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02.05.21 In this video Dr. Halifu Osumare talks with Renee' Charlow about over 4 decades long career as a dancer and choreographer and how her identity as a Black woman was influenced along the way.

A virtual lecture of Teaching the Children of Tawahedo: Africa and the Ethio-Judeo Christian Legacy with author, Dr.Ts'gye Rachel Titilayo Leslie. Author: Dr. Ts’gye Rachel Titilayo Leslie is a Pan-African scholar born in Paris, France of Jamaican and Nigerian parents, she was educated in the United States at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois and Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich, Germany, Obafemi Awolowo University under the guidance of Wole Soyinka and the Ifa priesthoods of Yoruba religion, and finally at Howard University where she was awarded the Doctor of Ministry for her studies on the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church after studying with the support of the late patriarch His Holiness Abuna Paulos and with the permission of the present patriarch His Holiness Abuna Matthias. Interlocutors: Prof. Ephraim Isaac, Founder of the Department of African and African - American Studies at Harvard University, Director of Institute of Semitic Studies, Princeton, NJ (Retired) Mr. Fentahun Tiruneh, Resource Specialist, Africa and Middle East Division, Library of Congress @Sankofa Video & Books November 4, 2020.

The Golden Apple Vol 3 by Edgar Ridley, a virtual presentation sponsored by Sankofa Video and Books, November 17, 2020. The third in the author’s series examining the impact of symbols on human behavior, boldly corrects the record on the interpretation of James George Frazer’s classic work, The Golden Bough. Frazer presented how symbolism affects humanity from beginning to end, and Edgar Ridley author takes on Frazer’s critics, such as A.B. Cook and Theodore Gaster. In this volume, the author reminds the reader that symptomatic thought and behavior have shaped every aspect of the genome and has controlled how genes operate throughout the world. Our understanding of genetics and its importance in human life and the changes that we have made throughout the world is based on the event of what the author labels the ‘neurological misadventure of primordial man’. This book describes how Symptomatic behavior and the dynamics of symbolic behavior is the cause of how genes operate in our bodies and how they express themselves in who we are and how we behave. Dr. Jeff Menzise is the host of this book presentaton: Jeff Menzise is a proud graduate of two of our finest HBCUs, receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Fisk University in Psychology and Clinical Psychology, respectively. He finished up his academic training at Howard University majoring in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Developmental Psychology. Along with his Ph.D., Menzise earned a graduate certificate in International Studies with a concentration in Political Science and Information & Culture. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, he maintains his professional and social ties to his hometown by serving as a consultant to several grassroots organizations, educators, and his fraternal lodge: St. John’s No. 3, PHA. Dr. Menzise is active globally and locally. He has worked with Ministries of Education in both the Caribbean and West Africa, providing professional development for teachers, administrators, families, students, and mental health staff.

Haki Madhubuti, aka Don L. Lee, presents his book, TAUGHT BY WOMEN.

A Conversation with Eddie Conway, Paul Coates and author Susie Day, moderated by Professor Greg Thomas

The 2006 DC Caribbean Carnival as seen from outside of Sankofa Video Bookstore and Cafe. The Carnival took place on June 26, 2006.

African Activists, Organizers, and Scholars discuss Gentrification and the Callous Affluent Class, focusing on Gentrification in the Global Context and the connections between gentrification and colonialism. This event took place on April 19, 2009.

Red Carpet Book Launch at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe for the third book in the Callaloo series, Callaloo: The Trickster and the Magic Quilt. This event includes a reading and performance of the book featuring puppets representing each character, as well as a Q & A with both the author and the illustrator of the Callaloo series. The event took place at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe on Sunday, June 30th 2018.

South Africa Now is a Film Screening and Town Hall Meeting discussing the state of "post-apartheid" South Africa and its relevance to understanding the struggle for global African liberation. Topics of discussion include Nelson Mandela and the RNC, Economic Imperialism and the IMF, and European Cultural Imperialism in South African film. The event took place at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe on June 6, 2008.

Young African Organizers, Activists, and Scholars discuss the question "Which Way Forward, Race First, Class Struggle, or Both?" at Sankofa Video Bookstore and Cafe, as part of the Black Left in the 21st century series organized by Haile Gerima. This event took place on January 26, 2014.

The New Pan African is a course presented at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe and led by Professor Leopold Edwards. The course is presented in four sessions over two weeks, and discusses various topics relating to the development of a relevant, pragmatic, and theoretically sound "New Pan African" movement. Discussion topics include Child Rearing, Individual and Group Economics, "Free Market Democracy", Neo-Colonialism, and more. This class was presented in the second week of June, 2006.