Raye

Birth Name: Rachel Agatha Keen

Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 24 October, 1997

Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – Akan Ghanaian, Swiss

Raye is a British singer and songwriter. She is also known as RAYE. She was brought up in a musical family.

She is the daughter of Sarah, who is of Ghanaian-Swiss heritage, and Paul, who is English. Her parents met at church, where her father would lead worship and her mother sang in the choir. Her grandfather was also a songwriter and a musician. Her family is pictured here.

Raye’s maternal grandmother is named Agatha Dawson-Amoah. Agatha is Ghanaian.

Sources: https://www.capitalxtra.com
https://www.phoenixmag.co.uk

6 Responses

  1. suburbanwinemom2020 says:

    Add Akan to the ethnicity and tags. Amoah is an Akan name.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_names

  2. andrew says:

    Keen is an English surname though similar to Keane, Keenan etc

  3. JackB says:

    “Keen” and North of England would suggest Irish ancestry back along.

  4. Akwaba says:

    Her maternal grandmother is Ghanaian, her mother’s family is pictured here : https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGlTsKB8X_/?utm_medium=copy_link

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