The African writer became a global literary star with her debut novel, Ghana Must Go Overnight. Selassie has lived in cities in the United States and Europe, but her roots reach back to Africa. From her own experience, she coined the term Afropolitanism, which is embodied by the novel's main characters. Written in three parts, it tells the life stories of Kweku, a top surgeon, his wife Folasada, and their four children. It is a story about family, love, destiny, Africans, and life in the promised America. The sudden death of the father brings the family, who have been scattered around the world, back to Ghana and reunites them after years of estrangement. All family members strive for success in their own world, but their journey in the new world is full of rejection that they have difficulty facing. The writer emphasizes human flight and reminds us that no matter where we go, we carry our traumas with us.