Kamala Harris’s trip to Africa, at turns eliciting deep reflection from the historic US vice president, offered a chance for her to reconnect with Black Americans whose support is crucial for her and President Joe Biden’s looming reelection bid.
The trip “represents for her an opportunity to put a stake in the ground about the role that she can play in foreign policy,” he said. “It’s not just about economics. It’s not just about some sort of strategic advantage. It is an authentic cultural link with Africa that she represents.”
The week was a reprieve from the criticisms Harris faces domestically, where her early days in the administration were marked by staff turnover and a challenging assignment to address the root causes of migration from Central America. Harris’s supporters argue that she faced heightened expectations entering office.
Crowds in each country — Ghana, Tanzania and Zambia — received Harris warmly. Perhaps nowhere more so than in Zambia, where Harris spent time as a young girl and where her grandfather was a civil servant in the Indian government assigned to work on refugee resettlement in Zambia.
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