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.