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I grew up as a British kid - I went to school in London, roamed the streets of London - but having these interactions with my roots and going back to Ghana, I'm like, 'Yeah this is sick.' I love my country and my people, and the energy and vibes that they bring back. So I want to rep that and be a part of it.

— Stormzy

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I'm a member of the African diaspora: my parents left the Caribbean and came to London for a better life.

— Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Me being a black girl in London, whose mom is first-generation African and whose dad is West Indian, gives me a different view. I'm coming at soul from my own place.

— Estelle

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.

— Stormzy

I certainly feel I'm carrying the flag for Britain. I feel an honour in that but, at the same time, knowing my roots are in Africa, I'd like that to help motivate people from there. Even coming from a third world country, it is possible to get to the top of wherever they want to be.

— Chris Froome

You know, I don't think of myself as anything like a 'global citizen' or anything of the sort. I am just a Nigerian who's comfortable in other places.

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Because I am an African, I am a Ghanaian.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

Having arrived in London to seek refuge during the civil war in Sudan, where I was born, the thing I'm most proud of is having totally evolved. I came here not knowing how to speak English, but I went to school and learned; I adapted to this new culture.

— Alek Wek

I was brought up in Britain, and I'm very proud of my Britishness and my culture.

— Naomie Harris

My return to London introduced me to a wider range of society.

— Catherine Helen Spence

✗Opposing Perspectives

I'm very cheerful about coming back to the U.K. We increasingly found ourselves gravitating towards London. There was so much going on for our business, and we had grown substantially here.

— Jim Ratcliffe