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    Sankofa

    Video· Books · Cafe

    A sanctuary for Pan-African culture

    since '98.

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    “We revolt simply because,

    for many reasons,

    we can no longer breathe”
     

    – Frantz Fanon

     Featured Books

    New Arrival

    A Promised Land


    Price$45.00
    New Arrival

    The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics,


    Price$16.95
    New Arrival

    A Promised Land: Deluxe Signed Edition


    Price$350.00

    Teaching the Children of Tewahedo: Africa and the Ethio-Judeo Christian Legacy


    Price$29.71
    New Arrival

    A Promised Land


    Price$45.00
    New Arrival

    The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics,


    Price$16.95
    New Arrival

    A Promised Land: Deluxe Signed Edition


    Price$350.00

    Teaching the Children of Tewahedo: Africa and the Ethio-Judeo Christian Legacy


    Price$29.71
    New Arrival

    A Promised Land


    Price$45.00
    New Arrival

    The Brother You Choose: Paul Coates and Eddie Conway Talk about Life, Politics,


    Price$16.95
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    I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver"

     

    - Maya Angelou

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    Upcoming Events

    Tue, Jan 19
    Online event. Registration in description.
    Nnedi Okorafor's "Remote Control" Book Launch Event
    Remote Control Book Launch Event : Nnedi Okorafor in Conversation with Glory Edim.
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    New Arrivals

    Children's

    The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago

    Price$27.00
    Children's

    Two Mrs. Gibsons

    Price$10.95
    History

    A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Fou

    Price$35.00
    History

    1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back

    Price$24.99
    Biography

    The Life and Legend of Bras-Coupé: The Fugitive Slave Who Fought the Law, Ruled

    Price$39.95
    Children's

    The Torture Machine: Racism and Police Violence in Chicago

    Price$27.00
    Children's

    Two Mrs. Gibsons

    Price$10.95
    History

    A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Fou

    Price$35.00
    History

    1919, The Year of Racial Violence: How African Americans Fought Back

    Price$24.99
    Biography

    The Life and Legend of Bras-Coupé: The Fugitive Slave Who Fought the Law, Ruled

    Price$39.95

    Since '98

    Founded by Shirikiana and Haile Gerima and named after the internationally acclaimed film SANKOFA they produced. It's symbol, the Sankofa Bird, looks backward constantly checking as she moves into the future.

     

    Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe is liberated territory that hopes to be a place where thoughtful consideration of the past and future can take place via books, films, and programming particularly generated by and about people of African Descent.

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    Films by The Founders

    By Shirikiana Aina

    Footprints of Pan Africanism (Blu-Ray)

    Regular Price$29.99Sale Price$15.00
    By Haile Gerima

    Teza

    Regular Price$19.99Sale Price$10.00
    By Shirikiana Aina

    Through The Door of No Return

    Regular Price$14.99Sale Price$7.50
    By Haile Gerima

    Adwa: An African Victory

    Regular Price$16.99Sale Price$8.50
    By Haile Gerima

    Ashes And Embers

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    Our operating hours have temporarily changed due to covid 19 

    The Bookstore is open 10am - 6pm everyday.

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    Sankofa Cafe is now open  8am - 6pm .