The concept of SANKOFA is derived from King Adinkera of the Akan people
of West Afrika. SANKOFA is expressed in the Akan language as "se wo were
fi na wosan kofa a yenki." Literally translated it means "it is not
taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot". "Sankofa" teaches us that we must go back to our roots in
order to move forward. That is, we should reach back and gather the best of
what our past has to teach us, so that we can achieve our full potential as we
move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, forgone or been stripped of,
can be reclaimed, revived, preserved and perpetuated. Visually and symbolically "Sankofa" is expressed as a mythic
bird that flies forward while looking backward with an egg (symbolizing the
future) in its mouth.
Current Reading
"The Shack"
By William P. Young
Naima White
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