{"id":21,"date":"2016-02-16T16:26:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-16T16:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/cgwc\/?page_id=21"},"modified":"2017-11-20T03:56:08","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T03:56:08","slug":"the-power-of-sankofa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/cgwc\/the-power-of-sankofa\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Sankofa: Know History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-259 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/cgwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/sankofaBird.png\" alt=\"Sankofa Bird\" width=\"262\" height=\"251\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sankofa<\/em><\/strong> is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana.\u00a0 The literal translation of the word and the symbol is <em><strong>&#8220;<\/strong>it is not taboo to fetch\u00a0what is\u00a0at risk of being left behind.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0word is derived from the words:<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN<\/strong>\u00a0 (return),<\/p>\n<p><strong>KO<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0(go),<\/p>\n<p><strong>FA<\/strong> (look, seek and take).<\/p>\n<p>The sankofa symbolizes the Akan people\u2019s\u00a0quest for knowledge among the Akan with the implication that the quest is based on critical examination, and intelligent and patient\u00a0investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-169\" src=\"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/cgwc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/sankofa.jpg\" alt=\"Sankofa Bird on interior window in the Center\" width=\"250\" height=\"167\" \/>The symbol \u2014 shown in the photo on an interior window in the Carter G. Woodson Center \u2014 is based on a mythical bird with its feet firmly planted forward\u00a0with its head turned backwards. Thus, the Akan believe\u00a0the past serves as a guide for planning the future. To the Akan, it is this wisdom in learning\u00a0from the past which ensures a strong future.<\/p>\n<p>The Akans believe that there must be movement and new learning as time passes.\u00a0As this forward march proceeds, the knowledge of the past must\u00a0never be forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLT6PRjJsIQ\" width=\"515\" height=\"290\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" title=\"Sankofa Journey\"><\/embed>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sankofa is an African word from the Akan tribe in Ghana.\u00a0 The literal translation of the word and the symbol is &#8220;it is not taboo to fetch\u00a0what is\u00a0at risk of being left behind.&#8221; The\u00a0word is derived from the words: SAN\u00a0 (return), KO\u00a0\u00a0(go), FA (look, seek and take). The sankofa symbolizes the Akan people\u2019s\u00a0quest for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-21","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Power of Sankofa: Know History - Carter G. Woodson Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There must be movement and new learning as time passes. As this forward march proceeds, the knowledge of the past must never be forgotten. 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