 10 American Celebrities You Didn't Know Are From Ghana Human migration is the movement of people from one location to another with the intention of settling permanently or temporarily in a new location, geographic region. The most common type of human migration worldwide is internal migration. Migration is frequently associated with increased human capital at both the individual and household levels, as well as increased access to migration networks, allowing for a potential second move. With approximately 31 million people, Ghana is the second most populous country in West Africa after Nigeria. Accra is the capital and largest city in Ghana. Other important cities include Q-Messy, Tameil, and Sikandi, Takaradi. Ganyans are known for their extensive travel and ability to thrive in any situation. It may surprise you, but some of the most well-known foreign superstars we see on our television screens are Ganyans. A few people can trace their ancestors back to Ghana as well. Many Ganyans were born outside the country as a result of migration and people leaving Ghana's shores in search of greener pastures. And many of them have gone on to become world celebrities, while it has been difficult for Ganyans born in Ghana to achieve such fame in Hollywood. Being born in America or Europe or having a father who is a citizen of these places is a trump card that allows an artist to break into the Hollywood market quickly. We have no idea how many international celebrities are Ganyans. You may have heard of some of them, but we bet you had no idea the list included the people we're about to show you. In today's video, Africa Reloaded presents to its devoted followers the top 10 American celebrities you probably didn't know were from Ghana. Relax and take everything in. 10. Essendo Addo Braccato-A-Sulfi Addo Essendo is a Ginnian-American actor who has appeared in films and on television. Essendo attended New Rochelle High School and graduated in 1990. He was born in the city of Shinnok Tatty in New York. He received a B.S.C. in chemical engineering from Cornell University. He's also a playwright, having contributed to the anthology plays and playwrights 2003 with his play Black Thing. He also studied acting at the acting studio in New York City. Essendo is also a co-founder of the Defiant Ones, a writing and performing collective. 9. Jay Davidson Jay Davidson is another Gannian film actor who is making a name for himself in Hollywood. Jay was born in the city of Riverside, California. His father is Gannian and his mother is English. He rose to prominence after appearing in the controversial film The Crying Shame, in which his indigenous beauty was highlighted. He's also appeared in a number of major motion pictures. 8. Fremma Agia Meng Fremma Agia Meng is an English actress who has played Martha Jones in Doctor Who and Torchwood. As well as Amonita Kaplan in the Netflix science fiction thriller Since Eight. Following her departure from Doctor Who and a Role in the BBC series Lil Dorit, Agia Meng starred as Alessia Phillips in the crime procedural drama Law and Order, UK from 2009 to 2012. On the CW Teen drama The Kerry Diaries in 2013, she made her American television debut as Larissa Lufflin, a style editor at Interview Magazine. Her other television appearances include Old Jack's Boat, Silent Witness, and Survivors. Agia Meng portrayed Penny in the 2015 film North The South, and she joined the cast of the NBC medical drama New Amsterdam in 2018. 7. Michael Blackson Most Ganyons had never heard of him until he hosted the 2018 All-Africa Music Awards, AFRAMA. Michael Blackson's acting and comedic careers, on the other hand, have had a significant impact in Hollywood. Blackson rose through the acting ranks with his most prominent on-screen appearance as Angry African Man in the 2000 comedy film Next Friday, produced by Ice Cube's film production Firm Cubavision. His best-selling comedy sketch CD, Manasaka, Welcome to America, was released in 2005. He appeared on HBO 30 Rock and Pea Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy in 2005, as well as in a commercial for Comedy Central's Chappelle show. In 2007, he co-starred in the film Repose, written and produced by Master Pea. 6. 7. Another Ganyon-making Ghana proud in Hollywood is Nana Kofi Cerebo, a Ganyon-American actor and model. He has played Ralph Angel-Pordellin on the opera-win-free network drama Queen Shiver since 2016. Cerebo was born in the Los Angeles area. Both of his parents are Ganyons. He is the middle child of two performers, Cwayne Botang and Quessy Bokai. As a model, he signed with Wilhelmina models in New York and Vision in Los Angeles. Cerebo made her acting debut as a supporting character in the 2008 comedy drama The Long Shots. He later appeared in the film's prom, 2011, Whiplash, 2014, and Straight Outta Khamtan 2015. He appeared on television in episodes of Lincoln Heights and CSI, Crime Scene Investigation. From 2014 to 2015, he appeared in the MTV comedy drama series Awkward. Cerebo was cast as a series regular in Ava DuVernay's opera-win-free network drama series Queen Sugar in 2016, alongside Retina Wesley and Dawn Lion Gardner. In 2017, he co-starred in the romantic comedy Film Girls Trip with Regina Hall, Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith, and Tiffany Haddish. 5. Atta Abraham When the 14-year-old Shaman Lad was cast in Beast of No Nation in 2015, no one could have predicted that he would soon be on the other side of the make-believe industry. Some have called Abraham's breakthrough heavenly inspiration because he accomplished something that few adult actors could do in such a short period of time. Abraham Nayata, a Ghanian actor, was born in the United States of America on July 2, 2001, for his education and career. At the 72nd Venice International Film Festival, he received the Marcello Masturini Award for Best Young Actor for his major role as child soldier Agu in Beast of No Nation. He starred in the Marvel Picture Spider-Man, homecoming in 2017, Shane Kiruth's third film, The Modern Ocean, has added him to the ensemble cast. 4. Boris Kajo Boris Frederick Cecil Tay-Nady Ophiwady, better known as Kelby in the 2002 film Brown Sugar, Daman Carter on the showtime drama series Soul Food, and a recurring character on Faux Ex, The Last Mam on Earth is an Austrian-born actor of German and Ghanian descent. Kajo was born in Vienna, Austria, to Ursula, a half-Jewish German psychologist, and Eric Kajo, a crowbow physician from Ghana. Boris Pasternak, a Russian poet and writer, is named after him. Kajo's maternal great-grandmother was Jewish and parished during the Holocaust, while his maternal grandmother hid during the war. Kajo's parents divorced when he was six years old. He traveled to Ghana in December 2018, with a group of 40 black Hollywood stars to see historic sights and reconnect with their roots. Cynthia Adey Robinson Cynthia Adey Robinson is a Guinean-American actress from the United States. She is best known for her roles as Neva in the Stars, television series Spartacus, and Amanda Waller in the CW television series Arrow, both of which are based on DC comics characters. Since November 2016, she has played Nadine Memphis in the USA Network series Shooter. Adey Robinson was born on January 12, 1985 in London. Her mother is from Ghana, and her father is an American. She immigrated to the United States when she was four years old and was raised in a Washington, DC suburb by her mother. Cynthia graduated from Tisch School of the Arts and Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theater. She also studied ballet, jazz, and tap dance styles at the Lee Strasburg Theater Institute. She received special forces training from Navy SEALs and New Zealand special-air service members while filming Spartacus, War of the Damned. Two. Idris Elba. He's been named Forbes' sexiest man on the planet, an honor most men would kill for. Of course, Idris Elba is a female movie agor's heartthrub, and he may easily capture your woman's attention when he appears on the screen. Idrissa Akuna Elba, born September 6, 1972, is an English actor, producer, singer, and DJ. He is best known for his roles on HBO The Wire as Heroine Trafficker Stringer Bell, DCI John Luthor on BBC One's Luthor, and Nelson Mandela in the Biopic Mandela. Long Walk to Freedom, 2013. He received four Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor, Ministries or Television Film, winning one and five prime-time Emmy nominations. Elba appeared in the film's American Gangster and Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott, 2012. Elba plays Heimball in Thor, 2011, Thor, The Dark World, 2013, and Thor. Ragnarok, 2017, as well as Avengers, Age of Ultron, 2015, and Avengers. Infinity War, 2017, 2018. He also appeared in Pacific Rim, 2013, Beasts of No Nation, 2015, for which he won BAFTA and Golden Globe awards for Best Supporting Actor, and Molly's Game, 2015, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor, 2017. In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in Zootopia, Sheer Khan in the live-action-slash CGI remake of the Jungle Book, Fluke in Finding Dory, and Crawl in Star Trek Beyond. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with a film adaptation of Victor Headley's 1992 novel Yardie. Rumor has it that he is being considered for the role of the next James Bond. Elba is a DJ and R&B musician who performs under the alias DJ Big Driss in addition to acting or Big Driss the Londoner. 1. Peter Mensa Peter Mensa is also a Ganyan. He is indeed. In 2018, he was in Ghana for his father's funeral, but he avoided the media. Perhaps he didn't want to do media interviews because he wanted to focus on why he came to Ghana in the first place. Peter Mensa is a Ganyan-British actor who has appeared in films like Tears of the Sun, Hidalgo, and 300, as well as television shows like Spartacus, Blood and Sand, Spartacus, Gods of the Arena, and Spartacus, Vengeance on Stars. He was born in Ghana's Cairo region and comes from an academic family. He was born to Brong the Hoffo parents and moved to Hertfordshire, England when he was very young, with his father, an engineer, his mother, a writer, and two younger sisters. Most actors around the world aspire to work in the American film industry. As the world's largest film industry, Hollywood has served as a model for other film industries worldwide. These celebrities mentioned above are making waves all over the world, and it's an incredible feeling to know that they are Africans who are representing us abroad and bringing pride to Africa. Thank you for your time. 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