Alexandra Burke
Burke in 2011, image via Featureflash / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewen Burke
Place of Birth: Islington, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 25 August, 1988
Ethnicity: Irish, Jamaican [African, Indian], Dougla
Alexandra Burke is a British singer, songwriter, and actress. She won the fifth series of U.K. television talent show The X Factor.
She is the daughter of David Burke and soul and R&B singer Melissa Bell (Melissa Cecelia Ewen Bell). Her maternal grandparents were Jamaican, with African and Indian ancestry. She has two children with her partner, Irish professional footballer Darren Randolph.
Her mother was of African and Indian ancestry
I wasn’t surprised to see the ‘Dougla’ thing when people kept saying I looked like her…
Hey ethnic Alexandra can’t be english u know maybe u should change it to british but english no ma’am. beautiful mixture though
What is “Dougla”?
Dougla are First generation Afro-Trinidadian and Tobagonian-Indo-Trinidadian and Tobagonian descent.
Dougla is just a word used to describe persons of mixed Indian and African ancestry in the Caribbean. It’s not specific to Trinidadians, it’s also used frequently in Guyana and Suriname. There are also Jamaican Douglas as well as Bajan, Grenadian, Guyanese, Surinamese, Aruban and Haitian Douglas.
Thanks for posting!! :) She has a good mix…