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individuals born in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

(outside the

Arab World The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...

North Africa North Africa, or Northern Africa is a region encompassing the northern portion of the African continent. There is no singularly accepted scope for the region, and it is sometimes defined as stretching from the Atlantic shores of Mauritania in ...

) of Lebanese ancestry or people of dual Lebanese and local nationality born and/or residing in Africa.

Ghana

Juliet Ibrahim Juliet Ibrahim is a Ghanaian actress, film producer and singer of Lebanese, Ghanaian and Liberian descent. She won the Best Actress in a Leading Role award at the 2010 Ghana Movie Awards for her role in '' 4 Play''. She has been referred to as ...

, actress *

Majid Michel Majid Michel (born 22 September 1980) is a Ghanaian actor, model, television personality, evangelist and a humanitarian. He received nominations for '' Best Actor in a Leading Role'' at the Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2009, 2010, 2011, 201 ...

, actor

Ivory Coast

* Mehdi Khalil, footballer *

Nader Matar Nader Charbel Matar ( ar, نادر شربل مطر, ; born 12 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Ansar and the Lebanon national team. Matar began his senior career in 2008 in Portugal, playing for Sport ...

, footballer * Mahmoud Kojok, footballer

Liberia

* Monie Captan, former foreign minister of Liberia *

Fouad Hijazi Fouad Moussa Hijazi ( ar, فؤاد موسى حجازي; born 27 June 1973) is a Lebanese football manager and former player who is the assistant coach of club Ansar. As a player, Hijazi was midfielder and played for Lebanon in the 2000 AFC As ...

, footballer *

Wael Nazha Wael Nazha ( ar, وائل نزهة; born 26 March 1974) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. Early life Nazha was born in Monrovia, Liberia to a Lebanese father and a Liberian mother. Club career Nazha began playing footb ...

, footballer

Nigeria

Gilbert R. Chagoury Gilbert Ramez Chagoury (born 1946) is a Nigerian billionaire businessman, diplomat and philanthropist, who lives in Paris, France. Early life Gilbert Chagoury is a Lebanese Nigerian who was born to Lebanese immigrant parents in Lagos, Nigeria. ...

, businessman, diplomat and philanthropist * Hassan El Mohamad, footballer

Sierra Leone

* Edward J. Akar, former Minister of Finance *

John Akar John Joseph Akar (1927–1975) was a Sierra Leonean entertainer, writer, and diplomat. He served as Sierra Leonean ambassador to the United States. Today, he is probably best known for composing the music of Sierra Leone's National Anthem. Ear ...

, writer and diplomat; composer of Sierra Leone's national anthem *

Tarek El Ali Tarek Ahmad El Ali ( ar, طارق أحمد العلي; born 6 February 1986) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a forward. Club career Nejmeh El Ali signed for Lebanese Premier League side Nejmeh's youth team on 4 August 2003. ...

, footballer * Faisal Antar, footballer *

Roda Antar Roda Abdelhassan Antar ( ar, رضا عبد الحسن عنتر; born 12 September 1980) is a Lebanese professional football manager and former player. Formerly captain of Lebanon, Antar scored 20 goals for his country as a midfielder. Antar sta ...

, footballer * Kassim Basma, diamond exporter *

Nabih Berri Nabih Berri ( ar, نبيه مصطفى بري, translit=Nabīh Muṣṭafā Barriyy, links=hh; born 28 January 1938) is a Lebanese Shia politician who has been serving as Speaker of the Parliament of Lebanon since 1992. He heads the Amal Moveme ...

, Speaker of the Lebanese Parliament * Joe Blell, former Minister of Defense * Samir Hassaniyeh, activist *

Ali Hijazi Ali Hijazi (born November 23, 1976) is a former Sierra Leonean international basketball player and the current manager of the Sierra Leone national basketball team. He has been the coach of the national basketball team since 2004. Hijazi was bor ...

, head coach of the Sierra Leone national basketball team * Nahim Khadi, current president of the Sierra Leone Football Association * Jamil Sahid Mohamed Khalil, businessman and diamond tycoon * Hisham Mackie, diamond exporter * Farid Raymond-Anthony, writer and author * John Saad, former Minister of Housing and Infrastructural Development * Walid Shour *

Ali Hashem Ali Hashem is a columnist for Al-Monitor a reporter who covers the Middle East in general with special emphasis on Iranian affairs. He currently serves as a senior journalist at Al Jazeera English and prior to that he was BBC’s Iran affairs co ...

, journalist

South Africa

Fulton Allem Fulton Peter Allem (born 15 September 1957) is a South African professional golfer. Allem was born in Kroonstad, Orange Free State, South Africa, the middle child of five children and the grandson of a Lebanese trader; he had a privileged upb ...

, professional golfer# * Ken Costa, London-based South African banker and Christian philanthropist * Pierre Issa, professional football (soccer) player * Joseph Rahme, professional tennis player * Stephen Saad, CEO Aspen Pharmacare * Michael Sutherland, South African-born Australian politician * Allan Thomas, professional footballer * Vic Toweel, professional boxer * Willie Toweel, professional boxer

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