African American Linguists (AAL)
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Celebrity Linguists of African Descent
Actor/Model
- Boris Kodjoe
- German, Ghanian descent
Secretary of State
Condoleeza Rice
- Speaks Russian,Spanish & French
NY Yankee's Pitcher
Mariano Rivera
- Panamanian
CNN Reporter
Soledad Obrien
- Cuban Descent
NBA Player
Kobe Bryant
- Speaks Italian
NBA Player
Tony Parker
- Speaks French
Actor
Amaury Nolasco
- Puerto Rican
Actress
Rosario Dawson
- Puerto Rican/Cuban/African-American/Native American Descent
Former Secretary of State
Colin Powell
Speaks YiddishRosario Dawson
- Puerto Rican/Cuban/African-American/Native American Descent
Singer
Gio Williams
- Dominican
Chicago Cubs
Sammy Sosa
- Dominican
Actress
Holly Robinson-Pete
- Speaks French
Actress/Model
Garcelle Beauvais
- Haitian Born
Actress
Zoe Saldana
- Dominican/Puerto Rican
Actress
Gina Torres (wife of Lawrence Fishburne)
- Cuban
Actress
Tais Araujo
- Brazilian
Singer/Activist
- Celia Cruz
- Cuban
Actress
Phylicia Rashad
- Speaks Spanish
Actress
Sidney Poitier
- Speaks Russian
Raeggetón Singer
Raymond Ayala aka Daddy Yankee
- Puerto Rican
Raeggetón Singer
Alfonso Ribeiro
- Dominican
Singer
Christina Milian
- Cuban-American
Comments from AAL members:
- "People of African descent speak all major dominant European languages due to slavery & colonization. It is to the advantage of African Americans not to see themselves as predominant speakers of English. Black people all over the world speak English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, German and any other language of the colonizers. Besides, look at the variety of languages alone spoken in Africa. People there are multilingual!" Frances Mecartty-Dunlap, NJ
- "African Americans have an advantage. From antiquity our culture has been one that has emphasized keen listening as well as skillful imitation. For this reason, hearing & imitating the sounds of other languages has been accomplished with relative ease." Camellia Cuthrell, NC