Every talk in every country began with an introduction, and every introduction began, alas, with a lie: "Taiye Selasi comes from Ghana and Nigeria," or "Taiye Selasi comes from England and the States." Whenever I heard this opening sentence, no matter the country that concluded it — England, America, Ghana, Nigeria — I thought, "But that's not true." Yes, I was born in England and grew up in the United States.
Cada charla, en cada país, empezaba con una presentación que empezaba con una mentira: "Taiye Selasi viene de Ghana y Nigeria", o "Taiye Selasi viene de Inglaterra o EE.UU." Cada vez que oía esa presentación sin importar con qué país concluía — Inglaterra, EE.UU., Ghana, Nigeria — pensaba: "Eso no es verdad".