Is Idris Elba British?

Idris Elba has quite the resume to his name, none of which can top 2018 People Magazine’s Sexiest Man Alive. He’s played characters from all around the world, from South Africa to West Africa, to America, to Brittain. Is Idris Elba British?

Idrissa Akuna Elba was born in the Hackney area of London, England in 1972. His father is from Sierra Leone and his mother is from Ghana. Though he was born and raised in Britain, he holds citizenship for Britain and Sierra Leone. Therefore, Idris is British.

Idris Elba has been in a number of movies and television shows, he’s released music and does DJing. There’s not much that this Brit can’t do. But what a lot of people may not know is that his musical career started before his acting, back in 1986 when he first started DJing.

London Borough

Hackney, with a population of just over 280,000 is found in the inner portion of London and is officially named The London Borough of Hackney and was created in 1965. Hackney came into the world’s limelight in 2012 when the borough hosted many of the events of the London Olympics.

The spelling of the name has changed throughout the years, with first written evidence in 1231 as Hakney. Other changes were made after that as well before it was settled on Hackney. The borough is much older than all the name changes though.

The Romans built The Roman Road, which is now known as Ermine Street, that connected London to York. Ermine Street runs through Hackney, and even today parts of the Roman street run though as a couple of streets in the inner borough.

Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa with a population of over 7 million people. There is evidence that the country has been inhabited for over 2,500 years by settlers from other African nations.

There are between 15 and 20 different ethnic groups that make up the country, the difference in numbers is due to some statistics break it down by language, while others break it down even further to different dialects.

Though the country has been around for over 2500 years, and is part of West Africa, in Africa, it wasn’t until 1961 that it gained its independence from British rule.