Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country’s tourist sites on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe think that you are among the worthy sons and daughters of this Guinea. You represent our country, the red-yellow-green flag all over the world,\u201d said Djiba Diakit\u00e9, head of the president’s cabinet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Majors seemed destined for the ranks of Hollywood\u2019s A-list before he was arrested following a 2023 altercation with his then-girlfriend. He had won critical accolades for his work in \u201cDa 5 Bloods\u201d and \u201cLovecraft Country\u201d and secured years of future Marvel stardom with his role as Kang the Conqueror. However, after\u00a0his conviction on assault and harassment charges, Marvel dropped him from future projects, and \u201cMagazine Dreams,\u201d a film once tipped to bring him an Oscar nomination, went on ice until last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good, an actor herself, began dating Majors in 2023, and was a constant presence at his trial in New York. They\u00a0were engaged in 2024,\u00a0and wed last year in a small, impromptu ceremony as he promoted \u201cMagazine Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guinea is not the first country to award citizenship to descendents of enslaved people. Last year, U.S. singer Ciara became one of the first public figures to\u00a0become a citizen of Benin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ghana last year naturalized 524 African Americans, after President Nana Akufo-Addo invited them to \u201ccome home\u201d in 2019, as part of the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in North America in 1619.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Guinea has been ruled by junta leader\u00a0Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya\u00a0since a 2021 coup. Last month, he was declared the winner of the\u00a0presidential election\u00a0after clamping down on opposition and dissents, leaving him with no major opponents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hollywood couple Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors received Guinean citizenship after tracing their ancestry to the West African country through DNA testing. The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday. They are scheduled to tour the country’s tourist sites on Sunday. \u201cWe think that you are among […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[259,33],"tags":[7,260,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-40880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-legal","8":"category-travel","9":"tag-apie-project","10":"tag-legal","11":"tag-travel"},"yoast_head":"\n