Afro-Caribbeans in Music
This famous reggae artist has a song called "One Love".
Who is Bob Marley?
This runner holds the record for 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay, and has a top speed of 27.8 mph.
Who is Usain Bolt?
One capital of this country is Cape Town. *
What is South Africa?
This female was the last Egyptian pharaoh of Egypt, and the last ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty.
Who is Cleopatra VII?
This groundbreaking 2018 Marvel film set in the fictional nation of Wakanda featured a historic cast of African and Caribbean diaspora stars, including Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke.
What is Black Panther?
This Nigerian artist was featured on a song with Future and Drake and won a Grammy.
Who is Tems?
This Milwaukee Bucks player plays for the Greek National Team, but is not afraid to embrace to his Nigerian roots.
Giannis Antetokounmpo
The capital of this country is Port-au-Prince.
What is Haiti?
This South African activist was a global symbol of anti-apartheid resistance. After spending 27 years in prison for his activism, he was released and later became the nation's first black president and a Nobel Peace Prize Winner.
Who is Nelson Mandela?
This Disney movie was based off the Jamaican bobsled team.
What is Cool Runnings?
This Afrobeats hit is the most streamed song on Spotify.
What is "Calm Down by Rema ft. Selena Gomez"?
This female Jamaican runner is known as one of the the greatest runners of all time and is known as "Pocket Rocket"/"Mommy Rocket".
Who is Shelly Ann Fraser Pryce?
What is Nigeria?
This person is known for his famous 1324 pilgrimage to Mecca put Mali on European maps, flooding the regions he passed through with so much gold that it caused inflation across the Middle East.
Who is Mansa Musa?
This female Kenyan actor made history by winning an Academy Award for her debut role in 12 Years a Slave, later becoming a core anchor of Marvel's Black Panther franchise.
Who is Lupita Nyong'o?
This Barbadian singer, billionaire businesswoman, and 2023 Super Bowl Halftime performer made her highly anticipated return to music by recording the lead single "Lift Me Up" for the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack.
Who is Rihanna?
This Egyptian soccer player is known as the "Egyptian King", and has played for Liverpool, winning a League Trophy and a UCL.
Who is Mohammed (Mo) Salah?
The capital of this territory is San Juan (Thanks Adrianna :))
What is Puerto Rico?
This formally enslaved Haitian man became the brilliant military general behind the Haitian Revolution.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, this comedian and political satirist hosted Comedy Central's The Daily Show from 2015 to 2022 and went on to host the Grammy Awards multiple times.
This Nigerian music duo consists of twin brothers Perter and Paul.
Who is P-Square?
This player from the Philadelphia 76ers is from Cameroon.
Who is Joel Embiid?
The capital of this country is Accra.
What is Ghana?
This Jamaican thinker founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) and pioneered the Pan-African and Black Nationalism movements.
Who is Marcus Garvey?
This ultra-famous British YouTuber and entertainer of Nigerian descent is co-founder of the Prime hydration empire and won the Misfits Boxing cruiserweight title under his famous three-letter moniker. *
Who is KSI/JJ Olatunji?