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Sankofa can mean either the word in the Akan language of Ghana that translates in English to “go back and take” (Sanko - go back, fa- take) or the Asante Adinkra symbols of a a bird with its head turned backwards taking an egg off its back, or of a stylised heart shape. It is often associated with the proverb, “Se wo were fi na wosankofa a yenkyi,” which translates “It is not wrong to go back for that which you have forgotten.”

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• November 03, 2011, 8:47pm

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