Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. HAMPTON, Virginia ‒ As a child, Djimon Hounsou played soccer on the beaches of his native Benin, a small country in West Africa.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in ...

Djimon Hounsou has had tremendous success in Hollywood since he first arrived in California from Benin in 1990 to pursue acting. He is a two-time Oscar nominee (for “In America” in 2004 and “Blood ...

HAMPTON, Virginia ‒ As a child, Djimon Hounsou played soccer on the beaches of his native Benin, a small country in West Africa. He didn't know then that those same beaches had been a "path of no ...

Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990 to pursue his acting dreams, he felt a pain he could not ignore.

Actor Djimon Hounsou wants to bridge the gap between African and Black Americans through his event series, Africa Reconnect. Djimon Hounsou has had tremendous success in Hollywood since he first ...