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Sankofa

Author : Chibundu Onuzo
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780349013138
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by Chibundu Onuzo and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 2022-04-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knew--only to find something far more complicated than she ever expected--in this "stirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belong" (Time). Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. In her 40s, she has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother--the only parent who raised her--is dead. Searching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president--some would say dictator--of a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive... When Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny, and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, Sankofa expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots. Examining freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, Sankofa is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place"--

Sankofa

Author : Mattye Crowley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780998141510
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by Mattye Crowley and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-07 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Ya Sankofa!

Author : Torrance R. Harvey M. S. Ed.
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1480942790
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Ya Sankofa! written by Torrance R. Harvey M. S. Ed. and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ya Sankofa! By: Torrance R. Harvey M.S. ED. Sometimes I must move slowly like a cat... Sometimes I must move with dispatch. There are times I must be silent, unheard. Just like the morning spring sun shining over the harmonious tweeting birds. Then, there is that one moment in time I must ROAR loudly For everyone to hear and fear everywhere. Bringing their hearts and minds to understand ONE THING. I AM the TRUE Lion and the King! Ya Sankofa! is a literary journey of reflection. It is an artistic expression of cultural awareness in a contemporary sense from a historical lens in the form of a series of poems.

A Sankofa Moment

Author : Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
Publisher : St. Paul Press
ISBN 13 : 0982619626
Total Pages : 147 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (826 download)

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Download or read book A Sankofa Moment written by Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. and published by St. Paul Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Sankofa Moment gives the 48-year history of the Trinity United Church of Christ with a major emphasis on the building of the largest United Church of Christ congregation within the denomination that developed several ministries and several entities under the pastorate of Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.

Sankofa

Author : Khadija Amatullah
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517373399
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (733 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by Khadija Amatullah and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-18 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sankofa: a coloring book of African Prints and Proverbs is intended for adults and children 12 years and older. Sankofa means to reach back and retrieve it, although this work barely scratches the surface of what we need to go back and retrieve. African culture is very rich and diverse. This work, the first of many, is only a glimpse into that richness.

Walking in History: Sankofa (HB)

Author : Carmen E. Bovell, Ph.D
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645300927
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Walking in History: Sankofa (HB) written by Carmen E. Bovell, Ph.D and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Walking in History: Sankofa Our Trip to Ghana and Benin (HB) By: Carmen E. Bovell, Ph.D Florence Jones Calhoun, M.Ed Desiree DeFlorimonte, Ph.D With this light-hearted description of a journey to West Africa, readers are taken on a journey through time. This trip shares many facts on the history of West Africa and the culture of those who have ancestors from this beautiful region. The authors wrote a daily journal during their travels, making their trip come alive for the reader.

The Spider King's Daughter

Author : Chibundu Onuzo
Publisher : Faber & Faber
ISBN 13 : 0571268900
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book The Spider King's Daughter written by Chibundu Onuzo and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2012-03-13 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of a Betty Trask Award Shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize Longlisted for the Desmond Elliot Prize The Spider King's Daughter is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of a changing Lagos, a city torn between tradition and modernity, corruption and truth, love and family loyalty. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards and ferried everywhere in a huge black jeep. But being her father's favourite comes with uncomfortable duties, and she is often lonely behind the high walls of her house. A world away from Abike's mansion, in the city's slums, lives a seventeen-year-old hawker struggling to make sense of the world. His family lost everything after his father's death and now he runs after cars on the roadside selling ice cream to support his mother and sister. When Abike buys ice cream from the hawker one day, they strike up an unlikely and tentative romance, defying the prejudices of Nigerian society. But as they grow closer, revelations from the past threaten their relationship and both Abike and the hawker must decide where their loyalties lie.

Sankofa

Author : David Abdulai
Publisher : Konkori International
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by David Abdulai and published by Konkori International. This book was released on 1995 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The stories and proverbs in Sankofa are drawn from the oral traditional background of the author's African roots ... the poems in the book reflect his views on current issues in our world today"--Cover.

Sankofa

Author : Wyatt Bryson
Publisher : Wyatt Bryson
ISBN 13 : 1477622837
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (776 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by Wyatt Bryson and published by Wyatt Bryson. This book was released on 2012-06-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Last night Charlie went on a bender. Today he woke up with a tattoo of the mythical African sankofa bird on his right shoulder blade. The solid black tribal tattoo was probably too dark for his pale white skin, but he hadn't actually chosen the tattoo himself. The sankofa bird looked back over its shoulder as it flew forward justifying its meaning - one can not move intelligently into the future without paying attention to the past. Contrasting again with the too dark tattoo and the too light skin was the pretty brown face of the little girl peaking over her father's shoulder as he cradled her. What on earth was he going to do with this little life? Two days ago he didn't even know she existed. Yesterday he woke up with this strange tattoo. Today he decided to go to the hospital and take responsibility for his daughter. He didn't even know what the tattoo was and why those men had taken it upon themselves to have it given to him. Today it was just some dumb bird that he was contemplating having removed. It would be quite a while before he would find out why he had gotten it and what the significance of it really was. He repositioned her into his arms and tenderly kissed little Sankofa on the forehead. "We can do this."

Sankofa

Author : Elleni Tedla
Publisher : Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Sankofa written by Elleni Tedla and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To prevent the alienation and crisis facing African youth, this book urges the building of a new form of African education that is firmly founded on all that is positive in indigenous thought and education. It also examines the impact of the concepts that underlie indigenous and Westernized education. As an in-depth illustration of African thought and education, traditional Amara (Ethiopian) thought and education is discussed in two chapters. The book underscores the need to understand Africans on their own terms within the context of their culture, and the necessity to be judicious in importing foreign ideas and institutions to Africa. Otherwise, the cultural and spiritual fabric of the African way of life will be torn beyond repair. This book has great implications for African and African American education.

Brother Hollis

Author : Hollis Watkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997198102
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Brother Hollis written by Hollis Watkins and published by . This book was released on 2016-08-15 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brother Hollis is the first book written by a native Mississippian who was engaged in grassroots organizing in the state as a field secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) during the 1960s...This book takes us to the roots of Mississippi's movement via Hollis' roots--rural roots in Southwest Mississippi. Beginning with the McComb Mississippi Movement in the early days of SNCC in 1961 and continuing to his work with Southern Echo today, Watkins has dedicated his life to the freedom struggle. Thus, Brother Hollis is an in-depth analysis of the Civil Rights Movement written by one of its most important participants. Threaded throughout the book is analysis and criticism of the black leadership establishment. Watkins makes an important distinction between the NAACP's national leadership and its local leadership to show the diversity of ideology, strategy, and commitment by local Movement workers to the common folk of Mississippi.

Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students

Author : Butcher, Jennifer T.
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 1522559914
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (225 download)

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Download or read book Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students written by Butcher, Jennifer T. and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-11-09 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is an IGI Global Core Reference for 2019 as it provides solution-oriented approaches to confronting, confirming, and mitigating perpetual disparities within the educational system. Containing research from researchers across the U.S., this publication covers comprehensive research on access to education, racial battle fatigue, and mentoring programs. Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students is an essential reference source that supports the development of more widespread solution-oriented approaches to confronting, confirming, and mitigating any perpetual disparities that may exist among these students. Featuring research on topics such as access to education, racial battle fatigue, and mentoring programs, this book is ideally designed for administrators, policymakers, educators, scholars, researchers, students, and academicians seeking coverage on the many factors that influence African American male success in various educational contexts.

Symbolizing the Past

Author : Sandra M. Grayson
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 9780761817277
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (172 download)

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Download or read book Symbolizing the Past written by Sandra M. Grayson and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reading Sankofa, Daughters of the Dust, & Eve's Bayou as Histories

No Heaven for Good Boys

Author : Keisha Bush
Publisher : Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 0399591982
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book No Heaven for Good Boys written by Keisha Bush and published by Random House Trade Paperbacks. This book was released on 2022-04-05 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • Set in Senegal, this modern-day Oliver Twist is a meditation on the power of love and the strength that can emerge when we have no other choice but to survive. “I loved this book because it is a story about generations of parents and children saving one another with a love so powerful that it transcends distance, time, and reason.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward Six-year-old Ibrahimah loves snatching pastries from his mother’s kitchen, harvesting string beans with his father, and searching for sea glass with his sisters. But when he is approached in his rural village one day by Marabout Ahmed, a seemingly kind stranger and highly regarded teacher, the tides of his life turn forever. Ibrahimah is sent to the capital city of Dakar to join his cousin Étienne in studying the Koran under Marabout Ahmed for a year, but instead of the days of learning that Ibrahimah’s parents imagine, the young boys, called Talibé, are forced to beg in the streets in order to line their teacher’s pockets. To make it back home, Étienne and Ibrahimah must help each other survive both the dangers posed by their Marabout, and the darker sides of Dakar: threats of black-market organ traders, rival packs of Talibé, and mounting student protest on the streets. Drawn from real incidents and transporting readers between rural and urban Senegal, No Heaven for Good Boys is a tale of hope, resilience, and the affirming power of love.

Hip Hop and Sankofa - Poetry, Spoken Word, and Rap

Author : Kerry A. Foster
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781460239582
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (395 download)

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Download or read book Hip Hop and Sankofa - Poetry, Spoken Word, and Rap written by Kerry A. Foster and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hip Hop & Sankofa employs the sway of poetry to instruct, awaken and motivate people of African descent from a historical and cultural context, and takes into account daily reflections to promote healthy identity and community development. Instruct the youth of African descent concerning past [and] present Africana history, and to keep it 100, which makes this book an excellent resource for teachers, counselors, youth workers and advocates who work with youth in general. Awaken those of African descent to be the powerful people history records-Creators, Restorers and Transformers of civilisations. Challenge the youth to become reflective and sensitive about the present challenges of Black people and move with diligence to redress negative stereotypes, faulty histographies and behaviors that contribute to genocide. Motivate the youth of African descent to learn [their] history, read more, think critically, and research. To look within themselves and use the arts to develop culturally relevant spiritual, cognitive, and soulful therapeutic interventions to help confront issues around negative identity shaping, i.e. dogs and bitches mentality, anger, instant gratification, drug addiction, abandonment, labeling, low self-esteem, crime etc. Consequently, Hip Hop & Sankofa demonstrates the relationship between poetry, spoken word and rap to tell as well as rehearse Ourstory and confront those issues and concerns we face daily here and abroad in the spirit of Sankofa. Hip Hop & Sankofa is a call to consciousness, transformation, celebration, and action-Akoben.

The Sankofa Journey

Author : Sharonda R. Eggleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781532035685
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book The Sankofa Journey written by Sharonda R. Eggleton and published by . This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi. It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten. Hearing the call of her ancestors, ten-year-old Ahmyah embarks on a voyage of self-discovery as she reconnects with her grandparents, aunts, uncles, and a host of cousins and other family and friends from halfway around the world, in Ghana, West Africa. As Ahmyah travels and explores, she learns about her heritage and is filled with love from her family while finding joy in this new adventure.

Africa's Sankofa Innovation

Author : Ndubuisi Ekekwe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781980419709
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Africa's Sankofa Innovation written by Ndubuisi Ekekwe and published by . This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Ndubuisi Ekekwe, a regular Harvard Business Review contributor, writes on Sankofa Innovation, an ancient African creative system which has helped Africans to survive for centuries. Sankofa Innovation is a system where makers painstakingly reach back, pick old ideas on processes, concepts and tools, and improve on them, while applying new techniques. Across generations, Africans have applied Sankofa (a word in Ghana's Twi language that translates as "Go back and get it"): They mastered the herbs and cured the most poisonous snake bites, melted iron and made cutlasses and hoes, and formulated compounds and fixed broken bones. The Egyptians pioneered the field of geometry, out of the need to re-partition plots of land near River Nile, whenever it overflowed its banks. The Ethiopians invented an indigenous way of writing, and documented some of the earliest components of African history. The ancient trade routes from Accra through Kano to Khartoum were anchored on the ingenuity of Africans who dyed clothes, transformed hides into leather, and improved agricultural yields through self-taught farming mechanisms like fallow and erosion control. Yet, Africa had a dark period through the vagaries of slavery and self-inflicted tragedies of wars that destroyed a virtuoso system of innovation built and refined over generations. In this book, Ndubuisi explains how a new generation of Africans is rebuilding Africa by rekindling the Sankofa spirit across the continent.