Title: Exchange Program Builds Ties Between US, Africa

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/africa_exchange.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Exchange Program Builds Ties Between US, Africa' data-article-id='2262'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12333'>The United States is working with a non-profit group to send 26 Americans to Africa to teach and connect with people there.</span> <span data-start-time='12333' data-end-time='24688'>The U.S. State Department’s Reciprocal Exchange program is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders.</span> <span data-start-time='24688' data-end-time='36542'>It was started in 2014 by then President Barack Obama as part of his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI).</span> <span data-start-time='36542' data-end-time='47083'>YALI will send 1,000 young people from African countries south of the Sahara Desert to the United States.</span> <span data-start-time='47083' data-end-time='53854'>They will spend six weeks this summer at a U.S. college or university.</span> <span data-start-time='53854' data-end-time='60396'>The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the main program of YALI.</span> <span data-start-time='60396' data-end-time='72604'>It is based on the idea that exchanges of people and knowledge are needed to build ties between the United States and young Africans.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/countries.m4a'><span>countries</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/leaders.m4a'><span>leaders</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/resources.m4a'><span>resources</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/knowledge.m4a'><span>knowledge</span></div></div></div><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=8293 data-hint-location='12333' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/what_does_reciprocal_mean.m4a'>What does reciprocal mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='the same on both sides'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/going_to_college.m4a'><span>going to college</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/the_same_on_both_sides.m4a'><span>the same on both sides</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/not_balanced.m4a'><span>not balanced</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/going_in_one_direction.m4a'><span>going in one direction</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=8294 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/what_will_the_young_african_leaders_do.m4a'>What will the young African leaders do?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='teach and connect'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/teach_and_connect.m4a'><span>teach and connect</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/tour_the_country.m4a'><span>tour the country</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/visit_relatives.m4a'><span>visit relatives</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1744/go_to_college.m4a'><span>go to college</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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The United States is working with a non-profit group to send 26 Americans to Africa to teach and connect with people there. The U.S. State Department’s Reciprocal Exchange program is part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders. It was started in 2014 by then President Barack Obama as part of his Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI). YALI will send 1,000 young people from African countries south of the Sahara Desert to the United States. They will spend six weeks this summer at a U.S. college or university. The Mandela Washington Fellowship is the main program of YALI. It is based on the idea that exchanges of people and knowledge are needed to build ties between the United States and young Africans.

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