Taiye Selasi is a novelist, screenwriter, speaker and photographer. She has a Nigerian mother and a Ghanaian father, was born in London and raised in the United States. But she'd rather be introduced as "a local from New York, Rome, Berlin, Accra and Lisbon. For her, it is more unifying and allows for more open discussions when she meets people, whereas giving her origins can, on the contrary, be divisive.Harvest is an event produced by Athena Advisers and Capital Partners[2:24] - After relative peace, the world is tense again. What's happening: is History repeating itself? [4:10] - Do the States still represent their people? How could they do a better job? Why is nationalism on the rise?[5:50] - Is it in Human nature to fight, envy? Only in the context of scarcity.[8:40] - Extract of Taiye speaking about Sweden in Kaplankaya.[9:35] - What is a conscious state for Taiye? How can Human beings practice conscious statecraft? 4 examples of conscious statecraft : Iceland, Finland, Nigeria, Ecuador.[13:45] - How to be more conscious citizens?[15:00] - Taiye Selasi would prefer to be introduced as a local, more than a citizen from a country. [17:23] - What about national pleasures, like football? For Taiye, sports are a healthy representation of conflict.[18:52] - Taiye and her vision of afropolitanism, when she wrote Bye Bye Babar. She talks to our dear cameraman Joel, from Kenya and living now in Turkey. [21:36] - What's the best advice she has ever received? There is no audience.[23:16] - Harvest of the Day : if something easy or simple could make the world a better place, what would it be for her?In two weeks, we will release Louie Schwartzberg's interview in Kaplankaya. He is the director of the movie Fantastic Fungi on Netflix, and released more recently Gratitude revealed. He'll tell us why he chose the theme. Don't miss the episode!You can follow us on Instagram : Harvestseries, and watch our filmed podcast or speakers on Youtube : Harvest Series.Sound editing by Alice Krief @lesbellesfrequencesTechnicians in Kaplankaya : Kerem Ozdemir and Burak GökçeArtwork by Pedro VidigalHarvest Series is produced in partnership with Athena Advisers and Capital PartnersThe founders of Harvest Series are Burak Öymen and Roman Carel.