Raphael Griffiths Finally Beats His Fear And Opens Up About His Origin… Here Is What He Revealed

Popular SA actor Raphael Griffiths, who has always been afraid of not being accepted in South Africa when he reveals he is the real identity, somehow manages to beat his fears this time and speak up.

He is popularly known as Vusi, a role he played for five years on Muvhango.

Speaking in an interview with Kiki Nembhard Raphael, he was unsure that he would still be welcomed and loved if he revealed that his father is Zambian. Vusi was afraid that xenophobic South Africans would say that he is one of the foreigners taking over the jobs meant for South Africans.

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He said:

” Yes, I am half Zambian. My dad is Zambian. He is from Kitwe. Some of my family is still there in Zambia. Some have married guys from Botswana, some are married to Namibians, and some are married to Zimbabweans, others to Malawians. My great-grandma from my father side was originally Portuguese. She had a bit of Angolan descent. They moved to Zambia, and that’s how my grandma came about. She married a Zambian man, and that’s how my Dad came about. My Dad married a Zulu woman and that’s how I came about. I am an African. It’s a nice mix.”

Despite being proud of his ancestry and heritage, the multi-talented actor said that he was scared to tell people that he is half-Zambian because he did not feel comfortable with how some xenophobic South Africans treated foreigners.