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
Add Akan to the ethnicity and tags. Amoah is an Akan name.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akan_names
Keen is an English surname though similar to Keane, Keenan etc
Her maternal grandmother is named Agatha Dawson-Amoah. Her parents names are Paul and Sarah
Paul and Sarah are Raye’s parents first names
“Keen” and North of England would suggest Irish ancestry back along.
Her maternal grandmother is Ghanaian, her mother’s family is pictured here : https://www.instagram.com/p/BsGlTsKB8X_/?utm_medium=copy_link