“Being here is incredibly hard and moving,” Harris said, her voice breaking. “When we think about how human beings have been treated through the burdens of thousands in this very position we are in now: the crimes that occurred here, the blood that shed here. “
A reporter at the pool said Harris “was obviously excited and wiped her nose, pushing herself as she walked with the excursion advisor and gentleman of the moment. “
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Vice President Kamala Harris speaking in Cape Coast, Ghana. (Screenshot from White House live broadcast)
“We will have to remember the horror of what happened here. There is no denying it. We will have to teach. Hitale wants it to be learned,” Harris said. And then we will have to be guided by what we also know is the history of those who survived in the Americas, in the Caribbean. Those who proudly declared themselves the diaspora. “
Harris returned the speech to a message of hope, encouraging others around the world to draw inspiration from the African diaspora that emerged from the slave industry and planted roots in the new world.
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“But they survived. And they tell another story: a story of resistance, a story of faith, a story of believing in what’s possible,” Harris said.
The speech, which was brief, was slightly larger than his previous public comments on Africa.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaking in Cape Coast, Ghana. (Screenshot from White House live broadcast)
Harris stumbled over his words in a speech in Ghana on Monday in a series of statements that did not quite connect.
“There are a number of things about the factor of the economy in general that we want to do . . . and a big component of that work is the jobs I’m here to do on the continent,” Harris said at a joint conference. convention with the president of Ghana. Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Harris traveled to Africa this week to discuss U. S. ties with the region.
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