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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 ...
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 ...
The formation of Sankofa Film and Video Collective, like that of the Black Audio Film Collective, was a response to the social unrest in Britain in the 1980s: "Influenced by contemporary debate on post-colonialism and social theorists such as Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, both groups centered around investigations of black identity/culture within the British experience and reworked the ...
The Akan Sankofa Adinkra symbol was a means to remember one's ancestors and look to the future while not forgetting the past. [302] 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.
A music download is the digital transfer of music via the Internet into a device capable of decoding and playing it, such as a personal computer, portable media player, MP3 player or smartphone. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyrighted material without permission or legal payment.
"Sankofa", a song from the album Blue Light 'til Dawn by Cassandra Wilson; Sankofa, an oogenus of bird-like eggs of a dinosaur species; Sankofa Square, proposed name of Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada; People: Mika'il Sankofa, U.S. sabre fencer and coach; Norman Sankofa, a fictional character on the British television soap opera Hollyoaks
The formation of the Black Audio Film Collective, like that of Sankofa Film and Video Collective, was a response to the social unrest in Britain in the 1980s: "Influenced by contemporary debate on post-colonialism and social theorists such as Homi Bhabha and Stuart Hall, both groups centered around investigations of black identity/culture within the British experience and reworked the ...