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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.

African Activists, Organizers, and Scholars discuss Gentrification and the Callous Affluent Class, focusing on Gentrification in the Washington DC Area and the connection between gentrification and colonialism. This event took place on April 17, 2009.

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.

The DC Alliance of Black School Educators in Association with Sankofa Video Bookstore & Cafe presents Haki Madhubuti: The Miseducation of the Negro in the Age of Obama, Myth or Reality? This event took place at Sankofa Video Bookstore & Cafe on June 13, 2008.

The 2007 DC Caribbean Carnival as seen from outside of Sankofa Video Bookstore and Cafe. The Carnival took place on June 23, 2007.

South African Poet, essayist, and spoken word theater director Kgafela Oa Magogodi shares a selection of poetry at Sankofa Video Bookstore and Cafe. This event took place on July 1, 2008.

Young African scholars discuss the concept of Black Internationalism as part of the Black Left in the 21st Century Series organized by Haile Gerima. This event took place at Sankofa Video Books & Cafe on