EthniCelebs

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Adjoah Andoh

Actor

Father: Akan [Fante] · Mother: English

Clifton, Bristol, Avon, England, U.K.

Amaarae

Musician

Ashanti Ghanaian

The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.

Boots Riley

Musician

African-American, one quarter Ashkenazi Jewish (maternal grandmother), small amounts of German, English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, distant Akan Ashanti Ghanaian and Wampanoag Native American

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Boris Kodjoe

Actor · Model

Father: Akan Ghanaian · Mother: German, Ashkenazi Jewish

Vienna, Austria

Dizzee Rascal

Musician

Father: Yoruba Nigerian · Mother: Akan Ghanaian

Nigeria

Hugh Quarshie

Actor

Akan Ghanaian, Dutch, English

Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)

Idris Elba

Actor · Musician

Father: Sierra Leonean · Mother: Ghanaian

Newham, Essex, England, U.K.

India Amarteifio

Actor

Father: Akan Ghanaian · Mother: German

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, U.K.

Malcolm Gladwell

TV Personality

Father: English, small amount of Irish · Mother: Jamaican [African, other]

Gosport, Hampshire, England, U.K.

Manon Bannerman

Musician · Model

Father: Fante Akan Ghanaian · Mother: Swiss-Italian, Swiss-German

Lucerne, Switzerland

Noel Clarke

Actor

African-Trinidadian, African-Grenadian/Vincentian, African-Carriacouan/Akan [Ghana]

Hammersmith, London, England, U.K.

Paul Cuffe

Politician

Father: Akan Ashanti Ghanaian · Mother: Aquinnah Wampanoag Native American

Cuttyhunk Island, Gosnold, Massachusetts

Raye

Musician

Father: English · Mother: Swiss-German, Akan Ghanaian

Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.

Vic Mensa

Musician

Father: Ghanaian · Mother: Irish, German, English, Scottish

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.