STORIES · CONVERSATIONS · IDEAS
Our past holds wisdom for what comes next.
Sankofa brings together field notes, conversations and ideas from across the Global South. We listen to what our histories, communities and everyday lives can teach us. We carry what is valuable forward as we imagine a more just and connected future.
Sankofa
Carrying Wisdom Forward
WHY SANKOFA
To look back is to move forward
Sankofa begins with a simple belief: the past is not somewhere we leave behind. It lives in the stories we inherit, the systems we build, the choices we make and the futures we imagine.
Here, we pay attention to the knowledge held within our communities and everyday lives. We ask what deserves to be remembered, what needs to be questioned and what can help us build differently. Sankofa is an invitation to recognise the wisdom already among us and carry what matters into the future.
THE JOURNEY
Three ways to travel with Sankofa
Read the journal, follow conversations across borders and explore what it means to look back while moving forward.
FIELD NOTES
Read the Journal
Observations, questions and lessons gathered along the way. The journal makes room for details that linger, ideas that deepen over time and meaning that often reveals itself when we pause and look again.
CONVERSATIONS
COMING SOON
Conversations Across Borders
A growing series of thoughtful exchanges with people whose experiences offer something worth carrying forward. The first conversations are taking shape and will be shared here soon.
SYMBOL & STORY
The Sankofa Bird
A symbol that looks back to recover what is valuable, reminding us that wisdom is carried forward with intention. Its backward gaze invites us to examine what we have inherited before deciding what belongs in the future.
FROM THE JOURNAL
Stories that make us think
Questions, encounters and observations that invite us to look again. Each piece considers what people, places and everyday experiences can teach us about ourselves and the world around us.
Meet Carlana: The Person Behind Sankofa
Hello, I’m Carlana Charles-McGuire, a Grenadian consultant, writer and the person behind Sankofa. I have always been someone who stays with a question long…
The Question I Brought Home from The Bahamas
Two ordinary encounters in The Bahamas left me carrying a question: What wisdom would your country contribute to the Global South?
Continue Reading
Explore more stories, questions and reflections in the Journal. New entries will be added as Sankofa continues to grow.
Contact
Begin a conversation.
Sankofa grows through people willing to share what they know, ask thoughtful questions and make new connections. If something here resonates with you, if you have a story to share or if you see a way we might work together, I would be glad to hear from you.
Based in Grenada · Connecting across the Global South