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Kosmopolit (blog.politiken.dk):
… et sandt chok for nogle få timer siden, da jeg - i et anfald af lufthavns-transfer-tidsfordriv - graver sidste nummer af BBC Focus on Africa op af tasken. Først en glædelig nyhed til alle wrestling-fans: BBC-journalisten Leslie Goffe har dedikereten hel sidetil wrestling! Og bonusnyhed nummer to: Artiklen handler om Kofi Kingston, én af de helt store stjerner inden for professionel wrestling. Du kender ham sikkert fra World Wrestling Entertainment. Endnu mere sandsynligt er det, at du kender ham på …

Kosmopolit (blog.politiken.dk):
… et sandt chok for nogle få timer siden, da jeg - i et anfald af lufthavns-transfer-tidsfordriv - graver sidste nummer af BBC Focus on Africa op af tasken. Først en glædelig nyhed til alle wrestling-fans: BBC-journalisten Leslie Goffe har dedikereten hel sidetil wrestling! Og bonusnyhed nummer to: Artiklen handler om Kofi Kingston, én af de helt store stjerner inden for professionel wrestling. Du kender ham sikkert fra World Wrestling Entertainment. Endnu mere sandsynligt er det, at du kender ham på …

Kofi Kingston Fansite: (www.kofikingston.com):
… I cannot bring myself to understand,” says a disconsolate Mr Osei-Boadu. “Why would a person who is very capable of going to graduate school decide to jettison all that for concussion in the face?” …

gallimaufry.ws (gallimaufry.ws):
… to be honest with a name like Kofi a lot of people assume I was born in Ghana,” he says with a bad Jamaican accent, but doing his best to stay in character. Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (aka Kofi Kingston), a WWE wrestler of Ghanaian heritage, ispretending to be Jamaican so he can get ahead in his career. …

Wherever I Lay My Hat... (wilmh.blogspot.com):
… ... sothis BBC storyabout the son of a Ghanaian family of intellectuals who has become a superstar WWE wrestler, but not before shedding his Ghanaian identity in favour of a Jamaican one (goes down better with the Yanks apparently) is probably not going to go down very …

KLQ - News Wrestling & Triple H (www.klqwrestling.com):
… To millions of US wrestling fans, Kofi Kingston is the first Jamaican wrestler in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). But his real identity is very different - because to his family and friends, he is Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah from Ghana...More?source: news.bbc.co.uk …

Parlour Magazine (parlourmagazine.com):
… A WWE wrestler from Ghana, Kofi Kingston, has denied his African identity and claimed that he is Jamaican in order to succeed in the ring because he figured no one would know where the eff Ghana is. Kinda sad, but also kinda true. {BBC} A young Army Vet chose college over combat when he refused to go to Iraq after serving five of his eight-years. Homey is now shakin’ in his boots while he waits to find out what the US army will do with him. To me that …

Africa is a Country (theleoafricanus.com):
… … “I told him: ‘Kofi, your cousins watch you on TV in Ghana and want to know why you don’t say you’re from Ghana,’” [his mother] says. “He said: ‘Tell them it is business.’” Seehere.[Source: BBC] …

gallimaufry.ws (gallimaufry.ws):
… to be honest with a name like Kofi a lot of people assume I was born in Ghana,” he says with a bad Jamaican accent, but doing his best to stay in character. Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah (aka Kofi Kingston), a WWE wrestler of Ghanaian heritage, ispretending to be Jamaican so he can get ahead in his career. …

Faustine's Baraza (drfaustine.blogspot.com):
… born in Ghana, and not in Jamaica. The family only moved to the US in 1982. "I told him: 'Kofi, your cousins watch you on TV in Ghana and want to know why you don't say you're from Ghana,'" she says. "He said: 'Tell them it is business.'" Clickhereto read on. Story: BBC …

Yawd From Abroad-All Things Jamaican (yawdfromabroad.com):
… husband (who still happily watches wrestling) mentioned to me that the WWE has a Jamaican wrestler, I was like “Really?” I immediately made a mental note to make a post about it this week, and put it on my mental backburner until today, when I readthisBBC article. I immediately busted out laughing and called my husband to my laptop to break the “bad news”. The latest World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler is 26 year old Kofi (Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah) Kingston, and his WWE …

(kingstonchronicle.wordpress.com):
… Read full story:BBC NewsFiled under: Business, Home Page, News, Sports | 1 Comment » …

The Wrestling Journalism Review (twjr.wordpress.com):
… This story …

WOWblog - The World’s Only Weblog (www.wowblog.co.uk):
… delightful story …

The thoughts and words of a lunatic (elgringoloco.wordpress.com):
… Batista) brought one of the big 3 belts to Raw, beating Edge. However, one of the more surprising stars is Kofi Kingston, a proud son of Jamaica who upset Chris Jericho to win the Intercontinental Title. Oh, wait, did I say he was Jamaican? Sorry, it turns out he is reallyGhanan. In an era where kayfabing (acting like storylines are real) is dead, this really is stupid. Both of his parents are academicians, and although his mother doesn’t necessarily seem to approve, his father does. However, not everyone agrees, …

wayneandwax.com (wayneandwax.com):
… BBC NEWS | Africa | Wrestling’s Jamaican star - from Ghana …

The Pro Wrestling Buzz (www.prowrestlingbuzz.com):
… If you're not familiar with the stupid premise of the show, 'Sunset Tan' frequently shows celebs getting tans...but yet they cancel the shows I like...Maybe I'm just burnt out on reality TV and need to put on some SPF 100. - In an interview with theBBC, Kofi Kingston's mom Elizabeth, who is the head of a Ghanaian-American organization in the US, revealed that Kofi is not really Jamaican! She said his real name is Kofi Sarkodie-Mensah and he was born in Ghana. …

SmallShop.... Caribbean News (news.smallshop.com):
… Caricom's "disconnect"  - Jul 2, 2008  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ - Jul 2, 2008 BBC Caribbean News in Brief  - Jul 2, 2008  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ BBC Caribbean News in Brief  - Jul 2, 2008  - http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/caribbean/ …

The Wrestling Post - WWE rumors, spoilers, results, and divas (www.thewrestlingpost.com):
… that questions his heritage. As WWE officials like to publicize, Kingston is the first-ever superstar to hail from Jamaica… or is he? His mother Elizabeth - the head of a Ghanaian-American organization in the U.S. -saidthat her son was bornn Ghana. The family moved to America in 1982. “I told him: ‘Kofi, your cousins watch you on TV in Ghana and want to know why you don’t say you’re from Ghana, …

salonika! (salonika.tumblr.com):
… a disconsolate Mr Osei-Boadu …