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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 ...
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."
The word 'Sankofa' stresses the importance of one not drifting too far away from one's past in order to progress in the future. In the film, Sankofa is depicted by a bird and the chants and drumming of a Divine Drummer. [2] Gerima's film shows the importance of people of African descent not drifting far away from their African roots.
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 ...
In the spirit of the Sankofa Bird, it is necessary to reach back to collect historical memories of the past so that future generations can know and remember, keep family traditions, and maintain ...
An Akrafena (Twi sword) is an Akan sword, originally meant for warfare but also forming part of Akan heraldry. The foremost example of an akrafena is the Mponponsuo (meaning "responsibility"), which belonged to Opoku Ware II. [1]
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.
Sankofa Film and Video Collective; Sankofa Television, a subsidiary of African Communications Foundation, based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands "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