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Which one do you like?–Logo for Sankofa

I would love your opinion on the three logos you see below.  They are for The Sankofa Institute that I'm starting. (see here)  Remember, Sankofa is the West African concept that we must remember our...

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Update on The Sankofa Institute–Full but still taking applications

As I've told you about in the past (see here and Read the full post here »

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The Sankofa Institute Online: The Talented Tenth

What do you think about W. E. B. Du Bois' concept of The Talented Tenth? William Edward Burghardt (aka--W.E.B) Du Bois was the first African-American to earn a PH.D. from Harvard.  He went on to be a...

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The Sankofa Institute Online: Free At Last? by Carl Ellis (Chpt 1)

At The Sankofa Institute we are reading Carl Ellis' Free At Last:  The Gospel in the African-American Experience.  Outside of the Bible this is the most influential book in my life.  Ellis is seeking...

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The Sankofa Institute Online: Free At Last? By Carl Ellis (Chpt. 2)

"De-Egyptianization" is the term for what happened to Israel in the desert.  After four hundred years of slavery their culture and identity was virtually destroyed and in need of restoration.  They...

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The Sankofa Institute Online: Unchained memories

During the 1930's, in order to reduce unemployment during the Great Depression, the government funded The Federal Writers' Project. One of their assignments was to interview many of the 100,000 former...

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The Sankofa Institute Online: The Gospel in our History

Carl Ellis in his book, Free At Last? The Gospel in the African-American Experience, makes this profound statement: It is a disgrace that we...Read the full post here »

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The Sankofa Institute Online: Waiting For Superman

This month at The Sankofa Institute we are discussing education. Most agree that the education system in the U.S. has serious flaws.  Politicians point out that we are falling behind our competition...

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One Name, Two Fates (P2)–A Tale of Two Michaels

In a previous post I wrote about, The Other Wes Moore, the story of two men with the same name and similar backgrounds yet vastly different destinies. Recently, the Rev. Leon Kelly stopped by The...

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The Sankofa Institute Online: Uncommon Vision

John Howard Griffin is one of my heroes. He's the white man who took the amazing journey of living as a black man in the Deep South in the late 1950's.  Ultimately, he recorded his saga in a book,...

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