Sankofa (Orange)
Prayer
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to that word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Blessed art thou,O LORD: teach me thy statutes. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:9-10, 15-16
Affirmation
“I am grounded in my roots. I will not forget my ways. The Divine from my ancestors flows to me and through me: now and always, ‘Ase.”
Prayer
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to that word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Blessed art thou,O LORD: teach me thy statutes. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:9-10, 15-16
Affirmation
“I am grounded in my roots. I will not forget my ways. The Divine from my ancestors flows to me and through me: now and always, ‘Ase.”
Prayer
Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed thereto according to that word. With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments. Blessed art thou,O LORD: teach me thy statutes. I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respect unto thy ways. I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:9-10, 15-16
Affirmation
“I am grounded in my roots. I will not forget my ways. The Divine from my ancestors flows to me and through me: now and always, ‘Ase.”
Sankofa “Return and Get it”
West African Adinkra symbol for the act of movement and fluidity in regards to knowledge.
The symbol — shown in the photo on an interior window in the Carter G. Woodson Center — is based on a mythical bird with its feet firmly planted forward with its head turned backwards. Thus, the Akan believe the past serves as a guide for planning the future. To the Akan, it is this wisdom in learning from the past which ensures a strong future.
The Akans believe that there must be movement and new learning as time passes. As this forward march proceeds, the knowledge of the past must never be forgotten.