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Sankofa

Video· Books · Cafe

A sanctuary for Pan-African culture

since '98.

“We revolt simply because,

for many reasons,

we can no longer breathe”

– Frantz Fanon

Featured Books

New Arrival

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

- Maya Angelou

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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

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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