Don't ask where I'm from, ask where I'm a local - Taiye Selasi
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When someone asks you where you're from … do you sometimes not know how to answer? Writer Taiye Selasi speaks on behalf of "multi-local" people, who feel at home in the town where they grew up, the city they live now and maybe another place or two.
How do restrictions impact how we experience our locality?
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