20 Questions - Game 342

[Hominidae]

Born in what is currently Uganda, Kenya, or South Sudan?

[Hominidae]

Born in what is currently Uganda, Kenya, or South Sudan?

If yes (and no to the international question, if it's not scratched): William Ruto

[DreamTrawler]

Known for leadership in an international organization?
If yes, free guess: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus?

No.

[DreamTrawler]

Born in what is currently Uganda, Kenya, or South Sudan?

No.

[DreamTrawler]

We’re almost at the 20th question, so here’s a hint. You never did find out if he lives in the country of his birth.

[Jamiet99uk]

1,2,4,6,7,8,9,13. Real, currently living human born in Africa, but not Western Africa (UN geoscheme) or what is currently Cameroon
3. Male
10. Born before 1976
11. Politician, monarch, or military man
12. Not a native speaker of a Semitic or Bantu language
5. Not famous for acting
14. Does not live in the country of his birth AND north of the equator.
15. Not born south of the equator.
16. Not a former head of state, or former de facto head of state, or born in what is currently the Central African Republic?
17. Not born in Somalia.
18. Not known for leadership in an international organization.
19. Not born in what is currently Uganda, Kenya, or South Sudan.

PASSED
Born an adherent to an Abrahamic faith?

One question is left.

[Jamiet99uk]

Is he a native speaker of a Cushitic language?

[damo666]

We’re almost at the 20th question, so here’s a hint. You never did find out if he lives in the country of his birth.

Well if he doesn't it's not much of a hint.

If he does he must have been born in ab African trans-equatorial country not already ruled out which is

Gabon
Congo
Sao Tome e Principe

shrug

[JECE]

We’re almost at the 20th question, so here’s a hint. You never did find out if he lives in the country of his birth.

Well if he doesn't it's not much of a hint.

If he does he must have been born in ab African trans-equatorial country not already ruled out which is

Gabon
Congo
Sao Tome e Principe

shrug

so born in one of:
non-Bantu northern Gabon
non-Bantu northern Congo-Brazzaville
non-Bantu northern Congo-Kinshasa
São Tomé and Príncipe
non-Bantu Equatorial Guinea (except for Annobón)
non-Semitic Ethiopia
non-Semitic Chad
non-Semitic Sudan
non-Semitic Eritrea
Djibouti
Ceuta
Melilla
maybe one of the Canary Islands or other Atlantic or Mediterranean island

[DreamTrawler]

Is he a native speaker of a Cushitic language?

No.

I’ll elaborate on my hint - this person does not live in Africa.

[JECE]

We’re almost at the 20th question, so here’s a hint. You never did find out if he lives in the country of his birth.

Well if he doesn't it's not much of a hint.

If he does he must have been born in ab African trans-equatorial country not already ruled out which is

Gabon
Congo
Sao Tome e Principe

shrug

so born in one of:
non-Bantu northern Gabon
non-Bantu northern Congo-Brazzaville
non-Bantu northern Congo-Kinshasa
São Tomé and Príncipe
non-Bantu Equatorial Guinea (except for Annobón)
non-Semitic Ethiopia
non-Semitic Chad
non-Semitic Sudan
non-Semitic Eritrea
Djibouti
Ceuta
Melilla
maybe one of the Canary Islands or other Atlantic or Mediterranean island

North African non-Semitic is of course very unlikely, so I didn't include that possibility

[JECE]

Is he a native speaker of a Cushitic language?

No.

I’ll elaborate on my hint - this person does not live in Africa.

Assuming that he was not adopted, he was born in one of:
non-Bantu northern Gabon
non-Bantu northern Congo-Brazzaville
non-Bantu northern Congo-Kinshasa
São Tomé and Príncipe
non-Bantu Equatorial Guinea (except for Annobón)
non-Semitic, non-Cushitic Ethiopia
non-Semitic Chad
non-Semitic Sudan
non-Semitic Eritrea
Ceuta
Melilla
maybe one of the Canary Islands or other Atlantic or Mediterranean island
very unlikely, but possibly North African or Eritrean from an ethnic minority
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[cdngooner]

I was so close to guessing Peter Hain, British cabinet minister, born in Kenya. But he was born 1 degree south. So close!

[Jamiet99uk]

Is he a native speaker of a Cushitic language?

No.

I’ll elaborate on my hint - this person does not live in Africa.

....and it's reasonable to assume he wasn't born in the horn of Africa.

[Hominidae]

Is he a native speaker of a Cushitic language?

No.

I’ll elaborate on my hint - this person does not live in Africa.

....and it's reasonable to assume he wasn't born in the horn of Africa.

Unless it was someone who was born in Africa to parents from overseas, or something like that.

[Jamiet99uk]

I'm stumped.

[Hominidae]

Might as well put in a guess (I believe we're on the five guesses now).

Aryeh Deri

[Jamiet99uk]

Might as well put in a guess (I believe we're on the five guesses now).

Aryeh Deri

Never heard of him but he sounds like an asshole.

[damo666]

Jean-Luc Melenchon

[DreamTrawler]

Jean-Luc Melenchon

Jean-Luc Melenchon is correct! There is a decent chance he will be either the next French prime minister or president. I was reading about the French election and saw that he was born/grew up in Tangier, and thought I would employ the “misleading birthplace” trick again like I did with Toshiro Mifune and Yo-Yo Ma.