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According to his official website, Shiancoe, resides in Prince George's County, but was born in Birmingham, England, in 1980, to a Liberian mother and a Ghanaian father. He moved to Silver Spring, Maryland as an infant. His first name, pronounced "Vi-san-th," is not of African origin but from the nation of India, and furthermore, that in India it is pronounced "Vi-san-tay". Shiancoe has considered opening a Liberian themed restaurant in the U.S., and he plans to become involved in causes in his mother's home country of Liberia.
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