Idris Elba and his wife have been granted honorary citizenship in his late father’s homeland of Sierra Leone. Idris Elba and his wife have been granted honorary citizenship in his late father’s homeland of Sierra Leone. While Sierra Leone is home to chimpanzees, pristine beaches and surfing, the country is more widely known as the scene of a brutal war from 1991 until 2002, depicted in the film Blood Diamond. On Friday, President Julius Maada Bio had breakfast with Elba and his wife. Elba, 47, was raised in the UK by his Sierra Leonean father and Ghanaian mother.

Source: Irish Independent December 20, 2019 16:29 UTC