“Bye-Bye, Babar” is a world-renowned essay written by Taiya Selasi, which tackles a term coined by the author herself: “Afropolitan.”
Afropolitans are, according to its instigator, are Africans influenced by the different countries they’ve come from or went to –which also applies to Taiye Selasi. Being someone of both Nigerian and Ghanaian descent, it would be expected that she would be born on African soil. However, like other transnational Africans, her parents migrated “in pursuit of higher education and happiness abroad.”
The result of this widespread immigration is that the following generation became exposed to a diverse range of cultures, races, and nations; while in Selasi’s case, hers leans more toward the European culture due to