Investigations continued at the scene in Summers Street throughout Sunday
A man has been shot dead by a police officer in Swindon.
Investigations continued at the scene in Summers Street throughout Sunday
The 57-year-old man died just before 03:00 GMT in the shooting in Summers Street, said the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC), which is investigating.
It said the shooting happened after Wiltshire Police were called to two men “arguing in the street.”
The force said it would be stepping up its presence in the area but added there was no danger to the public.
In a statement, the IOPC said police were called to Summers Street, in the Rodbourne area of Swindon, just after 02:00 GMT.
“At this early stage it is believed a 57-year-old man has been fatally shot during the police response to reports of two men arguing in the street,” the statement said.
The IOPC said the man was confirmed dead in an ambulance at 02:56 GMT.
It said investigators were at the scene and were speaking to officers involved in the incident.
The IOPC added it was “mandatory for us to conduct an independent investigation when the police fatally shoot a member of the public”.
“Our thoughts and sympathies are with all of those affected by this terrible incident,” it added.
Wiltshire Police said it would not be commenting on the incident because of the IOPC investigation.
A spokesman said: “We would, however, like to reassure the public there is no risk to the wider community and that there is likely to be an increased police presence in the area for a considerable time.” BBC News
Leaders across Africa have been congratulating US President-elect Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, following their victory.
Joe Biden visited Kenya when he was vice-president, here meeting those affected by the 1998 bombing of the US embassy (Picture by AFP)
“I urge Mr Biden to deploy his vast experience in tackling the negative consequences of nationalist politics on world affairs,” Nigeria’s leader said.
Uganda’s president hoped a trade deal that gives African nation duty free access to US markets would be renewed.
Ms Harris was described as a “trailblazer” by Kenya’s president.
She has made history as the first female, first black and first Asian-American US vice-president-elect.
Many of the leaders on the continent have pointed to Mr Biden’s track record and said how much they looked forward to working with him.
The 77-year-old was first elected to the US senate in 1972 and served as Barack Obama’s vice-president for eight years.
Nigeria: ‘Respect will of the people’
Muhammadu Buhari, president of Africa’s most populous nation and biggest economy, said Mr Biden’s victory came at a” time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs”.
Congratulations to US President-Elect Joe Biden on his election at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs. His election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers the people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means. pic.twitter.com/srv3PP6LBz
“His election is a reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means,” Mr Buhari said.
US President Donald Trump has yet to concede and has not spoken publicly since his defeat.
“Respect for the will of the people is the very reason why democracy remains the best form of government, despite its limitations from one polity to another, and from one society to another,” Nigeria’s leader said.
He added that Nigeria hoped for greater co-operation with the US “especially at economic, diplomatic and political levels, including the war against terrorism.”
He said nationalist politics had created “divisions and uncertainties” in the world – and urged Mr Biden to instead “introduce greater engagement with Africa on the basis of reciprocal respect and shared interests.”
Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo added his congratulations and spoke of Africa’s pride in seeing the election of Ms Harris, who has an Indian-born mother and Jamaican-born father.
“We in Africa are proud of her success. The first African-American President of the US, Barrack Obama, has Kenyan DNA in him and I am reasonably sure that the first African-American female vice-president-elect of the US will have some Nigerian DNA in her as most of those taken to the Caribbean from Africa went from Nigeria of today,” the ex-president said.
Kenya: ‘A friend to our country’
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Mr Biden’s “emphatic win” was “a demonstration of Americans’ confidence in the leadership credentials of the former vice-president”.
“President-elect Joe Biden is a friend of our country who has visited us in the past and helped in strengthening the strong ties that exist between us and the United States of America,” President Kenyatta said in a statement.
“His win therefore presents an even bigger and better platform for our two countries to collaborate more closely for the prosperity of the people of our two nations.”
He said Ms Harris would be a role model who would “help inspire and embolden millions of young girls across the world to chase and achieve their dreams of greatness and success.”
Mr Kenyatta also thanked Mr Trump and his administration and said that he “wished him well as he exits the high office of the president of the United States of America.”
Uganda: ‘Trade plea’
Uganda’s leader, Yoweri Museveni, sent congratulations to Mr Biden and greetings from the Ugandan people, reminding him of the countries’ close links.
“The USA, with its black population of 47.4m people, as well as a large Christian population linked with us by faith, could easily be a natural ally of Uganda and Africa,” President Museveni tweeted.
“Previous American presidents have already positively used these linkages by putting in place the African Growth And Opportunity Act [Agoa]… We salute this policy & hope that President Biden maintains it.”
Agoa is the flagship US trade legislation designed to boost trade and investment in qualifying African countries by granting duty-free access to 6,500 exported products – it was signed into law by US Bill Clinton in 2000 and boosted and extended by his successors George W Bush and Mr Obama.
It is due to expire in 2025 and if it is not renewed it could have a severe impact on smaller and poorer nations.
Namibia: ‘Opposed apartheid’
The president of Namibia said the country, which gained its independence in 1990 from white-minority ruled South Africa after a 25-year war, appreciated Mr Biden’s support at the time.
“During our struggle for freedom, we came to know him as a senator who opposed apartheid in South Africa and the region,” President Hage Geingob tweeted.
“I look forward to working with @JoeBiden for stronger bilateral relations and multilateralism for a fairer world.”
Liberia: ‘We all face a global health crisis’
George Weah, president of Liberia, one of three countries severely affected by West Africa’s 2014-16 Ebola outbreak, pointed to the coronavirus pandemic in his congratulatory message to Mr Biden.
“He assumes the leadership of the United States at a very challenging time for the country and the world as we all face a global health crisis. I urge all Americans to forge together in peace and unity,” he tweeted.
“As the traditional ally of the United States, Liberia stands ready to further enhance and rekindle our long, historic and unique bilateral relations. Congratulations!”
Egypt: ‘Joint action’
President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, a close ally of Mr Trump who has backed Egypt in the row over a controversial built by Ethiopia on the River Nile, said he hoped good relations between the countries would continue with Mr Biden.
“The president stressed the aspiration for co-operation and joint action to strengthen the strategic bilateral relations between Egypt and the United States, in the interest of the two friendly countries and peoples,” the Reuters news agency quoted his spokesman as saying.
Zimbabwe: ‘Increased co-operation’
The president of Zimbabwe, whose country has a tense relationship with the US over its human rights record, did not stint on his congratulations.
Some Zimbabwean individuals and businesses have been subject to sanctions going back 20 years.
“Zimbabwe wishes you every success in leading the American people. I look forward to working with you to increase co-operation between our two nations,” President Emmerson Mnangagwa tweeted.
Ghana: ‘Unity for all Americans’
Ghana’s Nana Akufo-Addo described Mr Biden’s victory as “decisive” and congratulated Ms Harris on making history.
“It is my sincere hope that President-Elect Biden’s tenure in office will be marked by the delivery of unity, security, progress and prosperity to all Americans,” he tweeted.
“I am hopeful that over the course of his presidency, relations between Ghana and the United States of America will continue to grow from strength to strength, relations which have, over the years, been based on a shared agenda of freedom, development, progress and prosperity.”
Ethiopia, Niger, Senegal, Somalia and South Africa:
Other leaders sent out short congratulatory messages not long after the result came through on Saturday.
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, Niger’s President Issoufou Mahamadou, Senegalese President Macky Sall, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Somalia’s leader Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, known as Farmajo, were among those who took to Twitter saying they looked forward to working with Mr Biden:
My congratulations to US President-Elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-Elect @KamalaHarris on your historic #Election2020 win. #Ethiopia looks forward to working closely with you.
Congratulations to President-Elect @JoeBiden and Vice President-Elect @KamalaHarris. I wish you success in your new roles and look forward to strengthening the relationship between our two countries. -IM
We congratulate President-Elect @JoeBiden and Vice President @KamalaHarris and the American people on your election. We look forward to working with you and deepening our bonds of friendship and cooperation. pic.twitter.com/aajOxmL8KI
Congratulations President-elect of the United States of America @JoeBiden and VP-elect @KamalaHarris. Somalia wishes you success in your endeavors. We look forward to close cooperation and partnership. USA is a strong ally and partner in #Somalia’s progress & development.
Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi (Picture by Innovation Village.co.zw)
By Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Dairibord, former Dairy Marketing Board (DMB) was once one of the largest food producers in southern Africa, was founded in 1951 and listed on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in 1997.
Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi (Picture by Innovation Village.co.zw)
Dairibord is the owner of Lyons Zimbabwe, a food company manufacturing beverages, ice creams, cordials, condiments, sauces and spreads and the biscuit and baking company M.E. Charhons, and has a majority stake in Dairibord Malawi jointly owned with the Malawian Government.
In 1997, when Anthony Mandiwanza took over as CEO he gained knowledge and experience, and launched initiatives that helped to boost the bottom line.
Fast-forward, after 24 years the same executive is risk-averse and slow to adapt to change and the company’s performance is on the decline. The pattern is so common that many refer to the “seasons” of a CEO’s tenure, analogous to the seasons of the year.
Research indicates that the longer a CEO serves, the more the firm-employee dynamic improves. The facts point that an extended term strengthens customer ties only for a time, after which the relationship weakens and the company’s performance diminishes, no matter how united and committed the workforce is.
There was a study of 356 United States companies from 2000 to 2010. They measured CEOs tenure and calculated the strength of the firm-employee relationship each year (by assessing such things as retirement benefits and layoffs) and the strength of the firm-customer relationship (by assessing such things as product quality and safety). There was a measure of magnitude and volatility of stock returns. The results show that the optimal tenure length of a CEO is 4.8 years.
Mr Mandiwanza has more than 32 years at Dairibord, 24 of which you have been CEO. Laws of diminishing returns will surely be set in judging how much the company has severely shrunk. The underlying reasons for the pattern, we believe, have to do with how CEOs learn.
Previous research has shown that different learning styles prevail at different stages of the CEO life cycle. Early on, when new executives are getting up to speed, they seek information in diverse ways, turning to both external and internal company sources. This deepens their relationships with customers and employees alike.
Board members should be watchful for changes in the firm executive, management and customer relationship. They should be aware that long-tenured CEOs may be skilled at employee relations but less adept at responding to the marketplace. CEOs that serve for a longtime are great motivators but weak strategists, unifying workers around a failing course of action.
Dairibord has to start working on a succession plan to prevent, “Mugabe Syndrome.” The CEO succession planning is one of the most important responsibilities of the company’s board, and must be part of the key strategic issues as it addresses sustainable corporate governance requirements and needs.
In the case of Dairibord, a Zimbabwe’s listed company, it is the duty of the directors to work thoughtfully to anticipate the future of the company, develop potential successor candidates over the years, and to ultimately have one of them step into the top spot when the need arises.
Mr Anthony Mandiwanza, 24 years as a CEO is a very long-time and makes you the only longest serving CEO in Zimbabwe. It is time for a new CEO to take over the helm of our much loved Dairibord.
ZAA chairman Conrad Mwanza (Picture by Felix Moyo Photography)
The Zimbabwe Achievers Awards (ZAA) has announced a combined virtual awards event for the ZAA USA and Canada editions in partnership with WorldRemit on 12 December 2020.
ZAA chairman Conrad Mwanza (Picture by Felix Moyo Photography)
The ZAA USA edition is in its 5th year running, whilst Canada mark their second event after their successful inaugural awards dinner gala last year. This year the two will hold a combined virtual event and nominations are now open on www.zimachievers.com.
The announcement sees ZAA revisiting their tried and tested partnership with the global fintech company, WorldRemit in celebration of Zimbabwean achievers who are based in the diaspora.
The money transfer company has sponsored ZAA editions in recent years and is regularly involved in community projects and promotions.
“We are excited to announce the event, nomination and voting dates for the special virtual combined ZAA Canada and USA editions. Nominations are open until the 15th November and voting will begin on the 23rd November 2020.
“The circumstances of this year are different from the previous one, but our diaspora community has continued achieving remarkable feats. It is our pleasure to announce WorldRemit as our sponsors for this year’s event,” said Conrad Mwanza, ZAA International Chairman.
“ZAA is all about celebrating and honoring high achievement from all our people around the world. This year will be no different and we invite everyone to join us on our joint Awards Virtual Event. We will be streaming the event live across various online platforms due to the prevailing situations around the world.”
The ZAA were founded in 2010 to celebrate and recognize the remarkable work by Zimbabweans in the diaspora and comprise of annual editions in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa and Botswana.
Now in their 10th year of existence, ZAA is involved in various activities throughout the year and culminate in annual Awards Dinner Gala in their respective country chapters.
Polarising Australian Nick Kyrgios on Sunday admitted to being in a “lonely, dark place” in recent years as he battled depression sparked by the relentless grind of the tennis tour.
Tennis: WTA tour 2020 – Acapulco Open: Day 3
The temperamental star is one of the sport’s biggest drawcards, but has also faced intense criticism for his combustible antics on court, with a long list of misdemeanours to his name.
They include an explosive racquet-smashing and expletive-ridden meltdown at last year’s Cincinnati Masters that saw him put on probation by the ATP and ordered to seek professional help.
“I don’t think people understand how lonely tennis can be,” he told Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph magazine.
“You’re out there on the court on your own. You can’t really talk to anyone. You have to figure things out for yourself. I did struggle with that.”
Kyrgios said he had always been emotional and found it tough spending so long away from his Canberra home and family while on tour, admitting there were times when he was “seriously depressed.”
“I remember waking up in Shanghai one year and it was 4pm and I was still in bed, curtains closed. I didn’t want to see the light of day,” he said.
“I felt like no one wanted to know me as a person, they just wanted to get a hold of me as a tennis player and use me. I didn’t feel like I could trust anyone. It was a lonely, dark place. And things came from that.
“A lot of people were putting pressure on me, I put a lot of pressure on myself. I just lost joy in the game and I was spiralling out of control,” he added.
“I fell into depression because of the things I thought I had to be.”
But the 25-year-old gained new respect by spearheading fundraising efforts for Australia’s deadly bushfires last summer, a crisis which he said gave him a new perspective.
He has also been hailed as a voice of reason during the coronavirus pandemic, calling out fellow players — notably Novak Djokovic — for not taking it seriously enough.
Kyrgios opted out of this year’s US Open and French Open this year due to Covid-19, with the break allowing him to reconnect with family and live a more stable lifestyle.
“Nothing beats playing in some of the best parts of the world against tough opponents and doing all the work off the court to have success. I’m definitely missing it. I don’t live and breathe tennis,” he said.
“I love being at home with my family and my girlfriend, and working with my foundation (for underprivileged children) and helping the community. There are plenty of other things I love doing.” AFP
When Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman and first black US vice president, her husband Doug Emhoff will break his own new ground: as the original “second husband.”
Media and entertainment lawyer Douglas Emhoff is seen here with his wife Kamala Harris after she took part in the vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City, Utah, on October 27, 2020; he will make history as America’s first “second husband.”
Harris and Emhoff, who married in 2014 — she for the first time, he for the second — will also be the first mixed-race couple to occupy their positions. He is white while she is the daughter of Indian and Jamaican immigrants. Both are 56.
The contours of Emhoff’s new role as the nation’s “second husband” — some prefer a “second gentleman” — have yet to be determined; he has been vague about his plans so far.
Traditionally, the spouses of presidents and vice presidents have been expected to forge a careful balance of supportiveness and independence. Many pick a charitable cause to promote.
Emhoff, who was credited as a “secret weapon” on the campaign trail for his wife — even earning his own following on social media — is an accomplished lawyer specializing in media, sports and entertainment law.
He took leave in August from the multinational DLA Piper, which has lobbying offices in Washington. That could raise prickly conflicts of interest with Harris’s work.
Emhoff has been publicly vague about whether he will stay with the firm, though he has told interviewers he might want to pursue pro bono legal work.
Emhoff marks another milestone: he would be the first Jew to be part of America’s first or second families.
Friends have described him as a less-than-observant Jew but one who identifies strongly with, and is deeply shaped by, Judaism.
Jewish publication Forward embraced him as the “Second Mensch.” When its reporter asked Emhoff’s mother Barbara about his religious upbringing, she was coy, but offered: “He was bar mitzvahed in New Jersey, I can tell you that.”
Born in Brooklyn and raised in New Jersey, he is said to have happy memories of Jewish summer camp, where he won athletic awards.
While in high school, his father moved the family to Los Angeles. Emhoff earned a law degree at the University of Southern California, then worked at other law firms before reaching DLA Piper.
When Emhoff met Harris on a blind date arranged by friends, it was “love at first sight,” he later said.
His children from his first marriage — Cole, named after John Coltrane, and Ella, named after Ella Fitzgerald — have embraced their stepmother as “Momala.”
Emhoff’s ex-wife Kerstin Mackin remains friendly and even joins the family on Thanksgiving.
The “second husband-elect,” incidentally, shares one thing with Donald Trump: both are avid golfers. AFP
When networks projected he had lost his bid for reelection to Joe Biden, President Donald Trump was playing golf. He’ll soon have plenty more time to enjoy the links if he so desires.
President Donald Trump
But if there’s one constant for Trump, it’s his love of the limelight, and few expect this most unusual of presidents to pursue a traditional post-White House life of public reticence, reflective memoir-writing and occasional charitable events.
He will lose the keys to the White House, but not his login on Twitter, where Trump and his itchy fingers could still wield powerful control over his Republican Party.
Some allies have already spoken of Trump planning a rematch in 2024. Only one other president, Grover Cleveland, has served non-consecutive terms, winning in 1892 after narrowly losing reelection four years earlier.
Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said with understatement that Trump — who has refused to concede and made unsubstantiated claims of widespread fraud — “doesn’t like losing.”
“I would absolutely expect the president to stay involved in politics and would absolutely put him on the shortlist of people who are likely to run in 2024,” he told an Irish think tank.
“He’s a very high-energy 74-year-old.”
Trump’s children have made clear that they are still demanding loyalty from Republicans.
“The total lack of action from virtually all of the ‘2024 GOP hopefuls’ is pretty amazing,” Donald Trump Jr. tweeted on Thursday.
He called out by name Senator Lindsey Graham, a former Trump critic turned supporter who coasted to reelection. Hours afterward, Graham was on Trump’s favorite Fox News show pledging money for the president’s legal defense and repeating unsubstantiated accusations of election irregularities.
– Trump TV? –
The thrice-married New York-born hotel developer and television celebrity has made no secret that he longs for some comfort in his pre-White House days.
“I had a nice life. I had the greatest life,” Trump said in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at his final campaign rally.
His main product to fund that lifestyle has been his own name. According to his disgraced former lawyer Michael Cohen, the 2016 presidential run itself was conceived as a “branding opportunity” — until he unexpectedly won.
Trump rebuilt his public profile in the 2000s as the host of reality TV series “Celebrity Apprentice” following a string of bankruptcies.
The president has hinted about seeking to start a “Trump TV” brand as he has increasingly complained about Fox News, accusing the channel that helped fuel his rise of being insufficiently right-wing.
Viewers, he tweeted, “want an alternative now. So do I!”
No one can deny Trump has the gift of the gab.
At his innumerable rallies, he held large crowds to a kind of mesmerized attention, with stream-of-consciousness shifts from conspiracy theories to jokes to pet peeves, like his peculiarly passionate criticism of feeble water pressure in bathroom faucets.
He also has a potential readymade vehicle for the project in the form of openly Trump-supporting cable channels One America News and NewsMax TV — the current minnows of which a Trump takeover could turn into giants.
– Prison, or a road trip? –
No less plausible is a scenario where Trump is embroiled in serious legal problems.
Prosecutors in New York are already probing Trump’s hush money payment to a porn star, his tangled business dealings and mysterious accounting practices. Then there are those old rape and other sexual assault allegations.
As president, Trump is largely protected from prosecution. Some have speculated that he may again challenge accepted norms by trying to issue a pre-emptive pardon to himself.
Eight Trump associates, including men who served as his campaign managers, lawyers and national security advisors, have already been indicted or imprisoned for serious crimes, including over the 2016 campaign’s links to Russia.
Or, just maybe, Trump will want to get away from it all.
However implausible this sounds, he has dropped a few hints.
In June at the White House he mused about taking a road trip in an RV with his former model wife Melania.
Less romantic but equally heartfelt, he paused mid-speech during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania to admire parked trucks.
“Nice trucks,” the president said. “You think I could hop into one of them and drive it away? I’d love to do it, just drive the hell out of here. Just get the hell out of this.” AFP
Flamboyant socialite Genius Kadungure, affectionately known as Ginimbi, has tragically died after a head on collision in the Borrowdale area around 5:20 am this morning.
The wreckage of the Rolls Royce
Police and his family have since confirmed the sad news. He was thrown off the vehicle which burst into flames after the crash, according to witnesses
Ginimbi’s manager Ms Shally used his twitter account to post the following tweet;
“I feel like hell, I don’t even know which words to even use, Genius Kadungure has been called by God, he is no more. He was in a terrible accident around 5am, he died on the spot with 3 of his friends in the car, Karim, Elisha and Moana – Ms Shally.”
Ginimbi
Former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere tweeted Sunday morning;
“Genius Kadungure~ This is unbearable. A youngman who worked hard and enjoyed hard is no more! The flower has wilted! Go well Boss Ginimbi. MHDSRIP.”
US President-elect Joe Biden promised Saturday to unite Americans and seek to heal divisions after what he called a “convincing” victory over Donald Trump.
US President-elect Joe Biden calls for unity in a victory speech in Wilmington, Delaware
“This is the time to heal in America,” an ebullient Biden told supporters at an outdoor rally in his home city of Wilmington, Delaware.
“I pledge to be a president who seeks not to divide but unify,” Biden said, drawing sharp contrast to nearly four polarizing years of Trump.
Acknowledging the disappointment of Trump supporters, Biden said of them: “They are not our enemies. They are Americans.”
“Let this era of demonization in America begin to end here,” Biden said.
“I sought this office to restore the soul of America, to rebuild the backbone of this nation and the middle class, and to make America respected around the world again,” Biden said.
Barack Obama’s vice president paid particular tribute to the African-American community, pointing to its role in selecting him as the Democratic nominee to challenge Trump.
Biden was visibly upbeat as he addressed the socially distanced crowd, racing to the podium after an introduction by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris to the sound of Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care of Our Own.”
“Folks, the people of this nation have spoken. They’ve delivered us a clear victory, a convincing victory,” Biden said. AFP
Kamala Harris on Saturday shattered barriers to become the first female vice president and, in a symbolism-heavy victory speech, told girls she would not be the last.
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at a victory rally with President-elect Joe Biden in Wilmington, Delaware
Introducing President-elect Joe Biden at an optimism-fueled outdoor rally, Harris — also the first black woman and Indian-American to be vice president — sported a white suit in recognition of the suffragist movement that fought to give US women the vote a century ago.
“While I may be the first woman in this office, I won’t be the last,” she said to cheers and honks from the crowd gathered in socially distanced cars.
“Because every little girl watching tonight sees that this is a country of possibilities.”
Harris vowed to fight to “root out systematic racism” but, like Biden, made a broad appeal for unity, saying that Americans “have elected a president who represents the best in us.”
The California senator’s speech was in itself a sign of the prominent role she has been given by Biden, with newly elected presidents historically keeping the spotlight on themselves rather than sharing the podium with their number twos.
A beaming Harris raised her hands in celebration as she entered the energetic beat of Mary J. Blige’s song “Work That,” an ode to black women’s self-confidence.
She opened immediately by hailing John Lewis, the civil rights icon turned congressman who died in July — and whose state of Georgia startled pundits with its sharp swing in Tuesday’s election toward their Democratic Party.
Harris also paid tribute to her mother, Shyamala Gopalan Harris, who emigrated from India when she was 19 and died in 2009.
“Maybe she didn’t quite imagine this moment,” Harris said.
“But she believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible.
“So I’m thinking about her and about the generations of women — Black Women, Asian, White, Latina, and Native American women throughout our nation’s history who have paved the way for this moment tonight.” AFP
