working for your enemy for life......we shall overcome some day......pulling yourself up over your boot straps........to go back and fetch one's essence
2006-11-15 16:43:16 · 3 answers · asked by *GoddessChee* 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Sankofa is an Akan word that means, "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today."
http://sankofastore.com/catalog/homepage.php
SANKOFA
"return and get it"
symbol of importance of learning from the past
http://www.welltempered.net/adinkra/htmls/adinkra/sank.htm
If you go to this site you can read about it in great length...interesting " reach back and examine your past so you can insure your future"
http://www.ncccusa.org/nmu/mce/sankofa.pdf
2006-11-15 16:46:23 · answer #1 · answered by just lQQkin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sankofa Bird Meaning
2016-11-08 08:31:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means progressing foreward but looking back and never forgetting where you've come from or what you've been through.
Which is why the drawings of the Sankofa bird is flying foreward while looking backwards.
2006-11-15 16:46:28 · answer #3 · answered by WillLynn 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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what does sankofa mean?
working for your enemy for life......we shall overcome some day......pulling yourself up over your boot straps........to go back and fetch one's essence
2015-08-18 01:05:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sankofa
2016-01-27 05:17:14 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋