WRITER

Taiye Selasi

1979 - Today

Taiye Selasi

Taiye Selasi (born 2 November 1979 in London, England) is an American writer and photographer. Of Nigerian and Ghanaian origin, she describes herself as a "local" of Accra, Berlin, New York and Rome. In 2005, Selasi published "Bye-Bye, Babar (Or: What is an Afropolitan?)", her seminal text on Afropolitans. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Taiye Selasi has received more than 298,677 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Taiye Selasi is the 7,282nd most popular writer, the 8,069th most popular biography from United Kingdom and the 758th most popular British Writer.

Memorability Metrics

300k
Page Views (PV)
33.36
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
1.70
Effective Languages (L*)
3.45
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Taiye Selasi ranks 7,282 out of 7,302. Before her are Ben Goldacre, G. Willow Wilson, Debora Patta, Maajid Nawaz, Tarell Alvin McCraney, and Pierce Brown. After her are Janet Mock, Michael Hastings, Alejandro Rejon Huchin, Ned Vizzini, Robyn Young, and Lyra McKee.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

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Ben Goldacre
1974 - Present
HPI: 33.81
Rank: 7,276
G. Willow Wilson
1982 - Present
HPI: 33.79
Rank: 7,277
Debora Patta
1964 - Present
HPI: 33.71
Rank: 7,278
Maajid Nawaz
1977 - Present
HPI: 33.65
Rank: 7,279
Tarell Alvin McCraney
1980 - Present
HPI: 33.60
Rank: 7,280
Pierce Brown
1988 - Present
HPI: 33.38
Rank: 7,281
Taiye Selasi
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.36
Rank: 7,282
Janet Mock
1983 - Present
HPI: 32.95
Rank: 7,283
Michael Hastings
1980 - 2013
HPI: 32.88
Rank: 7,284
Alejandro Rejon Huchin
1997 - Present
HPI: 32.84
Rank: 7,285
Ned Vizzini
1981 - 2013
HPI: 32.69
Rank: 7,286
Robyn Young
HPI: 32.53
Rank: 7,287
Lyra McKee
1990 - 2019
HPI: 32.42
Rank: 7,288

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1979, Taiye Selasi ranks 1,290. Before her are Michael Ball, Simon Amstell, Phelan Hill, Naoto Matsuo, David Forde, and Earl Watson. After her are Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi, Daisuke Miyakawa, Kohei Usui, Ross Powers, Kota Minami, and Yoshiro Nakamura.

Others Born in 1979

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Michael Ball
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.55
Rank: 1,284
Simon Amstell
ACTOR
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.54
Rank: 1,285
Phelan Hill
ATHLETE
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.53
Rank: 1,286
Naoto Matsuo
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.44
Rank: 1,287
David Forde
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.43
Rank: 1,288
Earl Watson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.39
Rank: 1,289
Taiye Selasi
WRITER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.36
Rank: 1,290
Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
CHESS PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.21
Rank: 1,291
Daisuke Miyakawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.14
Rank: 1,292
Kohei Usui
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.14
Rank: 1,293
Ross Powers
SKIER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.13
Rank: 1,294
Kota Minami
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.07
Rank: 1,295
Yoshiro Nakamura
SOCCER PLAYER
1979 - Present
HPI: 33.07
Rank: 1,296