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The sankofa symbol. Sankofa (pronounced SAHN-koh-fah) is a word in the Twi language of Ghana meaning “to retrieve" (literally "go back and get"; san - to return; ko - to go; fa - to fetch, to seek and take) and also refers to the Bono Adinkra symbol represented either with a stylized heart shape or by a bird with its head turned backwards while its feet face forward carrying a precious egg ...
Blade of an afenatene sword showing the akoma (heart), denkyem (crocodile), akuma (axe) and the sankofa bird. [8] The Ashanti national symbol Akrafena description: The Akrafena is a prominent symbol of the Ashantis in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries into the 21st century;
Sankofa (Amharic: ሳንኮፋ) is a 1993 Ethiopian-produced drama film directed by Haile Gerima centered on the Atlantic slave trade. The storyline features Oyafunmike Ogunlano, Kofi Ghanaba , Mutabaruka , Alexandra Duah , and Afemo Omilami .
The Sankofa Bird is a mythical African bird that is pictured facing forward with its head turned backwards with an egg in its mouth. It represents the concept of "go back and fetch it." Columnist ...
In the ’80s and ’90s, as Black communities attempted to keep alive the revolutionary spirits of the ’60s and ’70s, the Sankofa adinkra—a bird with her head turned around over her back ...
The Akan Sankofa Adinkra symbol was a means to remember one's ancestors and look to the future while not forgetting the past. [303] West African spiritual beliefs were mixed with the Christian faith, and free and enslaved West Africans started their own African Methodist Episcopal Zion Churches in New York City.
In 1976, Kayper-Mensah published Sankofa: Adinkra Poems, a collection of poems in short abstract verses that explain the meaning of different Adinkra symbols.
The $100-million, 1.3-mile public art corridor known as Destination Crenshaw — with fundraising led by Issa Rae and DeMar DeRozan — will debut its first phase, Sankofa Park, this fall.