# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/taiye-selasi
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:32:30.298Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/taiye-selasi"
name: "Taiye Selasi"
slug: "taiye-selasi"
description: "Taiye Selasi is a British-American author and filmmaker best known for her bestselling novel and viral TED Talk."
tagline: "British-American writer and photographer of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TaiyeSelasi_P1030135.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1979-11-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.35
  momentum:             10
  historical:           18.61023466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/taiyeselasi"
    handle:    "taiyeselasi"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.taiyeselasi.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%89"
    title: "تاى سيلاسى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тайе Селаси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://dag.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teiya_Selasi"
    title: "Teiya Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "تایه سلاسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Селаси, Тайе"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C"
    title: "تائی سلاسی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Taiye Selasi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Taiye_Selasi"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7484811"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump