In Zambia, Kamala Harris explores her family’s roots
1 year, 9 months ago

In Zambia, Kamala Harris explores her family’s roots

LA Times  

Crowds of locals packed onto balconies and cheered as Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade pulled onto a manicured, palm tree-lined driveway, near where she had visited her grandfather in the late 1960s. People line the streets and take photographs of Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade as it passes by in Lusaka on Saturday. So how do you do that?” Zambians watch as Vice President Kamala Harris’ motorcade passes by en route to a farm near Lusaka on Saturday. … It was almost nonnegotiable.” Bruno Mweemba, founder and managing director of Panuka Enterprise, gives Vice President Kamala Harris a tour of Panuka Farm near Lusaka last week.

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Kamala Harris faces heat as she lauds maternal grandfather's feat in India's freedom; netizens ask ‘How could a…’
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Hindustan Times  

Ahead of her debate with GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, US Vice President Kamala Harris made a heart-warming post on National Grandparents Day, recalling the achievements of her maternal grandparents PV Gopalan and Rajam Gopalan. He was a retired civil servant who had been part of the movement to win India’s independence,” Harris wrote on X on Sunday. Harris was …

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Vice President Harris’ trip aims to deepen US ties in Africa
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Vice President Harris’ trip aims to deepen US ties in Africa

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris will try to deepen and reframe U.S. relationships in Africa during a weeklong trip that is the latest and highest profile outreach by the Biden administration as it moves to counter China’s growing influence. But it takes time.” In Africa, Harris will be closely watched as the first person of color and first woman …

Harris visits site of grandfather’s old home in Zambia
1 year, 9 months ago

Harris visits site of grandfather’s old home in Zambia

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — Vice President Kamala Harris paused Friday during a whirlwind diplomatic swing through Africa for something much more personal: A visit to the site of her maternal grandfather’s home in Lusaka, where he lived as an Indian public servant in the 1960s. Gopalan was working with the newly independent Zambia government six decades ago on refugee resettlement and …

The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris
5 years, 2 months ago

The progressive Indian grandfather who inspired Kamala Harris

LA Times  

For a girl from Berkeley, about 5 years old, the setting must have been intoxicating: a bungalow surrounded by greenery in a newly independent African capital, where children ran outside to wave at the president’s car as he drove past. “It was a big deal,” said Harris’ uncle G. Balachandran, a 79-year-old academic in New Delhi. Donald Harris’ race wasn’t …

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