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Angela Davis
Politician
* grandfathers – European [English, some Scottish, Welsh, and French] * grandmothers – African-American
Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, U.S.
Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
African-American [including Igbo Nigerian, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Angola, Cameroon, Congo, and Senegal], English
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Arabella Kiesbauer
Actor · TV Personality
Father: Ghanaian · Mother: German, possibly Austrian
Vienna, Austria
Azealia Banks
Actor · Musician
African-American, some Barbadian
Manhattan, 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.
Colin Kaepernick
Athlete · TV Personality
* biological father – African-American, including Ghanaian * biological mother – Bohemian Czech, Irish
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Courtney B. Vance
Actor
African-American [including ancestry from Nigeria, Ivory Coast/Ghana, Cameroon/Congo, and Senegal]
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
