Birth Name:
Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Birth Place:
Saint Michael, Barbados
Date of Birth:
February 20, 1988
Race or Ethnicity:
Afro-Bajan, Irish and Afro-Guyanese descent.
The Barbadian singer was born to Ronald Fenty, a Barbadian man of African and Irish descent. Her mother, Monica Fenty is of Afro-Guyanese descent. This was stated in an article on the Los Angeles Sentinel, an African American owned newspaper.
It is interesting to note that people of Black, East Indian and to a lesser extent Native people make up the population in Guyana.
In an article for Allure magazine, Rihanna revealed that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados.
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Riri fan, thanks for the post. Actually Guyanese people aren’t typically black. the majority are of Asian Indian descent (about 40%) Afro-Guyanese make up about 30% of the population.
I think its very noteworthy to mention celeb’s ethnic heritage. We, not only celebs, should all be proud of our heritage.
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Basically, she’s black with some white in her ancestry. Guyanese people are typically black (although some are descendants of East Indian and others are mixed with black, white and Indian). Rihanna’s mother, is however, a black Guyanese. Barbadians (Bajans) are typically black, while some (like Rihanna’s father) are mixed with white. Therefore, she’s probably about one quarter white.
Its nothing noteworthy. Think of all the mixed stars out there like Alicia Keys (half Italian, half black).
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well, she is quarter white ,her grandma is irish(white) and african, that makes nice mix
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Black beauty! represent boo:]
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Lets just say shes Black to sum it up!
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Afro-Bajan means Afro-Barbadian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbados#Demographics
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WAT THE HELL IS AFRO-BAJAN?
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Basically she is black. That girl’s mama is black black. Afro-Guyanese people are some of the purest black u can get.
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So all of that makes an “no talented Alien”? Kewl
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Rhianna is sooo pretty,and that is a good mix.Shes also very talented.
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