"We know of the extraordinary achievements and contributions they (Africans in the diaspora) made to the lives of the Americans, and it is important that this symbolic year, 400 years later, we commemorate their existence and their sacrifices," he said in a statement last year.
"Waan ognahay guulaha aan caadiga ahayn iyo waxtarka ay dadka Afrikaanka ah ee qurbaha ku nool ay u geysteen nolosha dadka Mareykanka ah, waana muhiim in sannadkan maldahan, 400 sano kadib, aan xusno jiritaankooda iyo naftooda," ayuu yiri madaxweynaha Nana horaantii bishii Sebtember ee la soo dhaafay. sanadka.