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Today, Angola rolls out the red carpet for Joe Biden's last-ditch trip to Africa.

The United States is all in on Africa. All in on Africa. The United States is all in on Africa.

All in on Africa.

With just over a month left in office, what does Biden's trip reveal about the U.S.

is scramble to reassert itself in the continent?

I'm Natasha del Toro, and this is The Take.

My name is Claudia Silva.

I'm a journalist and a political analysts living and working in Lwanda, which is also the city I was born in.

Claudio, welcome to the take. We're really glad to have you on today.

Thank you so much for having me.

Now, Claudio, as you just mentioned, you're in Luanda, which is the capital of Angola,

as the country is welcoming the first and only visit of outgoing U.S. President Joe Biden.

This is, you know, the first time that he's coming to sub-Saharan Africa. So what do things

look like on the ground where you are? So President Joe Biden landed in Lwanda and the city was chaotic because many rows were closed.

Citizens were not giving advance warnings about which rows would be closed.

They kind of got a late heads up from the local government.

The government also decided that they would

decree two days of public holiday. We call it in Portuguese Dulaanse de Ponce, which means

that you don't have to go to work. It's optional, but they would rather you stay home. So the

streets right now are very quiet. It has holiday vibes written all over it.

Wow.

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