Sankofa

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Sankofa (SAHN-koh-fah e la boɔlaa), o e la yelbiri naŋ be a Akan kɔkɔre naŋ be a Gaana poɔ, ka o tɛgɛ la “leɛnyaabo” ka o pare la leɛ gaa de o” San –leɛ gaa; ko-gaa; fa-gaa ɔŋ, te sɔre kyɛ de). A enfuoni ŋa la ka ba boɔlɔ ka Adinkra bondemannaa, ka o are ko a nuulee sikyiri ane waaloŋ, ka o niŋe leɛ kyaare o pare, kyɛ ka o gbɛɛ naŋ are kyaare o niŋe, kyɛ naŋ eŋ gyɛle o noɔre poɔ. Sankofa e la yuori naŋ are ko sekpɔgɔ; “se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,”  O leɛroo la, “ a ba e faa ka fo leɛ gaa puori te de fo boŋkora fo naŋ daŋ inni o yɛlɛ.The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver. "African Tradition, Proverbs, and Sankofa". Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2010.DeMello, Margo (30 May 2014). Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World [2 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-076-8

Sankofa nuulee enfuoni  ŋa e la bone kaŋa na maŋ be Akan yelerre zaa poɔ,  African-American ane African paaloŋ,sage de la ka wagere zaa seŋ ka ba  maŋ leɛ teɛre a puori yɛlɛ a baŋ ka a seŋ ka ba mɛ a teŋɛ nendaare kaŋa. A nuulee enfuoni ŋa e la bone kaŋa yuori naŋ yi gaa toɔre aŋa adinkra bommannaa, ka fooŋ kaa pampana nu-bama, tuokpama, kɔkɔlɛɛ, eŋgane sɛge maroo ane bonsuuri a nuulee ŋa enfuoni maŋ be la bee mare la o eŋa.

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Akan noba a Gaana poɔ maŋ de la adinkra enfuoni ka o are ko aŋa lɛ ba naŋ de a sankofa a ba saakompare poɔ. A bone ŋa yelnimizeɛ yelnyɔgeraa kaŋa  yie taa ne a eastern noba sekyiri  enfuoni naŋ waa, a kaŋa meŋ la a nuule naŋ are a leɛ o zu ka o kyaare o pare seŋ. A yeli ŋa tɛgɛ bee pare bammo la ka fo baŋ toɔ de yɛlɛ naŋ e pare kyɛ e yelsoŋ, a baŋ na leɛ toɔ  de a yelbalaa na a e ne yele kaŋa. Adinkra bondemanne wulaa ŋa la ka Akan noba maŋ de lɔɔ ne sekpɔgere.

A sankofa nuulee ŋa e la bone ba naŋ maŋ sɛge bee a maale mare a Akan namine dakogire zu,An example is shown at conradiator.com Akan kogire mine salema la ka maŋ de maale ne mare a dakogire eŋɛ, wagere mine meŋ a namine kataweɛ eŋɛ , a mine kaŋ meŋ sɛrɛ diibu dire poɔ a dakogi anaŋ zu mere maala bee a sɛrɛ ŋmaara na maŋ zeŋ, fo maŋ nyɛ la ba naŋ sɛge mare a eŋɛ.An example is shown on the myfundi.co.za page on the gold and proverbs of West Africa Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine A tɔnɔ bee tontone la, a maŋ wulo la gyeremɛ ane nɔlaŋ na be a ba saaŋkompare poɔ.fa.indiana.edu site on Akan goldweights Archived 2012-08-02 at archive.today

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A saŋa na ba naŋ da tuoro a bogi ka ba mɛ a  Lower Manhattan a 1991 yuoni poɔ, a wagere na poɔ ka ba da nyɛ yaakpolo, Africans noba naŋ da be a poɔ da gaŋ la noba 400 ka ba ba baŋ ba deme, daga bonyeni kaŋa ba naŋ da uuni neɛ kaŋa onaŋ la bone da are o yoŋ lɛ. Daare la ka ba de kpa mare ne a kure, boma 51 da e la boma ba naŋ de a bonseɛle ŋa maale ne, a bone da waa ŋa sukyiri, ona la ka noba yaga da de ka a sankofa enfuoni bondemanne wulaa na la.Seeman, Erik R. (January 2010). "Reassessing the 'Sankofa Symbol' in New York's African Burial Ground" (PDF). William and Mary Quarterly. 67: 101–22. doi:10.5309/willmaryquar.67.1.101. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 17 April 2011.Sewell Chan (26 January 2010). "Coffin's Emblem Defies Certainty". The New York Times. Retrieved 19 February 2010. Pampana ŋa a zie na la ka ba boɔlɔ  bee ka noba baŋ ka o e a Afrika kuuni uumu zie (African Burial Ground National Monument), A be la ka neɛzaa baŋ ka paa boɔlɔ ka  National Park Service. A sankofa enfuoni ŋa paa da mare la a daga pɔgeraa eŋɛ a soga poɔ, a yaa ŋa da e la bone naŋ be a yɛre soga poɔ ka ba de granite sɔgelaa a maale ne."African Burial Ground National Monument". National Park Servicef. Retrieved 19 February 2010

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Dasaŋa yɛlɛ ane saaŋkompare yɛlɛ de la a sukyiri enfuoni bondemanne wulaa a eŋ ɛntɛnɛte poɔ."National Museum of African American History and Culture". Archived from the original on 26 March 2009. Retrieved 2 March 2010.  A sankofa enfuoni tɛgɛ la zanne a puori yɛlɛ naŋ e pare.

Sankofa enfuoni bondemanne wulaa wuli la a menne a tembɛrɛ zaa poɔ aseŋ,  Washington, D.C., ane New Orleans.

Janet Jackson taa la sankofa enfuoni  ba naŋ sɛge bee maale mare o nu dɔloŋ eŋɛ. A sankofa enfuoni bondemanne wulaa ŋa meŋ da paale la a 1997  The Velvet Rope yieloŋ daga enfuomo poɔ,a sankofa enfuoni ŋa da soŋ la ka a yieloŋ yuori a lɔ laare a tendaa zaa.

Sankofa e bebiri kaŋa na maŋ e ŋa tigiri a ko a  Saint Louis University, a bebiri ŋa e la gyeremɛ kaŋ ba na maŋ de ko African-American karembiiri  banaŋ zaa na maŋ yi ne digiree a African American zannoo poɔ.

A bondemannaa ane a yuori da bebe a yi a 1993 sankofa sinii a Haile Gerima, ane a graphic sinii yuoni 500 Years Later (2005), Owen Alik Shahadah la meŋ da wane a ŋa.

A UK deɛne maaleba Adzido Pan-African seɛre da laŋ ne a Margaret Busby a deɛmo na dare a 1999 poɔ, a be la ka a yuori paa da yi ka sankofa.Mary Brennan, "Rhythms of everyday life", Herald Scotland, 10 February 2000.

The African-American string band Sankofa Strings, waabo yuoni  la a 2005, Sule Greg  C. Wilson, Rhiannon Giddens, ane Dom Flemons, meŋ paa da paale la  jug gaŋgaa noɔre lammo sɛge bimbo Chasin' Gus' Ghost. A gaŋgaa ŋmeɛbo daga CD Colored Aristocracy in 2006. Ayi soba la a sankofa band, Wilson ane Flemons, a paale ne Ndidi Onukwulu ane Allison Russell, CD meŋ da yi la Uptown Strut in 2012.

Cassandra Wilson la da yiele a sankofa  yieloŋ ŋa, a yieloŋ paa da yi a 1993 yuoni poɔ, Blue Light 'til Dawn yieloŋ daga.

A Sankofa nuule wa la BBC television sinii kyiiri gbɛɛ yaga. O da ŋmaa o la e teŋɛ poɔ aŋa gbaŋgbaa na James Keziah Delaney a ŋaa paa da e ŋa bone ba naŋ ŋmaa bee sɛge mare o puoriŋ, onaŋ ne o ma la da lantaa sɛge a vuu aroo zie, di-koraa kaŋa poɔ.

A protagonist a 2021 yuoni poɔ, Nnedi Okorafor la da sɛge a pore a yuori ka sanofa  science-fiction novella Remote Control.Okorafor, Nnedi (19 January 2021). Remote Control. Tor Publishing. ISBN 978-1-250-77280-0.

A Borenyɛ kyuu beri pie ne anaare, 2023 yuoni poɔ, a  City of Toronto naŋ be a Canada poɔ teŋɛ, zieyuo zu kareba da laŋ la taa a iri yuori Sankofa Square for Yonge-Dundas Square."Toronto City Council approves 'Sankofa Square' as new name for Yonge-Dundas Square and initiates plans to rename other City assets that include the name Dundas". City of Toronto. 14 December 2023.

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