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TRANSCRIPT OF PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS
|African Liberation Day | Part 1
Legislature USVI
May 16, 2025 · 0.6 hours · gov
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In all the languages of our ancestors, we are ready to start African Liberation Day program. And he's also known as the
conchal, he's also known as the conch shell man.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. And the black national anthem. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. Thank you.
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Thank you. [1 such phrases repeated 8 times · standby audio before the proceeding, transcribed by the recogniser as
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Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. - Okay.
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