African Quote by Sam Richardson

My grandmothers are Irish-American and German-American; my grandfather is from the Caribbean. My father is African-American. My family looked funny. I just started naturally…

— Sarah Jones

My mother's from Texas. Small town outside of Waco called Downsville. And my father's from Nigeria. And so I guess I'm properly African-American.

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria.

— Rick Famuyiwa

I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

My mother was from upstate New York; she's of Irish and German descent. My father was from Ghana.

— Vic Mensa

The Africans know I'm not an African. I'm an American.

— Whoopi Goldberg

My mama is African American and from Wisconsin. My baba was born in Iran. My parents have stressed the idea of creating your own…

— Yara Shahidi

My father is Nigerian; my mother is from Texas and African-American. My father was the first in his family to go to university. He…

— Kehinde Wiley

I'm first generation American, and my parents were both from Nigeria. And so I always say that I'm literally an African American. So my…

— Terry Gross

I'm black. I'm Latina. My mom is Cuban. Afro-Cuban. My dad is white and Australian.

— Soledad O'Brien

As much as I'm a black person from America, I'm a black person from Africa, too.

— Nipsey Hussle

My mum's parents were from Ireland, my dad's mum was American-Irish.

— Dominic West