Sankofa Black Collection

Sankofa is an Adinkra symbol that embodies the spirit and attitude of reverence for the past, reverence for one’s forebears, reverence for one’s history, and reverence for one’s elders. 

African Americans, Africans in the Carribbean, and all those who ended up on foreign shores as victims of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade often feel a longing for their African roots. When this natural longing inspires spiritual quests for meaning and association, the quest traverses indigenous African culture, spirituality, and art, which includes symbols. It is for this reason that Sankofa has become a totem for many Africans in the diaspora as they explore and seek connections to their roots. This is apt for just as those who do not know history are doomed to repeat it, so are those who do not know their roots doomed to incognizance and the repitition of their ancestors’ mistakes.