Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I am an African and I am very proud of that.
I am proud to be an African.
Most of the people in Ghana wouldn't know me as an actress. They'd know me for my work at the U.N.
I realized that I was African when I came to the United States. Whenever Africa came up in my college classes, everyone turned to me. It didn't matter whether the subject was Namibia or Egypt; I was expected to know, to explain.
I'm an African American.
My mum was born and raised in Ghana and has a lot of Ghanaian values and traditions and morals. All that rubbed off on me, and that's why I have a lot of love and good energy in me - that universal energy is a Ghanaian thing.
We're all Africans, everyone - black, white, yellow.
I am not an African. I am an American.
I'm not sure where I'm from! I was born in London. My father's from Ghana but lives in Saudi Arabia. My mother's Nigerian but lives in Ghana. I grew up in Boston.
Inside me I'm Ghanaian, and I'm proud to be African. But of course I'm Italian. I was born in Italy. I've never been to Africa in my life, but I will go one day.