Hello,
Well, she said this: "<span> the woman's look of maternal interest as others talk. Read the passage from "Child of the Americas." I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back."</span>
I never read it about so I can not answerd that.
If you are asking the difference between the two words, then a partner means a pair of two people working together on a project or activity, where as a friend is a person in which one has a close bond or relationship with that is platonic.
I will answe in comments since it won’t let me answe here for some reason