yale University (BA)
Nuffield College, Oxford (Master of Philosophy)
Ìgbà2005–di ìsinsìnyí
Literary movementRealism, Drama
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Taiye Selasi (tí a bí ní ọjọ́ kejì oṣù Kọkànlá ọdún 1979 ní London, England) jẹ́ oǹkọ̀wé àti olùyàwòrán ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Amẹ́ríkà.[1][2] Ó ní orísun láti Nàìjíríà àti Ghana, ó sì ṣàpèjúwe ara rẹ̀ gẹ́gẹ́ bí "ọmọ-ìbílẹ̀" (local) ti Accra, Berlin, New York àti Rome. Ní ọdún 2005, Selasi gbé "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)" jáde, èyí tí í ṣe àyọkà rẹ̀ tó gbajúmọ̀ lórí àwọn Afropolitan. Ilé-iṣẹ́ Penguin ni ó gbé ìwé-ìtàn àròsọ rẹ̀, Ghana Must Go, jáde ní ọdún 2013.

Ìgbà Èwe àti Ẹ̀kọ́ rẹ̀

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Wọ́n bí Taiye Selasi ní London, England, wọ́n sì tọ́ ọ dàgbà ní Brookline, Massachusetts. Òun ni ẹ̀gbọ́n nínú àwọn ìbejì tí Dókítà Lade Wosornu (tó ní orísun láti Ghana, tó jẹ́ oníṣẹ́-abẹ ní Saudi Arabia[3] tó sì tún kọ ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ìwé ewì)[4][5] àti Dókítà Juliette Tuakli (tó ní orísun láti Nàìjíríà, tó jẹ́ oníṣègùn ọmọdé ní Ghana[6][7] tó gbajúmọ̀ fún jíjà fún ẹ̀tọ́ àwọn ọmọdé, títí kan jíjókòó nínú ìgbìmọ̀ United Way) bí. Àwọn òbí rẹ̀ pínyà nígbà tí ó ṣì wà ní ọmọ-ọwọ́. Ó pàdé bàbá rẹ̀ gangan nígbà tí ó di ọmọ ọdún méjìlá.[8]

Selasi kẹ́kọ̀ọ́ gboyè summa cum laude àti Phi Beta Kappa pẹ̀lú oyè BA nínú ẹ̀kọ́ American studies láti Fásitì Yale,[9] ó sì gba oyè ìmọ̀ Master of Philosophy (MPhil) nínú ìbáṣepọ̀ àgbáyé (international relations) láti Nuffield College, Oxford.[10]

Iṣẹ́ Rẹ̀

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Ní ọdún 2005, ìwé-ìròyìn The LIP Magazine gbé "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)" jáde,[11] èyí tí í ṣe àyọkà Selasi tó gbajúmọ̀ lórí àwọn Afropolitan. Nínú "Bye Bye Babar", Selasi ṣàpèjúwe àwọn ọmọ ilẹ̀ Áfíríkà tuntun tó wà ní ìlú òkèèrè: "Bóyá ohun tí ó ṣàpẹẹrẹ ìmọ̀lára àwọn Afropolitan jùlọ ni kíkọ̀ láti sọ nǹkan di kékeré jù bó ṣe yẹ; ìsapá láti lóye ohun tó ń bá Áfíríkà fínra pẹ̀lú ìfẹ́ láti bọlá fún ohun tó lẹ́wà, tó sì ṣàrà-ọ̀tọ̀."[11] Selasi kò wá ipò pé òun ni ọ̀lùdásílẹ̀ ọ̀rọ̀ Afropolitanism, "Ó fi ṣe kókó láti má ṣe sọ pé òun ló dá ọ̀rọ̀ náà sílẹ̀, ó sì dín ipa tí ó kó nínú gbogbo ìṣẹ̀lẹ̀ tó tẹ̀lé e kù."[12] Selasi ni oǹkọ̀wé àkọ́kọ́ tí ó kọ́kọ́ kọ̀wé nípa ìdámọ̀ Afropolitan. Ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò lórí Afropolitanism pọ̀ sí i lẹ́yìn àròkọ náà, èyí sì ṣí ọ̀nà fún àwọn ọ̀mọ̀wé bíi Simon Gikandi àti Achille Mbembe láti "tẹ̀síwájú nínú mímú"[13] ọ̀rọ̀ náà, Afropolitan, yọ gẹ́gẹ́ bí ìmọ̀lára tó gbajúmọ̀ tí wọ́n sì ń lò káàkiri. Ní ọdún kan náà tí ó kọ àròkọ náà, ó kọ eré-oníṣe kan tí Avery Willis, àbúrò Toni Morrison, gbé jáde ní ilé-ìṣàfihàn kékeré kan.[14]

Ní ọdún 2006, Morrison fún Selasi ní gbedèkẹ ọdún kan; ó kọ "The Sex Lives of African Girls" láti bá gbedèkẹ náà mu. Ìwé-ìròyìn lítíréṣọ̀ ti UK Granta gbé ìtàn náà jáde ní ọdún 2011, ó sì wà nínú ìwé Best American Short Stories 2012.[15]

Ilé-iṣẹ́ Penguin gbé ìwé-ìtàn àròsọ Selasi àkọ́kọ́, Ghana Must Go, jáde ní ọdún 2013. Ó gba ìyìn láti ọ̀dọ̀ Diana Evans nínú The Guardian,[16] Margaret Busby nínú The Independent,[17] láti ọ̀dọ̀ The Economist,[18] àti láti ọ̀dọ̀ The Wall Street Journal.[19] Wọ́n yàn án gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọ̀kan lára àwọn ìwé mẹ́wàá tó dára jùlọ fún ọdún 2013 láti ọwọ́ The Wall Street Journal àti The Economist, wọ́n sì ti ta ìwé náà ní orílẹ̀-èdè méjìlélógún títí di ọdún 2014.[20][21][22]

Selasi sábà máa ń ṣiṣẹ́ pọ̀ pẹ̀lú àwọn ayàwòrán mìíràn. Ní ọdún 2012, ó ṣiṣẹ́ pẹ̀lú ayàwòrán ilé David Adjaye láti gbé Gwangju River Reading Room kalẹ̀, ilé-ìkàwé gbangba tí wọ́n kọ́ ní ọdún 2013 gẹ́gẹ́ bí apá kan Gwangju Biennale's Folly II.[23]

Ní ọdún 2013, Selasi jẹ́ ọ̀kan lára àwọn adájọ́ nínú ètò tẹlifíṣọ̀nù reality ti Ítálì tó ń jẹ́ Masterpiece lórí Rai 3 pẹ̀lú Andrea De Carlo.[24]

Selasi ti sọ̀rọ̀ lòdì sí bí àwọn atẹ̀wéjáde ṣe máa ń dá àwọn oǹkọ̀wé Áfíríkà mọ́ abala kan, tí wọ́n ń mú kí wọ́n ru ẹrù ṣíṣojú kọ́ńtínẹ́ǹtì wọn.[25][26] Ó yàn láti fi orúkọ àdúgbò dá ara rẹ̀ mọ̀ dípò àwọn orílẹ̀-èdè, níwọ̀n bí ó ti gbé ní New York City, Berlin, Rome, àti Lisbon, bẹ́ẹ̀ ni ó máa ń ṣàbẹ̀wò sí Accra déédéé.[27][28]

Ó kópa nínú ìwé àkójọpọ̀ New Daughters of Africa (tí Margaret Busby ṣàtúnṣe rẹ̀, 2019).[29]

Ní ọdún 2019, Selasi kéde dídásílẹ̀ ilé-iṣẹ́ agbéṣẹ́jáde rẹ̀, Cocoa Content, tó dá lórí kíkọ ìtàn fún tẹlifíṣọ̀nù.[30]

Nínú ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò kan ní ọdún 2020 tí wọ́n gbé jáde nínú Brittle Paper, ìdáhùn Selasi sí ìpèníjà láti ọwọ́ Bhakti Shringarpure láti "Ṣàlàyé tàbí Ko Lítíréṣọ̀ 'Áfíríkà' ní ojú" jẹ́: "Lítíréṣọ̀ ènìyàn èyíkéyìí tí a kọ pẹ̀lú ìṣírí... láti ọ̀dọ̀ oǹkọ̀wé pé ó jẹ́ ti Áfíríkà."[31]

Selasi ni oǹkọ̀wé ìwé ọmọdé Anansi and the Golden Pot, tí a gbé jáde ní ọdún 2022.[32]

Ní Oṣù Kẹ̀wá ọdún 2023, wọ́n kede pé Selasi ń kọ ìtàn eré tẹlifíṣọ̀nù aláwàdà kan tí wọ́n fẹ́ ṣe ní Èkó, tí àkọlé rẹ̀ jẹ́ Victoria Island. Nínú ìfọ̀rọ̀wánilẹ́nuwò kan, ó sọ pé àwọn olùgbéjáde eré náà fipa ṣàwàdà pe eré náà ní Crazy Rich Africans, ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú gbajúmọ̀ eré Crazy Rich Asian.[33][34]

Ìgbésí Ayé Rẹ̀

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Orúkọ rẹ̀ túmọ̀ sí ìbejì àkọ́kọ́ ní èdè Yorùbá ti ìyá rẹ̀.

Àbúrò rẹ̀ ìbejì, Yetsa Kehinde Tuakli, jẹ́ oníṣègùn (physiatrist) ní Amẹ́ríkà. Òun ni ọmọ Áfíríkà àkọ́kọ́ nínú ìgbìmọ̀ International Paralympic Committee, ó sì ń díje nínú eré fífò gígun (long jump) fún ikọ̀ eléré ìdárayá orílẹ̀-èdè Ghana.[35]

Selasi fẹ́ olùyàwòrán sinimá ọmọ orílẹ̀-èdè Dutch David Claessen ní ọdún 2013; wọ́n kọra wọn sílẹ̀ ní ọdún 2015.[36]

Àwọn Iṣẹ́ Rẹ̀

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Àwọn Ìwé Ìtàn Àròsọ

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Àwọn Ìwé Ọmọdé

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  • Anansi and the Golden Pot (2022)

Àwọn Ìtàn Kúkúrú

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  • "The Sex Lives of African Girls" (2011)[38]
  • "Driver" (2013)[39]
  • "Aliens of Extraordinary Ability" (2014)[39]
  • "Brunhilda in Love" (2016)[39]

Àwọn Àròkọ

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  • "African Literature Doesn't Exist" (2013)[40]

Fíìmù àti Tẹlifíṣọ̀nù

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  • Victoria Island (Eré tẹlifíṣọ̀nù tí wọ́n ṣì ń gbé kalẹ̀)

Àwọn Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ

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Àwọn Ìtọ́kasì

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  1. ↑ Lewis, Tim (22 March 2013). "Taiye Selasi: 'I'm very willing to follow my imagination'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/22/taiye-selasi-interview-ghana-must.
  2. ↑ Selasi, Taiye (22 March 2013). "Taiye Selasi on discovering her pride in her African roots". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/mar/22/taiye-selasi-afropolitan-memoir.
  3. ↑ "Prof. Lade Wosornu" Archived 21 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine., University of Dammam.
  4. ↑ "Lade Wosornu". Amazon. 9 September 2009. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  5. ↑ Markwei, Lawrence (10 April 2010). "Prof. Lade Wosornu Compiles His Articles into A Book". The Ghanaian Times. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110823060853/http://newtimes.com.gh/story/1165.
  6. ↑ "Dr. Juliette Tuakli, Child and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana, Legon. The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health
  7. ↑ "Juliette Tuakli". Jhsph.edu. Archived from the original on 14 December 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2011. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ Selasi, Taiye (5 April 2013). "Family matters: how novelist Taiye Selasi came to terms with her very modern family". London Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/esmagazine/family-matters-how-novelist-taiye-selasi-came-to-terms-with-her-very-modern-family-8560426.html.
  9. ↑ Selasi, Taiye (23 October 2014). "The loving spoonful". The Economist. https://www.economist.com/1843/2014/10/23/the-loving-spoonful.
  10. ↑ "Center for the Study of Africa and the African Diaspora - Artist-in-Residence February 2020: Taiye Selasi". 9 October 2019.
  11. 1 2 Selasi, Taiye (3 March 2005). "Bye-Bye, Babar". The LIP Magazine. http://thelip.robertsharp.co.uk/?p=76.
  12. ↑ Bady, Aaron, and Taiye Selasi. "From That Stranded Place." Transition 117 (2015): 148. Web.
  13. ↑ Gehrmann, Susanne (November 11, 2015). "Cosmopolitanism with African roots. Afropolitanism's ambivalent mobilities". Journal of African Cultural Studies 28: 61–72. doi:10.1080/13696815.2015.1112770. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13696815.2015.1112770?scroll=top&needAccess=true.
  14. ↑ Cohen, Stefanie (28 February 2013). "Growing Up With a Panther Mom". The Wall Street Journal. https://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887323384604578328694096820534.
  15. ↑ Igarashi, Yuka (10 June 2011). "Taiye Selasi | Interview". Granta. http://www.granta.com/Online-Only/Interview-Taiye-Selasi.
  16. ↑ Evans, Diana (3 April 2013). "Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi – review". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/apr/03/ghana-must-go-selasi-review.
  17. ↑ Busby, Margaret (29 March 2013). "Reviews | Ghana Must Go, By Taiye Selasi". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/ghana-must-go-by-taiye-selasi-8553725.html.
  18. ↑ "A singular voice", The Economist, 16 March 2013.
  19. ↑ Sacks, Sam (1 March 2013). "An Auspicious How-Do-You-Do". The Wall Street Journal. https://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323978104578330071591213806.
  20. ↑ Fischer, Molly (14 June 2010). "Penguin Press Buys First Novel with Salman and Toni's Seal of Approval". New York Observer. Archived from the original on 15 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100615021628/http://www.observer.com/2010/daily-transom/penguin-press-buys-first-novel-salman-and-tonis-seal-approval.
  21. ↑ "The WSJ Best Fiction of 2013". The Wall Street Journal. 13 December 2013. https://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303932504579256201892384922.
  22. ↑ "Books of the year: Torrents of words", The Economist, 5 December 2013.
  23. ↑ "david adjaye & taiye selasi: gwangju river reading room", designboom, 20 December 2013.
  24. ↑ Rachman, Tom (13 November 2013). "Tired Metaphors? Ciao, Contestant!". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/14/arts/television/masterpiece-an-italian-reality-show-for-writers.html.
  25. ↑ Selasi, Taiye (4 July 2015). "Taiye Selasi: stop pigeonholing African writers". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jul/04/taiye-selasi-stop-pigeonholing-african-writers.
  26. ↑ Tivnan, Tom (20 December 2012). "Taiye Selasi | 'I am a little tired of talking about the African book or African literature'". The Bookseller. https://www.thebookseller.com/author-interviews/profile-taiye-selasi. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  27. ↑ "Taiye Selasi: How Do The Places We Call Home Inform Our Identities?". TED Radio Hour. NPR. June 15, 2018. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  28. ↑ "Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local". TED | TEDGlobal 2014. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  29. ↑ Onyeakabu, Adaobi (12 March 2019), "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Taiye Selasi among 200 female contributors for New Daughters of Africa Anthology", Pulse Nigeria.
  30. ↑ "Taiye Selasi Announces New TV Production Company That Will Be the Golden Age of Television Meets the African Silver Screen". brittlepaper.com. 15 July 2019. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  31. ↑ Shringarpure, Bhakti (9 September 2020). "Revisiting Afropolitanism: An Interview with Taiye Selasi". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  32. ↑ Ibeh, Chukwuebuka (23 March 2022). "Taiye Selasi's New Children's Book Anansi and the Golden Pot Reimagines the West African Trickster Classic". Brittle Paper. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  33. ↑ White, Peter (2023-10-11). "Lagos-Set Drama 'Victoria Island' In The Works From Taiye Selasi, Nicholas Weinstock & Fremantle". Deadline (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
  34. ↑ Lorenzo, Doreen (October 23, 2024). "The Next Big Creative Boom is Already Happening in Africa". Fast Company. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
  35. ↑ Vitzthum, Virginia (2013-03-15). "The Fascinator: Taiye Selasi" (in en-US). ELLE. https://www.elle.com/life-love/personal-style/taiye-selasi-profile. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
  36. ↑ Chidiebube (26 November 2023). "Meet David Claessen, One of Whoopi Goldberg's Ex-husbands". Buzz Nigeria. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  37. ↑ Cox Westmaas, Juanita (23 April 2013). "Taiye Selasi's 'Ghana Must Go': A Reader's Response". www.thenewblackmagazine.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020. Retrieved 2020-05-30. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  38. ↑ Whittington, Bella (December 17, 2012). "'The Sex Lives of African Girls' by Taiye Selasi". www.litro.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  39. 1 2 3 "Biography Of Taiye Selasi". Media Nigeria (in Èdè Gẹ̀ẹ́sì). 2018-06-05. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  40. ↑ Selasi, Taiye (1 November 2016). "African Literature Doesn't Exist" (in en, de). Edition (Berlin: Berliner Ensemble) (25). Archived from the original on 20 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220120212423/https://issuu.com/berlinerfestspiele/docs/bfs16_edition_25. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
  41. ↑ Granta 123: Best of Young British Novelists 4, Spring 2013.
  42. ↑ Allen, Katie (April 15, 2013). "Granta list 'proves publishing has broadened horizons'". The Bookseller. https://www.thebookseller.com/news/granta-list-proves-publishing-has-broadened-horizons.
  43. ↑ "Africa39". Hay Festival. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  44. ↑ Busby, Margaret (10 April 2014). "Africa39: how we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/apr/10/port-harcourt-world-book-capital-2014-africa-39.

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