Highlights
Sankofa Students watch a special performance by guest "Lynn Manning" international playwright/poet and performance artist.
Lynn Manning - Performs "Weights" at Sankofa Academy
Lynn Manning is an award winning poet, playwright, actor, and former Blind Judo Champion of The world. He accomplished all of this after being shot and blinded in a bar fight at age twenty-three.
Fred Baxter, Motivational speaker/Former NFL Player and member of the New England Patriots 2003 Superbowl team and founder of The Fred Baxter Foundation in 2000 to benefit at-risk youth speaks to Sankofa Students about the importance of education and discipline.
Jeanette Davis-Loeb of Rising Oak Foundation joins Sankofa Academy Charter School to launch Pilot Program:
" If I Were Asked to Dream.."
Dinniman Celebrates Black History Month
State Senator Visits Sankofa Academy in West Chester
Senator Dinniman speaks with students at Sankofa Academy about the importance of civic involvement.
WEST CHESTER (February 23) – State Senator Andy Dinniman recently visited Sankofa Academy, an Afrocentric charter school located in West Chester, in honor of Black History Month.
Dinniman spoke with students about the history of the civil rights movement and its ties to the local area, as well as about how the Pennsylvania legislature works and the importance of civic involvement.
“Knowledge is power and that is why it is so important that you use your knowledge to affect change in the world,” Dinniman said. “If you don’t get involved someone else is going to determine your future – someone whose interests may not be the same as yours.”
Sankofa Academy is a free, public charter school with a focus on Africa in terms of subject matter and teaching methods. The academy was founded in 2005 and currently serves about 30 students in grades six through 10 from throughout the region.
For more information, call Senator Dinniman’s office at 610-692-2112 or e-mail acirucci@pasenate.com.
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Sankofa Academy hosts a Science Event with science instructor Mallama Robinson. |
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The TWIN POETS performing original poetry at "Sankofa Academy" Albert Mills and Nnamdi Chukwvocha are the Twin Poets — twin brothers from planet poetry. As members of the ’99 Philadelphia National Poetry Slam Team and the 2000 New Jersey squad, the Twins propelled both teams into the semifinals. They’ve traveled the world spreading their jaw-droppin’ verse in Ghana, London, Jamaica, France, Nigeria, Germany, Ireland and a city near you. As community activists, poets and soldiers in the struggle, Mills and Chukwvocha live to resist. Hey, these wordsmiths are the State of Delaware Mentors of the Year! They have a desire to awaken the revolutionary in everyone. A few years from now, burgeoning poets will lay claim to performing alongside this monumental pair. As always, they come back to The Bride for the people’s poetry festival, Day of the Poet, packing their supa-bad linguistics.
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Sankofa Students visit "The Lee Carter Art Musuem" in Coatesville... Dorothy Carter gives them a history lesson while sharing Mr. Carter's historical paintings... Lee Carter, who will be 82 on October 27, gave up a career in the Negro Professional Baseball League and a possible Major League career to raise his family. He did not start painting until he was nearly 60 years old, yet his African-American History Paintings will touch generations to come. The Lee Carter Art Museum opens at 925 West Main Street in Coatesville on October 19, 2002. |
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Sankofa Students attend a performance of "Secret History: The Philadelphia Story" at the People's Light & Theater Company, a world premiere theatrical event written and directed by Ping Chong, and commissioned by the Village of Arts and Humanities. This oral history production, explores the first-hand experiences of urban and suburban teenagers from the Greater Philadelphia Region, with a focus on how violence has shaped their lives. Individual histories are interwoven into a script, performed by the teens themselves, giving voice to personal histories too often left unspoken. |
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Sankofa Students perform Poetry and Song in Philadelphia, PA at "The Center of Peace". |
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Dr. Sebronette Barnes, professor of music at Cheyney University (and a member of the Sankofa Academy Board of Trustees) gives students a voice lesson. |
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Sankofa Students attend mentoring program with Employees at QVC, in collaboration with Big Brothers/Sisters of Southeastern, PA. |
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Master Drummer Baba Allen Bangoura instructs students in West African rhythms. |
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Sankofa Students Field Trip to New York City to see FELA ON BROADWAY!!!
