Sankofa (nke a na-akpọ SAHN-koh-fah) bụ okwu n'asụsụ Twi nke Ghana nke pụtara na ọ ga-eweghachi" (nke pụtara "ịlaghachi ma nweta"; san - ịlaghachi; ko - ịga; fa - iwere, ịchọ ma were) ma na-ezo aka na akara Bono Adinkra nke a na-anọchite anya ya ma ọ bụ n'ụdị obi ma ọ bụ nnụnụ na-atụgharị isi ya azụ mgbe ụkwụ ya na-ebu àkwá dị oké ọnụ ahịa n'ọnụ ya. A na-ejikọkarị Sankofa na ilu ahụ, nke a na-asụgharị dị ka: "Ọ bụghị ihe ọjọọ ịlaghachi maka ihe ị chefuru. "[1][2]

Nnụnụ sankofa na-apụta ugboro ugboro na nka ọdịnala ndị Akan, a nabatakwara ya dị ka ihe nnọchianya dị mkpa na ọnọdụ ndị Africa America na ndị Africa Diaspora iji gosipụta mkpa ọ dị iche echiche banyere oge gara aga iji wuo ọdịnihu na-aga nke ọma. Ọ bụ otu n'ime akara adinkra kachasị gbasaa, na-apụta na ọla nke oge a, egbugbu, na uwe.

Ndị Akan nke Ghana na-eji akara adinkra na-anọchi anya otu echiche ahụ. Otu ụdị ya yiri akara nke ọwụwa anyanwụ nke obi, nke ọzọ bụ nke nnụnụ nke na-atụgharị isi ya azụ iji jide akwa nke e sere n'elu azụ ya n'ụzọ ihe atụ. Ọ na-anọchi anya iwere ihe dị mma site n'oge gara aga wee webata ya ugbu a iji nwee ọganihu dị mma site na iji ihe ọmụma dị mma. Ndị Akan na-eji akara Adinkra akọwa ilu na echiche nkà ihe ọmụma ndị ọzọ.

Nnụnụ sankofa na-apụta n'elu oche osisi Akan a tụrụ atụ, na ọla edo Akan, na nche anwụ ma ọ bụ nche anwụ nke steeti ụfọdụ na-achị achị na n'elu ndị ọrụ nke ụfọdụ ndị ọkà mmụta asụsụ ụlọ ikpe.[3] Ọ na-arụ ọrụ iji kwalite nkwanye ùgwù na ịdị n'otu n'omenala.

  1. The Spirituals Project at the University of Denver. African Tradition, Proverbs, and Sankofa. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved on 19 February 2010.
  2. DeMello (2014-05-30). Inked: Tattoos and Body Art around the World [2 volumes] (in en). ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-61069-076-8. 
  3. An example is shown at conradiator.com