THE TRUTH!!!
Barrack Obama is not the first famous Kenyan to have made it in
the US,but he might be the only one
who retained his Kenyan name while many others Americanised
theirs. Here is a sample of those Kenyans
who made it big in the US but changed their names to become more
'Americans.'
They include: Clarence Carter,Billy Ocean,Barry White,and Otis
Redding.
Alicia Keys real name is Alice Akinyi,then we have Billy Ochieng,
who changed his name to Billy Ocean
once he hit the American shores; and Otis Redding whose real name
is Otieno Rading,comes from the
Kisumu.
Brian Mac Otieno was Brian Mc night.
Note they are all Luos.
There may be others out there,but these are the ones who came to
my mind immediately. Something common
with these Kenyans is that they were/are all great musicians. If
they went into politics like Obama,
perhaps they would have retained their Kenyan tags.
If they were preachers,they would have changed their minimally
like Martin Oludhe King who changed to
Martin Luther King and T.D. Jaoko who became T.D. Jakes.
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GOD'S TIMING IS THE BEST