American Singer Akon: Ethnicity & Parents
American singer Akon was born by the name "Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam". He is a Senegalese-American singer, record producer, and entrepreneur. He was born on 16 April 1973 in St. Louis, Missouri, US
Languages Akon Can Understand and Speak Fluently
Akon was born into a Muslim family, his mother is dancer Kine Gueye Thiam and his father is percussionist Mor Thiam. Mor Thiam was born to a Toucouleur family of Quranic scholars in Kaolack, Senegal.
Akon was born in St. Louis, Missouri, US, and grew up in New Jersey. He attended William L. Dickinson High School in Jersey City. He is very fluent in English and a little bit of French (he is not very fluent in French like English).