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Kirby in 2016, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Malachi Lloyd Kirby
Place of Birth: Wandsworth, London, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 20 September, 1989
Ethnicity: Jamaican [African, evidently about one fourth South Asian]
Malachi Kirby is a British actor and writer. His roles include television’s Roots (2016), Black Mirror , and Small Axe: Mangrove .
Malachi has stated :
I’m basically second-generation Jamaican. I don’t know my history past my grandparents. Kunta Kinte’s strength and his ability to hold on to his identity comes because he knows it, and it just kept speaking to me – I don’t know mine. At some point, my ancestry goes back to Africa … but I don’t know where or who.
I’m basically second-generation Jamaican. I don’t know my history past my grandparents. Kunta Kinte’s strength and his ability to hold on to his identity comes because he knows it, and it just kept speaking to me – I don’t know mine. At some point, my ancestry goes back to Africa … but I don’t know where or who.
Malachi’s mother’s surname is Thomas. He is a practising Christian.
A DNA test taken by Malachi stated that his genetic ancestry is:
*75% West African *21% South Asian *1.8% European
*75% West African *21% South Asian *1.8% European