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First Somali-American Legislator to visit Southwest Florida

Posted at 9:44 AM, Nov 09, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-09 09:44:56-05

Representative Ilhan Omar of the Minnesota House of Representatives has gone from a Somalian Refugee camp to the state congress. Now she is being honored in our Area by the African Network of Southwest Florida.

Dr. Peter Ndiang'ui, president of the African Network of Southwest Florida joins us to talk about why the organization is honoring the representative at their annual gala.