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Ilhan Omar: “Somalia was always regarded as the first democracy in…”

Featuring: Ilhan Omar, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, District 5

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Ilhan Omar Discusses Her Role in Congress, Challenges, and Vision for Change

Published | Video Starts at 04:38

And so the eagerness in wanting to participate is something that you desperately, forever thought it was possible. Right, right. Because it also Somalia was always regarded as the first democracy in Africa. too. Right. Like, so they got a taste of it after independence and then completely lost it. And so that eagerness, like, that's how I got involved at 14, because my grandfather was like, there's something called Caucasus that's happening. (04:38–04:43)

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Asserts that Somalia was historically seen as Africa's first democracy.

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