Hollywood actors Meagan Good and Jonathan Majors have been granted citizenship of Guinea after DNA testing traced their ancestry to the West African nation. The couple received their new nationality in a private ceremony in Conakry on Friday and are scheduled to tour the country's tourist sites this Sunday.
Djiba Diakité, head of the president's cabinet, said during the ceremony: “We 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.”
Majors, known for his roles in “Da 5 Bloods” and “Lovecraft Country,” was once tipped for Hollywood stardom before his conviction on assault and harassment charges in 2023. Marvel subsequently dropped him from future projects, and his film “Magazine Dreams” was delayed until last year. Good, an actor, began dating Majors in 2023 and was a constant presence at his trial. The couple became engaged in 2024 and married last year.
Guinea is not the first country to award citizenship to descendants of enslaved people. Last year, US singer Ciara became a citizen of Benin, while Ghana naturalized 524 African Americans in 2024 after President Nana Akufo-Addo invited them to “come home” in 2019.
Guinea has been under the rule of junta leader Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya since a 2021 coup. Last month, he was declared the winner of a presidential election after cracking down on opposition, leaving him with no major challengers.
