Taiye Selasi: Belonging in a Global World

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog | 0 comments

I submitted a proposal for a presentation at the up and coming Families in Global Transition Conference this morning… My suggested title? “Localising Belonging in a Global World”. Then I watched this… brilliant! Well worth a watch… For all of those wrestling with belonging and cultural identification… this is for you…

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