Tiffany Haddish's Eritrean Citizenship Dream Comes True

Tiffany Haddish applied for an Eritrean ID and was granted citizenship 

Tiffany Haddish's Eritrean Citizenship Dream Comes True


By Melody Chironda | AllAfrica

Cape Town — The popular actress and comedian can now officially claim her African heritage.

An Eritrean diplomat Hadnet Keleta in Washington confirmed on Twitter that Haddish obtained citizenship "in this very touching moment of our independence week".

Haddish was born in Los Angeles to an African-American mother and Eritrean father. She made her first trip to Eritrea in 2018 to meet her relatives and to bury her father's remains. In an interview on Eritrean television, Haddish described the experience as "amazing" and talked about eating the injera flatbread and touring historic sites and cities including the Red Sea port city of Massawa.

Haddish has in so many ways shown that she is proud of her heritage. She stole the show at the Oscars red carpet wearing a traditional Eritrean dress. The cream gown with fitted bodice and full skirt, with black-and-gold embroidery was a tribute to her late father.

The actress, currently in Eritrea, joined in celebrations to mark the country's 28 years of independence celebrations. Eritrea's Minister of Information Yemane G. Meskel tweeted a photo of Haddish at a street carnival in Asmara.

African couldn't be more proud of you and never back down from flaunting your African roots.

05/21/19#Asmara
A historic moment for our sister @TiffanyHaddish!!!! She applied for an #Eritrea/n ID card and granted citizenship at this very touching momemnt of our independence week. Congrats Tiff.#EritreaShinesAt28
ኤርትራ ወትሩ ብደቃ ትኹላዕ pic.twitter.com/Q8qCcCI6IL

— Hadnet Keleta (@hadnetkeleta) May 22, 2019

#Asmara: A great moment during our independence week. @TiffanyHaddish applied for an #Eritrean ID card. Congrats! #Eritrea #ErireaShinesAt28 pic.twitter.com/CcVuOp0j9o

— Jonathan Solomon (@JonathanSo91) May 22, 2019

Oh, and she can dance, too!

Peradizo is rocking eshim eshim with Tiffany Hadish. You never celebrate Eritrean independence to begin with. It doesn't apply to as you are Ethiopian apologist @Selkid. #Eritrea #EritreaShinesAt28 pic.twitter.com/Xz5YQVSAid

— ERITREA SHINES AT28🇪🇷 (@TravelToEritrea) May 21, 2019

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