Rihanna
02/24/2016 – Rihanna – BRIT Awards 2016 – Arrivals – O2 Arena – London, UK – Photo Credit: Landmark / PR Photos
Birth Name: Robyn Rihanna Fenty
Place of Birth: Saint Michael, Barbados
Date of Birth: February 20, 1988
Ethnicity:
*father – mix of African-Barbadian and European-Barbadian [Scottish, English, Irish]
*mother – African-Guyanese
Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, businessperson, dancer, record producer, and actress. She has been Barbadian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, since 20 September, 2018.
She is the daughter of Ronald Fenty, who is from Barbados, and Monica (Brathwaite), who is from Guyana. She has two children with her partner, American rapper, songwriter, and record producer ASAP Rocky.
Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was African-Barbadian. Rihanna’s paternal grandmother, who is white, has Scottish, English, and Irish ancestry. Rihanna’s mother is of African-Guyanese descent. In an interview with Allure magazine, Rihanna stated that she was bullied in school and called ‘white’ by the other kids while growing up in Barbados.
Rihanna’s paternal grandfather was named Reginald Leslie Forde (the son of Helen Forde). Helen was the daughter of Joseph Nathanael “Joe” Forde and Louisa Jane Bascom.
Rihanna’s paternal grandmother is Elizabeth “Betty” Fenty (the daughter of Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin). Elizabeth is white. Her parents were born in Barbados. The surname Fenty is usually Scottish and the surname Coppin is usually English. Rihanna’s grandmother is also cited as having Irish ancestry. Elizabeth is from a family of “Red Legs,” descendants of slaves from the British Isles who were sent to Barbados. Stanley likely was the grandson of John Fitzherbert Fenty and Mary Louisa Jane Fenty.
Rihanna’s maternal grandfather is named Lionel Brathwaite.
Rihanna’s maternal grandmother is named Clara “Dolly” Viola Venetta Johnson.
Rihanna in 2011
Sources: Genealogy of Rihanna – https://www.geni.com
Death record of Rihanna’s paternal great-grandparents, Stanley Fitzherbert Fenty and Hilda Olga Coppin – http://www.findagrave.com
Obituary of Rihanna’s maternal grandmother, Clara Viola Venetta (Johnson) Brathwaite – http://downesandwilson.com
Love Her New Song!…No Homo!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acADplMlQ-4
To Total23
What do you mean NO HOMO,your a man she’s a woman.It’s ok if you say you love her new song.NO STOP BEING A HOMO/just joking
I Said No Homo BCuz The Song Is A Girl Song And I Am A Guy….The Song Is Meant For A Guy….Well I Guys Dat’s Me….I Take Back What I Said About No Homo!
Total23
Next time you listen to the song,change the words and make it a guy song;that’s what I do.Besides just kiddin’ with my bud
Lol!
omg this girl is black period…afro this and afro that equals black for the behamas….sheeesh
irish slaves? u guys r fucking retasrded! they didnt make white ppl b slaves! she is obviously part irish! shes so light duh!
To Clare:You need to go check things out first,before you call people names.There were indeed white slaves,we are just not taught this in school for some reason.Every other type of slave was left out of the school history books,then we were spoon fed a bunch of lies about the past.Check out the redlegs of the Barbados
This is all I could think of when I read Clare’s comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE
To S:Dammm
every culture and every ethnic background had slaves lol
Irish? must be fake!
It must be true. Alot of Irish slaves ended up in the Carribbean, thanks to the English.
http://www.kavanaghfamily.com/articles/2003/20030618jfc.htm
PS.
Ever hear of Montserrat in the Caribbean?? It’s known as the ”Emerald Isle of the Caribbean” due to the huge influence of the Irish.
correct. they imported many irish people to the caribbean as indentured servants in the early colonial and slave days. That didn’t last as long-africans were more affordable and as some historians noted “could do the work of 4 men” But because blacks and irish occupied similar social status during that time, you had intermixing and both groups coming together socially. This stimulated fear in the white upper class. I mean seriously, ever wonder how european ethnic groups became assimilated under the racial term “white”when many were considered the negroes of europe (e.g. italians, irish, polish not cesessarily considered white in the beginning) it was to create separateness between the poorer european ethnic classes and african slaves. slave owners feared insurrections amongs those groups, so they created a sense of communalism between them and poor whites by saying hey at least you’e not black you’re one of us. interestingly enough sociologits note people actually have more in common with their socioeconomic class than race. enough of the history lesson I don’t understand why ysomeone would question rihanna’s race. please go to west african and bring me someone that looks like rihanna back….you can’t, because she’s mixed. adios.
To OMG:Sorry have to disagree,but one black slave was worth 10 Irish.Also they use Irish women as breeding stock for light color slaves for almost a century.Also if you look at the Igbo tribe and others you would see there are plenty of people who look like her.Now the bloodline is from back migration, so their not mixed in the way Rihanna is,but there are also many who are mixed like Angolan women. Mauritania women, I’ve even seen some liberian women
almost true. realize that african slaves were worth more becuase of the price slaveowners paid for at the block .1855, Frederic Law Olmsted-the architect of central park-was told after seeing slaves in alabama tossing bales of cottin in a hold occupied by irish that n*****s were worth too much to be risked and that if the others were knocked overboard or crushed nobody would lose a thing. Colonel william Brayne wrote in 1658 to the english authorities to encourage the importation of african slaves because of the killings of irish slaves- he told them that planters would have a vested interest in protecting african slaves more because they paid money for them whereas Many irish were political prisoners, children sold off for their families debts, or prisoners for a small price compared to an african. Also it’s a known fact that amerindians were used first as slaves but didn’t last 1) because they knew the land they were clearly able to escape and were a problem 2) the nature of a plantation work was foreign as for some amerindian ethnic groups the men were the hunter and gatheres whereas the women stayed at home were largely responsible for the field work. Indentured servants were used however but the climate of the caribbean and southern american was foreign to europeans and many died. Africans were expressly used 1) because their skin color marked them as other 2)non christians could be enslaved 3) becuase the climate was similar to tropical africa and therfore blacks could assimilate better and were more durable 4) the money made still outweighed the deaths of millions of africa lost on the middle passage and worked to death in the harsh caribbean slave system 5) crops such as rice, yams etc.. were somewhat native to africans who adapted and were able to tend them better 6) an african could not escape and return home because of the language barrier, and the fact that their home was a continent away
to omg whts with all this long winded explanation? WOW! lol! is it that necessary?
rIRI IS HOT
damn yal gota stop judgin ppl cos of their race anyway Rihanna’s stil ma mentor my rolemodel i still look up to her. i dont care what ppl say all i know is that i love her the way she is. shes beautiful i like the way she dresses it suits her anyway now that im behind u all the way Riri LOVE U LOTS