Kenyan American

Kenyan American

Kenyan Americans are Americans of Kenyan descent. There are an estimated 200,000 to 300,000 Kenyan Americans and at least 50% of all Kenyan American citizens are based in Washington, D.C., with other population concentrations in Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, New York and North Carolina. [ [http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Ha-La/Kenyan-Americans.html EveryCulture.com - Kenyan Americans] ]

Famous Kenyan Americans

* Barack Obama, current Illinois senator and 2008 presidential candidate (of Luo, English and Irish descent)
* Bernard Lagat, athlete for Kenya now representing United States (of Nandi Kalenjin descent)
* Tom Morello, Rock musician (of Kikuyu, Irish, Italian and descent)
* Mwende Window Snyder, computer software engineer and Head of Security at the Mozilla Foundation

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