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Elizabeth Yamayaro.

Welcome to the Daily Social Distance Show.

I'm so happy to be here Trevor.

Thank you so much for having me.

Thank you for being here.

You have lived quite the life.

And now you have written a memoir about it.

You know, many kids dream of becoming astronauts or firefighters or doctors.

You have an interesting dream.

Your dream growing up was to work at the United Nations.

That means you either had a really enlightened childhood or you were one of the most boring children around.

Which one was it?

Maybe a combination of both, I don't know.

But I think a lot has to do with where I come from.

You know, where we come from.

We come from a continent that is very much about the community.

So I grew up in a small African village in Zimbabwe,

where I was raised by my go-go and my grandmother.

And I had a beautiful childhood.

And in Africa, we grew up as part of the community.

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