Kenyatta Namesake Wins Seat in U.S. Mid-Term Elections

Malcolm Kenyatta, 27, is the newly-elected Pennsylvania State Representative. His grandfather changed his name from Donald Brooks Jackson to Muhammad Kenyatta in the early 1970s to honour his heroes Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Nation of Islam, and Jomo Kenyatta.

Malcolm Kenyatta, the new Pennsylvania State Representative of the 181st District in Philadelphia.

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