Please allow me to give my infinite wisdom on this matter. Kofi didnt have a chance from the start. First they make his character Jamaican and all is good. Next thing you know he doesn't have an accent and he's from Ghana, West Africa. The guy has the skills in the ring but it has been an uphill climb from the beginning.
This guy makes sense out of it.
He's from Ghana in Wes Africa, prior to his Debut he worked in the Caribbean and was based out of Jamaica
when WWE signed him they presented him as a face, and cited him as being Jamaican
when they decided to push him farther, they realized he'd need to talk more, and Its harder to fake the accent in long speeches, so they started billing him as from Ghana (this has been the case since well before his feud w/ Orton)
part of the reason for the Jamaican Gimmick has to do with xenophobia in the American 'sports fan', traditionally 'African Gimmicks' have emphasized the Savage/Warrior as a monster heel, as Kofi is a smaller guy and being pushed as a face they opted instead to present him as the Happy Jamaican - when you think Jamaica, its a safe bet you think Pot or Rum
its no coincidence that in Baseball, pre-integration, that some farm teams had black players but billed them as Caribbeann
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