๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ-๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ?

๐‚๐š๐ง๐๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ๐“๐ก๐ž๐†๐š๐ฆ๐›๐ข๐š

Dr Mamadou Tangaraโ€™s interview with the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association:

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฎ๐ฉ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ฐ๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ฒ?

My memories of the Commonwealth as a community of nations representing diversity of cultures, economic freedom and sovereign independent member states maybe blurry from growing up but the impact of what it stands for continues to benefit and define my everyday work and social life, which transcends from being a citizen of one nation to a citizen of a community of diverse peoples.

No matter how blurry my memories may be now from when I was growing up, the values of the Commonwealth of Nations that informed my experience and character remain the solace of the perspective with which I view the world today. This is simply because the Commonwealth taught me to appreciate and value culture, unity, solidarity and sharing through capacity building. This is

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