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Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979) is a writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. == Early Life == Taiye Selasi was born in London, England, and raised in Brookline, Massachusetts, the elder of twin daughters in a family of physicians. Her given name means first twin in her mother's native Yoruba. Selasi's twin sister, Dr. Yetsa Kehinde Tuakli, is a physiatrist in the US. The first African member of the International Paralymic Committee, she competes in the long jump for Ghana's national team.〔Virginia Vitzthum, ("The Fascinator: Taiye Selasi" ), ''Elle'', 15 March 2013.〕 Selasi's mother, Dr. Juliette Tuakli, is a paediatrician in Ghana.〔("Dr. Juliette Tuakli, Child and Reproductive Health, University of Ghana, Legon ).The Bill and Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health〕 Renowned for her advocacy of children's rights, she sits on the board of United Way. Selasi's father, Dr. Lade Wosornu, is a surgeon in Saudi Arabia.〔("Prof. Lade Wosornu" ), University of Dammam.〕 Considered one of Ghana's foremost public intellectuals, he has published numerous volumes of poetry. Selasi's parents broke up when she was an infant. She met her biological father at the age of 12.〔("Family matters: how novelist Taiye Selasi came to terms with her very modern family" ), ''London Evening Standard'', 5 April 2013.〕 Selasi graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a BA in American Studies from Yale, and earned her MPhil in International Relations from Nuffield College, Oxford.〔("Taiye Selasi" ), Ghana Rising, 25 February 2012.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Taiye Selasi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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