Angelina Jolie Opens Up About Daughter Zahara to Climate Activist Vanessa Nakate

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        Angelina Jolie opened up about her daughter, Zahara, while in discussion with climate activist, Vanessa Nakate, for a TIME 100 Talk.Jolie said of Zahara, "My daughter is from Ethiopia... she is an extraordinary African woman."The actress adopted Zahara in 2005.As part of the TIME 100 Talks series, Angelina Jolie interviewed Vanessa Nakate, a climate activist from Uganda. According to TIME, 23-year-old Nakate's work is so crucial in the world right now as she "spent months protesting alone outside the gates of Parliament in Kampala. Her Rise Up Movement seeks to amplify voices from Africa."While Jolie was the interviewer in this particular exchange, she did open up about her daughter, Zahara, who she adopted in 2005. The Maleficent star revealed, "My daughter is from Ethiopia, one of my children… And I have learned so much from her." "She is my family, but she is an extraordinary African woman and her connection to her country, her continent, is her own and it’s something I only stand back in awe of," Jolie continued.

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During the important discussion, Nakate told Jolie, “We could not get climate justice without addressing the challenges that women are facing in their daily lives.”The activist also addressed the need for racial equality in order to rectify other inequalities in the world. Nakate explained, “If we don’t address the issue of racial justice, we won’t be able to get climate justice. So every climate activist should be advocating for racial justice because if your climate justice does not involve the most affected communities, then it is not justice at all.”

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