The recent Tokyo Olympic Games have been a showcase of extraordinary talent. They have featured athletes such as Naomi Osaka, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Ira Brown, Lamont Marcell Jacobs, Rui Hachimura, Abdul Hakim Sani Brown, and Stephanie Mawuli who challenge our conventional notions of nationality. This week, Milton Alan Turner discusses what is nationality, why this concept of identity can be so important to many and why it seems so threatening to others.