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Daughter of Nigerian Immigrants Hopes to Lead by Example in Minnesota
Legislature

Salem Solomon

   WASHINGTON - As the United States marked the inauguration of Vice
   President Kamala Harris -- the first woman, the first Black person and
   the first person of South Asian descent to hold the office -- other
   lawmakers with foreign roots are breaking barriers across the country.

   Among them is Representative Esther Agbaje of Minnesota, who this month
   became the first Nigerian American to serve in the state House of
   Representatives.

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