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ุฃู
ุง ูุฐู ุงูุฃุดูุงุก ุงูุซูุงุซุฉุ ููู ุชุชุนูู ุจูุง ุจุงููุงู
ู. ููู
ูููุง ุฃู ุชุบูุฑ ุนุงูู
ูุง ุจุฑู
ูุชู ูู ุฃุฑุฏูุง ูุนู ุดูุก ุญูุงู ุฐูู.
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These three things are totally on us, and they can change our whole world if we decide to do something about it.
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ูุงูู
ุซูุฑ ูู ุงูุฃู
ุฑุ ุฃู ุฐูู ุจุฏุฃ ููุชุดุฑ ุนูู ุตุนูุฏ ูุงุณุน ุงููุทุงู.
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And the thing is, it's starting to happen on a widespread level.
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ููุฏ ูุฑุฃุช ูู "ููุฑุจุณ" ุฃู ุงูุญููู
ุฉ ุงูุฃู
ุฑูููุฉ ูุฏ ุตุฑุญุช ููู
ุฑุฉ ุงูุฃููู ุฃู ุนุฏุฏ ุงูู
ุณุชููููู ู
ู ูุธุงุฆููู
ูุฏ ุชุฌุงูุฒ ุนุฏุฏ ุงูุฐูู ุชู
ุชุณุฑูุญูู
ุฎูุงู ุดูุฑ.
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I just read in Forbes, the US Government reported for the first time in a month where more people had quit their jobs than had been laid off.
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ูุงุนุชูุฏูุง ุฃู ุชูู ูุงูุช ุญุงูุฉ ุดุงุฐุฉุ ููู ุงูุฃู
ุฑ ุชูุฑุฑ ูุซูุงุซุฉ ุดููุฑ ู
ุชุชุงููุฉ.
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They thought this was an anomaly, but it's happened three months straight.
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ููู ููุช ูุนุชูุฏ ููู ุงููุงุณ ุฃููุง ูู
ุฑ ุจุฃููุงุช ุนุตูุจุฉุ ูุฏูุฑ ุขุฎุฑูู ุธููุฑูู
ููุฐุง ุงููู
ุท ุงูู
ุนููุจ ู
ู ุงูุญูุงุฉุ ุญูุซ ูุฎุจุฑู ุงูุขุฎุฑูู ุจู
ุง ูุฌุจ ุนููู ูุนููุ ุจุฏููุง ู
ู ุงูููุงู
ุจู
ุง ุชุญุจุ ููุนู ู
ุง ูููู
ู.
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In a time where people claim it's kind of a tough environment, people are giving a middle finger to this scripted life, the things that people say you're supposed to do, in exchange for things that matter to them and do the things that inspire them.
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ูุงูู
ุซูุฑ ุฃู ุงููุงุณ ุจุฏุฃูุง ูุชูุจูููู ุฅูู ูุฐู ุงูุฅู
ูุงููุฉุ ูุฃู ู
ุง ูุญุฏู ู
ู ุงูู
ูุงูุงุช ุงูููู
ูู ุงูู
ุฎูููุฉ.
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And the thing is, people are waking up to this possibility, that really the only thing that limits possibility now is imagination.
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ูู
ุชุนุฏ ูุฐู ุฌู
ูุฉ ู
ุจุชุฐูุฉ.
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That's not a clichรฉ anymore.
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ูุง ููู
ูู ู
ุง ุงูุฐู ุชุญุจ ุงูููุงู
ุจูุ ุฃู ู
ุง ูู ููุงูุชู.
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I don't care what it is that you're into, what passion, what hobby.
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ูุฅู ููุช ุชุญุจ ุงูุญูุงูุฉุ ูุณุชุฌุฏ ู
ู ูุจุฑุน ูููุง ููููุงูุงุ ููู
ููู ุชุชุจูุนู ูุงูุชุนูู
ู
ูู. ุฃูุช ุญุฑ.
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If you're into knitting, you can find someone who is killing it knitting, and you can learn from them. It's wild.
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ูุฐูู ูู ู
ุง ูุฏูุฑ ููุง ุงูููู
ุ ุฃู ูุชุนูู
ู
ู ุงูู
ุชุญุฏุซููุ ููุญู ูุนุฑุถ ููุคูุงุก ุงูุฃุดุฎุงุต ูู "ุนุด ุฃุณุทูุฑุชู" ูู ููู
ุ ูุฃูู ุนูุฏู
ุง ูููู
ุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงุนุชูุงุฏููู ุจุฃูุนุงู ุบูุฑ ุงุนุชูุงุฏูุฉุ ููู
ููุง ููุง ุงูุงุญุชูุงู ุจูู
ุ ูุฅู ุฐูู ูุตุจุญ ุนุงุฏููุง.
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And that's what this whole day is about, to learn from the folks speaking, and we profile these people on Live Your Legend every day, because when ordinary people are doing the extraordinary, and we can be around that, it becomes normal.
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ููุณ ุนููู ุฃู ุชููู "ุบุงูุฏู" ุฃู "ุณุชูู ุฌูุจุณ"ุ ุฃู ุฃู ุชููู
ุจุนู
ู ุฎุงุฑู.
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And this isn't about being Gandhi or Steve Jobs, doing something crazy.
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ูู ู
ุง ุนููู ูู ุงูููุงู
ุจุฃู
ุฑ ููู
ู ูุนููุงุ ูุฃู ุชุญุฏุซ ุฃุซุฑูุง ูุง ุฃุญุฏ ุบูุฑู ูู
ููู ูุนูู.
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It's just about doing something that matters to you, and makes an impact that only you can make.
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ูุจู
ูุงุณุจุฉ ุงูุญุฏูุซ ุนู ุบุงูุฏูุ ููุฏ ูุงู ู
ุญุงู
ู ุชุนููุถุงุชุ ุฐูู ูู ุงูู
ุตุทูุญ ูู
ุง ุณู
ุนุชูุ ููุฏ ุชุจููู ูุถูุฉู ุฃุณู
ูุ ุฃู
ุฑูุง ูุงู ูุนููู ุญููุงุ ููู
ููู ูุณุชุทูุน ุฃูุง ููุนูู.
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Speaking of Gandhi, he was a recovering lawyer, as I've heard the term, and he was called to a greater cause, something that mattered to him, he couldn't not do.
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ุงุดุชูุฑ ุบุงูุฏู ุจู
ูููุฉ ุฃุคู
ู ุจูุง ุชู
ุงู
ูุง.
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And he has this quote that I absolutely live by.
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ู ูู "ูุชุฌุงููููู ูู ุงูุจุฏุงูุฉุ ุซู
ูุณุฎุฑูู ู
ูู ุ ุซู
ูุญุงุฑุจูููุ ูุชูุชุตุฑ."
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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win."
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ูู ุดูุก ูุงู ู
ุณุชุญูููุงุ ุฅูู ุฃู ูุงู
ุฃุญุฏ ู
ุง ุจูุนูู.
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Everything was impossible until somebody did it.
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ูู
ููู ุฅู
ุง ุฃู ุชุจูู ุจูุฑุจ ุฃุดุฎุงุต ูููููู ุฅู ุฐูู ู
ุณุชุญููุ ููุฎุจุฑููู ุจุฃู ู
ู ุงูุบุจุงุก ู
ุญุงููุฉ ุฐููุ ุฃู ุฃู ุชุญูุท ููุณู ุจุฃุดุฎุงุต ูููู
ููู ู
ุง ูู ู
ู
ููุ ูุงูุฃุดุฎุงุต ุงูู
ูุฌูุฏูู ูู ูุฐู ุงููุงุนุฉ.
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You can either hang around the people who tell you it can't be done and tell you you're stupid for trying, or surround yourself with the people who inspire possibility, the people who are in this room.
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ูุฃูุง ุฃุฑู ุฃู ู
ู ู
ุณุคูููุงุชูุง ุฃู ููุธูุฑ ููุนุงูู
ุฃู ู
ุง ูุจุฏู ู
ุณุชุญูููุง ูุฏ ูุตุจุญ ุนุงุฏููุง.
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Because I see it as our responsibility to show the world that what's seen as impossible can become that new normal.
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ููุฏ ุจุฏุฃ ุฐูู ูุญุฏุซ ุจุงููุนู.
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And that's already starting to happen.
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ุฃูููุงุ ุงูุนู ู
ุง ูููู
ูุ ุจุญูุซ ุชุณุชุทูุน ุฅููุงู
ุงูุขุฎุฑูู ูุนู ู
ุง ูููู
ูู
.
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First, do the things that inspire us, so we can inspire other people to do the things that inspire them.
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ููููุง ูู ูุณุชุทูุน ุงูุนุซูุฑ ุนูู ุฐูู ู
ุง ูู
ูุนูู
ู
ุง ุงูุฐู ูุจุญุซ ุนูู ุฃูููุง.
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But we can't find that unless we know what we're looking for.
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ุนูููุง ุงูููุงู
ุจุนู
ููุง ุจุฃููุณูุงุ ุงุญุฒู
ุฃู
ุฑู ุจุดุฃู ุฐููุ ููู
ุจุชูู ุงูุงุณุชูุดุงูุงุช.
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We have to do our work on ourself, be intentional about that, and make those discoveries.
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ุฅุฐ ุฃููู ุฃุชุฎูู ุนุงูู
ูุง ูุญุจ ููู 80% ู
ู ุงููุงุณ ุงูุนู
ู ุงูุฐู ูู
ุงุฑุณููู.
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Because I imagine a world where 80 percent of people love the work they do.
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ููู ุณูุจุฏู ุฐูู ุงูุนุงูู
ุ
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What would that look like?
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ูู
ุณูุญูู ู
ู ุงูุงุจุชูุงุฑุ ููู ุณุชุนุงู
ู ุงููุงุณ ุงูู
ุญูุทูู ุจูุ
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What would the innovation be like? How would you treat the people around you?
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ุณูู ูุจุฏุฃ ุงูุชุบููุฑ.
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Things would start to change.
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ูุฎุชุงู
ูุงุ ูุฏู ุณุคุงู ูุงุญุฏ ุฃุชูุฌู ุจู ุฅูููู
ุ ูุฃุนุชูุฏ ุฃูู ุงูุณุคุงู ุงููุญูุฏ ุงูู
ูู
.
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And as we finish up, I have just one question to ask you guys, and I think it's the only question that matters.
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"ู
ุง ูู ุงูุนู
ู ุงูุฐู ูุง ูู
ููู ุฃูุง ุชููู
ุจูุ"
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And it's what is the work you can't not do?
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ุงูุชุดู ุฐููุ ูุนุดูุ ููุณ ู
ู ุฃุฌูู ูุญุณุจุ ุจู ู
ู ุฃุฌู ูู ู
ู ุญููู ุฃูุถูุงุ ูุฃู ุฐูู ูู ู
ุง ุณูุบููุฑ ุงูุนุงูู
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Discover that, live it, not just for you, but for everybody around you, because that is what starts to change the world.
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ู
ุง ูู ุงูุนู
ู ุงูุฐู ูุง ูู
ููู ุฃูุง ุชููู
ุจูุ
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What is the work you can't not do?
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ุดูุฑูุง ููู
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Thank you guys.
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ูู ุงูุณูุฉ ุงูู
ุงุถูุฉ ุณุงูุฑุช ูู ุฌููุฉ ูุชุงุจู ุงูุฃูู.
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Last year, I went on my first book tour.
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ูู 13 ุดูุฑุง ุณุงูุฑุช ุฅูู 14 ุฏููุฉ ูุฃูููุช ู
ุงููุงูุฒ 100 ู
ุญุงุฏุซุฉ.
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In 13 months, I flew to 14 countries and gave some hundred talks.
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ูู ู
ุญุงุฏุซุฉ ูู ูู ุฏููุฉ ุชุจุฏุข ุจู
ูุฏู
ุฉุ ู ููุฃุณู ุชุจุฏุฃ ูู ู
ุญุงุฏุซุฉ ุจูุฐุจุฉ: "ุชูุญุฏุฑ ุชุงูุง ุณููุงุณู ู
ู ุบุงูุง ูููุฌูุฑูุงุ" ุขู"ุชูุญุฏุฑ ุชุงูุง ุณููุงุณู ู
ู ุฅูุฌูุชุฑุง ู ุงูููุงูุงุช ุงูู
ุชุญุฏุฉ."
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Every talk in every country began with an introduction, and every introduction began, alas, with a lie: "Taiye Selasi comes from Ghana and Nigeria," or "Taiye Selasi comes from England and the States."
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ููู
ุง ุณู
ุนุช ูุฐุฉ ุงูุฌู
ูุฉ ุงูุฅูุชุชุงุญูุฉุ ู
ูู
ุง ูุงูุช ุงูุฏููุฉ ุงูุชู ุชูุชูู ุฅูููุง-- ุฅูุฌูุชุฑุงุ ุฃู
ุฑููุงุ ุบุงูุงุ ููุฌูุฑูุง-- ุฃููุฑ " ููู ูุฐุง ููุณ ุตุญูุญุงู."
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Whenever I heard this opening sentence, no matter the country that concluded it -- England, America, Ghana, Nigeria -- I thought, "But that's not true."
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ูุนู
ููุฏุช ูู ุฅูุฌูุชุฑุง ูุชุฑุจูุช ูู ุฃู
ุฑููุง.
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Yes, I was born in England and grew up in the United States.
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ูุงูุฏุชู ููุฏุช ูู ุฅูุฌูุชุฑุง ูุชุฑุจุช ูู ููุฌูุฑูุงุ ุญุงููุง ุชุนูุด ูู ุบุงูุง.
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My mum, born in England, and raised in Nigeria, currently lives in Ghana.
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ุฃุจู ููุฏ ูู ุงูุณุงุญู ุงูุฐูุจูุ ููู ู
ุณุชุนู
ุฑุฉ ุจุฑูุทุงููุฉุ ุชุฑุจู ูู ุบุงูุงุ ูุนุงุด ูุฃูุซุฑ ู
ู30 ุณูุฉ ูู ุงูู
ู
ููุฉ ุงูุนุฑุจูุฉ ุงูุณุนูุฏูุฉ.
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My father was born in Gold Coast, a British colony, raised in Ghana, and has lived for over 30 years in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
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ููุฐุง ูุทูู ุนูู ู
ู ููุฏู
ูููู ุฃูุถุง ุนูู ุฃููู " ู
ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุงูุฌูุณูุงุช."
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For this reason, my introducers also called me "multinational."
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"ููู ูุงููู ู
ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุงูุฌูุณูุงุช" ุขุนุชูุฏ ุฐููุ " ุฃูุง ุฅูุณุงูุฉ."
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"But Nike is multinational," I thought, "I'm a human being."
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ููู ููู
ุฌู
ููุูู ู
ูุชุตู ุฌููุชูุ ุฐูุจุช ุฅูู ูููุฒูุงูุง ููู ู
ุชุญู ูู ุงูุฏูู
ุงุฑู ุญูุซ ุชูุงุณู
ุช ุงุงูู
ุณุฑุญ ู
ุน ุงููุงุชุจ ููููู
ู
ุงูุงู.
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Then, one fine day, mid-tour, I went to Louisiana, a museum in Denmark where I shared the stage with the writer Colum McCann.
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ููุง ููุงูุด ุฏูุฑ ุงูู
ุญููุฉ ูู ุงููุชุงุจุฉุ ุนูุฏู
ุง ูุฌุฃุฉ ุชูุจูุช.
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We were discussing the role of locality in writing, when suddenly it hit me.
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ุฃูุง ูุณุช ู
ุชุนุฏุฏ ุงูุฌูุณูุงุช.
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I'm not multinational.
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ูุณุช ู
ูุงุทูุฉ ุฃุตูุง.
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I'm not a national at all.
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ูููู ูู ุฃู ุฃุชู ู
ู ุฏููุฉ ุ
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How could I come from a nation?
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ููู ููุฅูุณุงู ุขู ูุฃุชู ู
ู ู
ูููู
ุ
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How can a human being come from a concept?
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ุฅูู ุณุคุงู ูุงุฒุงู ูุถุงูููู ู
ูุฐ ุนูุฏูู ู
ุถูุง.
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It's a question that had been bothering me for going on two decades.
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ู
ู ุงูุฌุฑุงุฆุฏุ ุงููุชุจ ุงูู
ุฏุฑุณูุฉุ ุงูู
ุญุงุฏุซุงุช ุชุนูู
ุช ุงูุญุฏูุซ ุนู ุงูุฏูู ูู
ุง ููุฃููุง ุฃุดูุงุก ุฃุจุฏูุฉุูุฑุฏูุฉุ ุทุจูุนูุฉุ ูููู ุฃุชุนุฌุจ: ูุฃููู ุฃูู ุฃูุญุฏุฑ ู
ู ุฏููุฉ ููุฐุง ูุนูู ุฃู ุงูุจูุงุฏ ูุงูุช ุดูุฆุง ู
ุทููุงุ ุจุนุถ ุงูููุท ุงูู
ุญุฏุฏุฉ ูู ุงูู
ูุงู ูุงูุฒู
ุงูุ ุดูุก ุซุงุจุชุ ููู ูู ูุงูุช ูุฐููุ
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From newspapers, textbooks, conversations, I had learned to speak of countries as if they were eternal, singular, naturally occurring things, but I wondered: to say that I came from a country suggested that the country was an absolute, some fixed point in place in time, a constant thing, but was it?
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ูู ุญูุงุชูุ ุงุฎุชูุช ุจูุฏุงู --ุชุดูููุณูููุงููุงุ ูุธูุฑุช--ุชูู
ูุฑ ููุดุชู; ูุดูุช -- ุงูุตูู
ุงู
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In my lifetime, countries had disappeared -- Czechoslovakia; appeared -- Timor-Leste; failed -- Somalia.
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ุฃุชู ูุงูุฏู ู
ู ุจูุฏูู ูู
ููููุง ู
ูุฌูุฏูู ุญูู ููุฏุง.
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My parents came from countries that didn't exist when they were born.
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ุจุงูุณุจุฉ ูู ุุงูุฏููุฉ-- ูู ุดูุก ูุฏ ูููุฏุูู
ูุชุูุชูุณุนุูุชููุต-- ุจุงููุงุฏ ูุจุฏู ูุฐุง ูุฃุณุงุณ ูููู
ุงููุงุฆู ุงูุจุดุฑู.
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To me, a country -- this thing that could be born, die, expand, contract -- hardly seemed the basis for understanding a human being.
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ูุฐูู ูู
ู ุงูู
ุฑูุญ ุฌุฏุง ุงูุชุดุงู ู
ูููู
ุงูุฏููุฉ ุงูุณูุงุฏูุฉ.
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And so it came as a huge relief to discover the sovereign state.
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ู
ุง ูุทูู ุนูููุง ุฏูู ูู ูู ุงููุงูุน ุชุนุจูุฑุงุช ู
ุฎุชููุฉ ู
ู ุฏููุฉ ุฐุงุช ุณูุงุฏุฉุ ุงูููุฑู ุงูุชู ุฃุตุจุญุช ู
ูุถุฉ ู
ูุฐ 400 ุณูุฉ ููุท.
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What we call countries are actually various expressions of sovereign statehood, an idea that came into fashion only 400 years ago.
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ุญูู ุนูู
ุช ุจูุฐุงุูู ุจุฏุงูุฉ ุชุญุถูุฑู ูุดูุงุฏุฉ ุงูู
ุงุฌูุณุชูุฑ ูู ุงูุนูุงูุงุช ุงูุฏูููุฉุ ุดุนุฑุช ููุนุงู ู
ู ู
ูุฌุฉ ู
ู ุงูุงุฑุชูุงุญ.
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When I learned this, beginning my masters degree in international relations, I felt a sort of surge of relief.
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ูุงู ูู
ุง ูู ููุช ู
ุดุชุจูุงู ุจูุง.
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It was as I had suspected.
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ุงูุชุงุฑูุฎ ูุงู ุญููููุงูุุงูุซูุงูุฉ ูุงูุช ุญููููุฉุ ููู ุงูุฏูู ูุงูุช ู
ุฎุชุฑุนุฉุ
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History was real, cultures were real, but countries were invented.
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ูู ุงูุณููุงุช ุงูุนุดุฑ ุงูุชู ุชูุชุุงุฑุชุฃูุช ุฃู ุฃุนูุฏ ุชุนุฑูู ููุณู ุฃู ุฃู ุฃูุบู ุงูุชุนุฑูู ุนููุงุ ุฃู ุนู ุนุงูู
ูุ ูุธููุชูุุชุฌุฑุจุชูุ ุฅูู ู
ุง ูุฑุงุก ู
ูุทู ุงูุฏููุฉ.
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For the next 10 years, I sought to re- or un-define myself, my world, my work, my experience, beyond the logic of the state.
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ุณูุฉ 2005ุูุชุจุช ู
ูุงูุงูุ"ู
ุงูู ุงูุขูุฑูุจููุชู"ุ ู
ุญุงููุฉ ุฑุณู
ูููุฉ ุขุซุฑุช ุงูุซูุงูุฉ ุนู ุงูุฏููุฉ.
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In 2005, I wrote an essay, "What is an Afropolitan," sketching out an identity that privileged culture over country.
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ูุงู ุงูุฃู
ุฑ ู
ุซูุฑุง ููู ุฃู ุงููุซูุฑ ู
ู ุงููุงุณ ูุงูุช ููู
ููุณ ุงูุชุฌุฑุจุฉุ ููู
ูุงู ู
ููู
ุง ููู ุฃู ุงูุนุฏูุฏ ู
ู ุงููุงุณ ูู
ูุชุจููุง ุฑุคูุชู ููุฐุงุช.
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It was thrilling how many people could relate to my experience, and instructional how many others didn't buy my sense of self.
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"ููู ูุณููุงุณู ุฃู ุชุฏุนู ุฃููุง ุชูุญุฏุฑู
ู ุบุงูุงุ" ุชุณุงุกู ุฃุญุฏูู
ูุงูุฏุงุ "ููู ูู ุชุนูุด ุฃุจุฏุง ุตุนูุจุงุช ุงูุณูุฑ ุฎุงุฑุฌุงู ุจุฌูุงุฒ ุณูุฑ ุบูููุ"
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"How can Selasi claim to come from Ghana," one such critic asked, "when she's never known the indignities of traveling abroad on a Ghanian passport?"
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ุงูุขูุ ูู ููุช ุตุงุฏูุฉุ ููุฏ ุนูู
ุช ู
ุงูุฐู ูุงูุช ุชุนููู.
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Now, if I'm honest, I knew just what she meant.
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ูุฏู ุตุฏููุฉ ุงุณู
ูุง ูููู ููุฏุช ู ุชุฑุนุฑุนุช ูู ุบุงูุง.
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I've got a friend named Layla who was born and raised in Ghana.
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ูุงูุฏุงูุง ููุชู
ูุงู ููุฌูู ุงูุซุงูุซ ู
ู ุงูุบุงูููู ู
ู ุฃุตูู ูุจูุงููุฉ.
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Her parents are third-generation Ghanians of Lebanese descent.
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ูููู ูุงูุชู ุชุชุญุฏุซ ุงูุชูู ุจุทูุงูุฉ ุ ุชุนุฑู ุขูุฑุง ู
ุซู ุงูุฌุฒุก ุงูุฎููู ู
ู ูุฏูุงุ ูููู ุนูุฏู
ุง ุงูุชูููุง ููู
ุฑุฉ ุงูุขููู ู
ูุฐ ุณููุงุชุ ุงุนุชูุฏุชุ"ุฃููุง ููุณุช ู
ู ุบุงูุง."
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Layla, who speaks fluent Twi, knows Accra like the back of her hand, but when we first met years ago, I thought, "She's not from Ghana."
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ูู ุจุงููุููู ู
ู ูุจูุงูุ ุนูู ุงูุฑุบู
ู
ู ุฃู ุงููุงูุน ูุงุถุญ ุฃู ูู ุชุฌุงุฑุจูุง ุงูุชูููููุฉ ููุนุช ูู ุถูุงุญู ุขูุฑุง.
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In my mind, she came from Lebanon, despite the patent fact that all her formative experience took place in suburban Accra.
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ุฃูุง ุ ู
ุซู ููุงุฏูุ ุชุตูุฑุช ุบุงูุง ุญูุซ ูู ุงูุบุงูููู ุฐููุจุดุฑุฉ ุฏุงููุฉ ุฃู ุญูุซ ูุง ุฃุญุฏ ูู
ูู ุฌูุฒุงุช ุณูุฑ ุจุฑูุทุงููุฉ.
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I, like my critics, was imagining some Ghana where all Ghanaians had brown skin or none held U.K. passports.
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ููุช ูุฏ ุณูุทุช ูู ูุฎ ุงูุญุฏูุฏ ุฃู ู
ุฌู
ูุนุฉ ุงูุฌู
ู ุงูุชู ุชุญู
ู ู
ุนูู" ูุงุฏู
ู
ู"-- ูุชูุถูู ุงูุฎูุงูุู ุงูุฏููุฉ ุงููุฑุฏูุฉุ ุนูู ุงููุงูุน : ุงูุชุฌุฑุจุฉ ุงูุฅูุณุงููุฉ.
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I'd fallen into the limiting trap that the language of coming from countries sets -- the privileging of a fiction, the singular country, over reality: human experience.
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ุงูุชุญุฏุซ ู
ุน ููููู
ู
ุงูุงู ุฐูู ุงูููู
ุ ูุงู ุงูููุทุฉ ุงูู
ุถูุฆุฉ.
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Speaking with Colum McCann that day, the penny finally dropped.
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"ูู ุงูุชุฌุงุฑุจ ู
ุญููุฉุ"ูุฐูู ูุงู.
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"All experience is local," he said.
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ููุช ูู ููุณู"ูู ุงููููุงุช ูู ุชุฌุงุฑุจ"ุ
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"All identity is experience," I thought.
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"ุฃูุง ูุณุช ู
ูุงุทูุฉุ"ุฃุนููุช ู
ู ุงูู
ูุตุฉ.
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"I'm not a national," I proclaimed onstage.
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"ุฃูุง ู
ุญููุฉ. ูุฃูุง ู
ุชุนุฏุฏุฉ ุงูู
ุญููุฉ"
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"I'm a local. I'm multi-local."
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ุฃุฑุฃูุชู
ุ" ุชุงู ุณุจูุงุณู ุชูุญุฏุฑ ู
ู ุงูููุงูุงุช ุงูู
ุชุญุฏุฉ" ููุณ ุตุญูุญุง.
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See, "Taiye Selasi comes from the United States," isn't the truth.
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ููุณุช ูู ุนูุงูุฉ ุจุงูููุงูุงุช ุงูู
ุชุญุฏุฉุ ูู ุงูููุงูุงุช ุงู50ุููุณ ุตุญูุญุง.
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I have no relationship with the United States, all 50 of them, not really.
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ุนูุงูุชู ูู ู
ุน ุจุฑูููููุ ุงูู
ุฏููุฉ ุงูุชู ูุดุฃุช ูููุงุ ู
ุน ู
ุฏููุฉ ูููููุฑูุ ุญูุซ ุจุฏุฃุช ุงูุนู
ูุ ู
ุน ุฑููุณููุณูุ ุญูุซ ุฃู
ุถูุช ุนูุฏ ุงูุดูุฑ.
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My relationship is with Brookline, the town where I grew up; with New York City, where I started work; with Lawrenceville, where I spend Thanksgiving.
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ู
ุง ูุฌุนู ุฃู
ุฑููุง ูุทูุง ูู ููุณ ุฌูุงุฒ ุณูุฑู ุฃู ูููุชูุ ุจู ูุฐู ุงูุชุฌุงุฑุจ ุงูุฎุงุตุฉ ุฌุฏุง ูุงูุขู
ุงูู ุงูุชู ููุนุช ูููุง.
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What makes America home for me is not my passport or accent, but these very particular experiences and the places they occur.
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ุนูู ุงูุฑุบู
ูุฎูุฑุฉ ุจูููู ู
ู ุซูุงูุฉ ุฅููุ ูุงููุฌูู
ุงูุณูุฏุ ู ุญุจู ููุทุนุงู
ุงูุบูููุ ูู
ุชูู ูู ุนูุงูุฉ ุฃุจุฏุง ู
ุน ุฌู
ููุฑูุฉ ุบุงูุงุ ุจุงูู
ุทูู.
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Despite my pride in Ewe culture, the Black Stars, and my love of Ghanaian food, I've never had a relationship with the Republic of Ghana, writ large.
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ุนูุงูุชู ูู ู
ุน ุขูุฑุง ุญูุซ ุชุนูุด ูุงูุฏุชูุ ุญูุซ ุฃุฐูุจ ูู ุณูุฉุ ู
ุน ุงูุญุฏููุฉ ุงูุตุบูุฑุฉ ูู ุฏุฒูุฑููู ุญูุซ ุฃุชุญุฏุซ ู
ุน ูุงูุฏู ูุณุงุนุงุช.
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My relationship is with Accra, where my mother lives, where I go each year, with the little garden in Dzorwulu where my father and I talk for hours.
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ูุฐู ูู ุงูุขู
ุงูู ุงูุชู ุชุดูู ุชุฌุงุฑุจู.
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These are the places that shape my experience.
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ุชุฌุฑุจุชู ูู ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃุชูุช.
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My experience is where I'm from.
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ู
ุงุฐุง ูู ุงุณุชุจุฏููุง ุงูุณุคุงู : " ู
ู ุฃู ุจูุฏ ุฃูุชุ" ุจ" ู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุช ู
ุญููุง"ุ
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What if we asked, instead of "Where are you from?" -- "Where are you a local?"
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ุณูููู ููุง ุงูุฌูุงุจ ุงููุซูุฑ ุนู
ู ูุญูุูููู ุฃููุง ู
ุชุดุงุจููู.
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This would tell us so much more about who and how similar we are.
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ูู ูู ุฃูุช ู
ู ูุฑูุณุงุู
ุงุฐุง ุณุฃุฑูุ ู
ุฌู
ูุนุฉ ู
ู ุงูุตูุฑ ุงููู
ุทูุฉุ
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Tell me you're from France, and I see what, a set of clichรฉs?
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ุฏูุชุดู ูุตุฉ ูุญูุฏุฉ ู ุฎุทูุฑุฉุ ุฃุณุทูุฑุฉ ุงูุฃู
ุฉ ุงููุฑูุณูุฉุ
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Adichie's dangerous single story, the myth of the nation of France?
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ุฃุฎุจุฑูู ุฃูู ู
ุญููุง ู
ู ูุงุณ ู ุจุงุฑูุณุ ูุงูุฃูุถู ู
ู ุฐููุ ุบูุช ุฏูุฑุ ูุณุฃุฑู ู
ุฌู
ูุนุฉ ู
ู ุงูุชุฌุงุฑุจ.
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Tell me you're a local of Fez and Paris, better yet, Goutte d'Or, and I see a set of experiences.
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ุชุชุญุฏุฏ ุชุฌุงุฑุจูุง ู
ู ุงูุฃู
ููุฉ ุงูุชู ุฃุชููุง ู
ููุง.
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Our experience is where we're from.
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ูุฐููุู
ู ุฃูู ุฃูุช ู
ุญููุงุ
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So, where are you a local?
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ุฃูุชุฑุญ ุงุฎุชุจุงุฑ ุงูุฎุทูุงุช ุงูุซูุงุซ.
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I propose a three-step test.
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ููู: ุงูุทููุณุ ูุงูุนูุงูุงุชุ ูุงููููุฏ.
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I call these the three "Rโs": rituals, relationships, restrictions.
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ุขููุงูุ ููุฑ ุจุทููุณู ุงูููู
ูุฉุ ู
ูู
ุง ูุงูุช: ุชุญุถูุฑ ูููุชูุุงููููุฏุฉ ูุญู ุนู
ููุ ุญุตุงุฏ ู
ุญุงุตูููุ ูุฑุฃุฉ ุตููุงุชู
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First, think of your daily rituals, whatever they may be: making your coffee, driving to work, harvesting your crops, saying your prayers.
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ู
ุงููุน ูุฐู ุงูุทููุณุ
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What kind of rituals are these?
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ู ุฃูู ุชุญุตู ุ
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Where do they occur?
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ูู ุฃู ู
ุฏููุฉ ุฃู ู
ุฏู ูุนุฑูู ุฃุตุญุงุจ ู
ุญูุงุช ุงูุจูุงูุฉุ
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In what city or cities in the world do shopkeepers know your face?
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ุนูุฏู
ุง ููุช ุทููุฉุุญู
ูุช ู
ุนู ุทููุณุง ู
ุนุฑููุฉ ู
ู ุถูุงุญู ุจูุณุทูุ ู
ุน ุชุนุฏููุงุช ุนูู ุงูุทููุณ ุงูุชู ุฌูุจุชูุง ุฃู
ู ู
ู ููุฏู ู ูุงุบูุณ.
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As a child, I carried out fairly standard suburban rituals in Boston, with adjustments made for the rituals my mother brought from London and Lagos.
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ูุฎูุน ุฃุญุฐูุชูุง ูู ุงูู
ูุฒูุ ููุง ูุจุฏูู ููู ู
ุคุฏุจูู ู
ุน ู
ู ููุจุฑูุง ุณูุงุ ูุฃูู ุงูุทุนุงู
ุงูู
ุทูู ุจุจุทุกุู ุงูุฃูู ุงูุญุงุฑ.
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We took off our shoes in the house, we were unfailingly polite with our elders, we ate slow-cooked, spicy food.
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ูู ุฃู
ุฑููุง ุงูุดู
ุงููุฉ ุฐุงุช ุงูุซููุฌุ ูุงูุช ุทููุณูุง ู
ู ุฌููุจ ุงูุนุงูู
.
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In snowy North America, ours were rituals of the global South.
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ุญููู
ุง ุฐูุจุช ุฅูู ุฏููู ููู
ุฑุฉ ุงูุฃููู ุฃู ููุฃุฌุฒุงุก ุงูุฌููุจูุฉ ูุฅูุทุงููุงุ ููุช ู
ููุดุฉ ููู ุฃููู ูุนูุง ุฃุญุณุณุช ุฃููู ูู ูุทูู.
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The first time I went to Delhi or to southern parts of Italy, I was shocked by how at home I felt.
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ูุงูุช ุงูุทููุณ ู
ุฃูููุฉ.
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The rituals were familiar.
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ุงูุทููุณุ ูู ุงูุฑูู
ูุงุญุฏ ูุฏููุง.
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"R" number one, rituals.
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ุงูุขูุ ููุฑ ุจุนูุงูุงุชู ุจุงููุงุณ ุงูุชู ุชุดูู ููู
ู.
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Now, think of your relationships, of the people who shape your days.
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