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sankofa  

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  • The film Sankofa is one of the most powerful films ever made on the enslavement of Africans. The word Sankofa is an Akan word that literally means “go back to fetch it.” It refers to the process of going back to the past in order to build for the future. [Source: Encyclopedia of Black Studies; Sankofa]

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