Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local | Taiye Selasi
Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local | Taiye Selasi

Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local | Taiye Selasi

TED Talks Daily


28.06.2017 • 16 Min.

When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer? 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. "How can a human being come from a concept?" Learn more about our flagship conference happening this April at attend.ted.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.