 Thank you so much, Consul General. I now welcome our queen, Aishata. I like being called a queen. That's amazing. Thank you for that. Good afternoon, everyone. It's really a pleasure to be here with you all, to be celebrating the 66th Independence of Ghana. Ghanaians, where are you all? No, no, no, no, no. Ghanaians, where are you? Yeah, okay. So we are proud to be celebrating you. And each year we're going to do this bigger and better. But today I'm going to make this a little bit quicker because we have our amazing mayor, the 110th mayor of New York City that is here with us. So let's welcome him warmly. Thank you. I traveled to Ghana last year. A little over a year and a half ago. And the hospitality that I received in Ghana was amazing. Going to the boys' house and just seeing the richness of the people of Ghana. I cannot say thank you enough. It's good to see you again, my brother. This is a historic day when you look at the real history of Ghana. 66 years ago, receiving your independence was one of the first nations to shut off the colonial rule and being willing to stand up for your independence. And today as we stand here, this was a place many years ago where those from the African diaspora were sold into slavery. And so when we raised the flag the first time here at Bowling Green, it's a symbol that as you have a mayor that's clearly and unapologetically states that I am of African ancestry, then those we lost, those we lost through the middle passage, those we lost through breaking our families up here in slavery, those we lost, we may have left Africa enslaved, but we return with the loyalty of the city of New York. Thank you. And today we raised the flag with that energy and spirit and I want to say thank you for those 66 years in the over 30,000 people of 50, 30 million in Ghana, but 30,000 are hanging out in New York. And their business people, their educators, they are part of the civil servants. They are in law enforcement. They are in healthcare. They are contributing to our society. And so let's continue to uplift other people of Ghana. And I say thank you over and over again. And I look forward to the raising of the flag. Thank you very much. Can we sit down quietly and let's have a good picture with the mayor before he leaves? He's very busy. Busy schedule please. Presentation to the mayor please. He have to leave please. He have to leave. Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, my name is Ajiman Prempers-Sintri from Ghana, West Africa from the Ashanti tribe. It is indeed today a good day. Forward ever, backwards never, in the West of Kwame, in Krumah. Today I'm here to honor the mayor with some nice beautiful gift from Ghana, West Africa. We have the Adinkras symbols here, which are very historic. The symbols go back 1876 and it was established for the royals of the Ashanti Kingdom. It was the outweigh of expressing themselves and communicating fast forward 1956. After Ghana gained its independence, they released the symbols and made it available to the general public. Today, the symbols can be seen in Harlem. It can be seen in some of your favorite movies like Black Panther. And my company takes these symbols and put them on accessories and also on fashion. So today, Mr. Mayor, we are here to actually honor you with Adinkra Republic socks. Cuffling size. One of your significant of your trip to Ghana, you honor your mother, you aquaba wall. And today, there is a signal from your mom back home in Ghana. Because you took her home posthumously. So he's giving you a greeting from Ghana and he said, big aquaba. This is one of the iconic symbols that represent for everybody to see. This is from the mayor's mother from Ghana, posthumously. Thank you, sir. Thank you so much. Thank you so much. Folks, be seated. The program continues. Please be seated. The program continues.