Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have develop into residents of Guinea after tracing their ancestry to the West African nation.
Throughout a non-public ceremony on Friday, Jan. 9, the 44-year-old actress and the 36-year-old actor—who’re at the moment touring by way of the nation—have been awarded citizenship, ABC Information reported.
Chatting with BBC Information, the “Creed” star mentioned the respect would permit the newlyweds to “bridge the hole,” bringing collectively their tales as entertainers and as members of the African diaspora.
“We simply need to say thanks a lot,” the “Harlem” alum added, marking their first journey to Guinea.
In response to the outlet, the occasion—organized by the Ministry of Tradition—befell at a vacationer and cultural centre, Gbassi Kolo, and included conventional dance and music performances, together with on the famed djembe drums.
Djiba Diakité, Minister and Chief of Workers of the Presidency, introduced the passports to the Hollywood couple on behalf of President Mamadi Doumbouya.
“We each consider that you’re among the many worthy little kids of Guinea to symbolize our nation and the purple and inexperienced flag all through the world,” he mentioned.
Good and Majors, who married in March 2025, are the most recent Black celebrities from the US to obtain citizenship from an African nation. In July 2025, Ciara acquired citizenship in Benin. The yr prior, Stevie Surprise was granted Ghanaian citizenship. Samuel L. Jackson acquired Gabonese citizenship in 2019, and Tiffany Haddish was famously granted citizenship in Eritrea, the nation her late father was from.
In 2019, Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo invited members of the African diaspora to “come residence” to mark the four-hundredth anniversary of the arrival of the primary enslaved Africans in North America in 1619. Since then, tons of of individuals have answered the decision—some tracing their ancestry, others relocating to the continent, like singer Kelis did lately along with her youngsters.
Final yr, Ghana naturalized 524 African Individuals, ABC Information reported.
