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Taiye Selasi

Taiye Selasi was born in London to Nigerian and Ghanian parents. she holds a BA from Yale and an MPhil from Oxford. Selasi made her fiction debut in Granta in 2011 with ‘The Sex Live of African Girls’, which was selected for Best American Short Stories in 2012. Her first novel, Ghana Must Go, was published in March 2013. An avid traveller and photographer, Selasi lives in Rome.

Taiye Selasi on Granta.com

Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir|The Online Edition

Taiye Selasi | My Writing Playlist

Taiye Selasi

Taiye Selasi, one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists, shares a playlist of songs to write to.

In Conversation|The Online Edition

In Conversation|The Online Edition

Taiye Selasi | Podcast

Taiye Selasi & Ellah Allfrey

Taiye Selasi talks about her mother’s garden, Rachmaninov and learning to speak Italian.

Fiction|Granta 123

Fiction|Granta 123

Driver

Taiye Selasi

‘I am the full-time driver here. I am not going to kill my employers. I have read that drivers do that now.’

Essays & Memoir|Granta 123

Essays & Memoir|Granta 123

Books I Read This Year

Various Contributors

A selection of Granta contributors discuss the books they read in 2012.

In Conversation|Granta 123

In Conversation|Granta 123

Taiye Selasi | Interview

Yuka Igarashi & Taiye Selasi

‘I was rather surprised to discover that I’d painted such a devastating portrait.’

Fiction|Granta 115

Fiction|Granta 115

The Sex Lives of African Girls

Taiye Selasi

‘She has the most genuine intentions of any woman out there.’