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San//kofa
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2025 was the year of Sankofa for me. Sankofa is an Akan word from Ghana that roughly translates to “go back and get it” and is visually represented by a bird looking backwards.
The meaning of the phrase is to examine one's past to understand the present and future. It highlights how the past is always present, and the present is always future– the gears of time already in motion long before we can realize where we lie in their tread.
As I read more history and watch as the thread of my own story weaves into its fabric, I cannot help but feel that the reliving of history is inevitable.
With proper preparation and systems of remembering, we will be more prepared for when history whiplashes into darkness. There is a comfort in knowing that this cycle of remembering has not only awakened in others but is also taking them along the same pathways of knowledge I have encountered.
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