Resources
Recommended Author of the Month
Kwame Nkrumah
- Consciencism
- Towards Colonialm Freedom
- Ghana: Autobiography Of Kwame Nkrumah
- Africa Must Unite
- Handbook Of Revolutionary Warfare
- Class Struggle In Africa
- “Two Myths” from Revolutionary Path
Recommended Videos
SANKOFA (DVD)
Film by Haile Gerima
Mypheduh Films, Inc.
Format: DVD (Color)
Duration: 125 minutes
Genre: Drama
Year: 1993
Description/Synopsis:
SANKOFA is an Akan word that means, one must return to the past in order to move forward. Mona, a contemporary model, is possessed by spirits lingering in the Cape Coast Castle in Ghana and travels to the past, where, as a house servant called Shola she is constantly abused by the slave master. Nunu, an African-born field hand, and Shango, Sholas West Indian Lover, continuously rebel against the slave system. For Nunu this means direct conflict with her son, a mulatto benefitting from the system as a head slave. Inspired by Nunu and Shangos determination to defy the system, Shola finally takes her fate into her own hands.