What Does Sankofa Mean

Meaning of ‘Sankofa’ The word Sankofa comes from the Akan people of Ghana. It is an Akan term that literally means, “to go back and get it.” One of the Adinkra symbols for Sankofa depicts a mythical bird flying forward with its head turned backward.

What is the concept of Sankofa?

Meaning of ‘Sankofa’ The word Sankofa comes from the Akan people of Ghana. It is an Akan term that literally means, “to go back and get it.” One of the Adinkra symbols for Sankofa depicts a mythical bird flying forward with its head turned backward.

What type of bird is Sankofa?

When we returned to the hot shop we began to explore not the long-necked heron, but the Sankofa heron. Through time this bird form has come to represent to us primordial memory, the memory of our ancestors, what we have forgotten about life memory.