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The Kamala Harris I saw in Africa, by Errin Haines, The 19th’s editor-at-large [1]

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Date: 2023-04-06  

A very good, easy to read, and might I say joyful article from someone who traveled with MVP Harris to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia last week.

In the first edition of The Amendment, Errin Haines takes a look at what the vice president’s historic trip showed us about her leadership style.

In many ways, Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Africa was not unlike her stops in cities across the United States: She made a pitch to communities, touted an administration policy backed with funding, and reaffirmed the White House’s commitment to an issue while acknowledging the work left undone.

But in every way, it was totally different.

There was also a chance to see how Harris’ lived experience has shaped her political career, particularly in Zambia, the one African country she had previously visited as a child. Her maternal grandfather, whom she has called one of her biggest inspirations, and aunt both worked in Lusaka, and she visited them as a young girl. Returning as the second most powerful person in American politics felt like a full-circle moment, and she was embraced by Zambia’s leadership and citizens.

Harris’ trip to Africa was months in the making, with a focus not on what the United States could do for Africa, but what the administration could do with the continent, a theme she repeated last week. She also touted two statistics repeatedly: that the median age on the continent is 19, and that by 2050, 1 in 4 people on the planet will live in Africa.

According to the vice president’s office; P.V. Gopalan, Harris’ maternal grandfather, was a civil servant for India when he was sent to the recently independent Zambia in 1966. There, he worked as an expert on refugee resettlement and helped Zambia manage the influx of refugees from Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, following that country’s independence from Britain.

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