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Kenny Greene

January 17, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Kenny Greene was born on January 17, 1969 (to October 1, 2001). He was a vocalist, songwriter, and lead member of the R&B group Intro (Innovative New Talent Reaching Out). Kenny Greene was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He enlisted in the Army at the age of 18, and began singing and playing the piano at military talent shows. His friend and collaborator, Clinton “Buddy” Wike, was also in the service, and they began to meet and create music […]

Categories: All, Greene, Kenny, January, January 17 • Tags: 1969, 2001, January 17, Kenny Greene, October 1, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Bisi Alimi

January 17, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Bisi Alimi was born on January 17, 1975. He is an internationally renowned public speaker, storyteller, television pundit, actor, model, activist, and drag queen with expertise in sexual health, human and LGBTQ rights, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, feminism, education, and poverty alleviation. Alimi is the co-founder of Rainbow Intersection, and the executive director of the Bisi Alimi Foundation. Born Alimi Ademola Iyandade Ojo Kazeem in the Mushin district of Lagos, Nigeria, Alimi was the third in a family of five children […]

Categories: Alimi, Bisi, All, January, January 17 • Tags: 1975, Bisi Alimi, January 17, Ubuntu Biography Project

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Terrence Clemens

January 17, 2018 by Ubuntu Biography Project

Terrence Clemens was born on January 17, 1989. He is an LGBTQ advocate, future community leader, amateur boxer, and college basketball player whose coming out story was profiled in the 2015 documentary “Game Face.” Terrence Lamar Clemens was born in South Central Los Angeles, California, the middle child of six born to father Rudolph Clemens and mother Rochelle Denise Wiggins. With his father in prison and a mother who was in his life but not the primary caregiver, Clemens was […]

Categories: All, Clemens, Terrence, January, January 17 • Tags: 1989, January 17, Terrence Clemens, Ubuntu Biography Project

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