What Are We Keeping Alive?
On institutions, inheritance, and the courage to let things change An institution can remain open long after it has begun to lose its life.…
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Author: Sankofa
What If the Capacity Is Already There?
There is a particular way the Global South is often spoken about. Institutions need capacity. Governments need capacity. Small businesses need capacity. Communities need…
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What China Left Me Thinking About
Notes on knowledge, power and learning across the Global South I went to China carrying a question. I had imagined asking people I met…
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My Whimsy Is Mine to Chase
My Whimsy Is Mine to Chase What watching women in China taught me about softness, Black womanhood, and the things we are told we…
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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…
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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?
Read MoreWhat Might the Global South Learn From Itself?
The Global South is often studied, advised, measured and compared. Its countries are frequently discussed in reports, development programmes and international conferences. Experts arrive…
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The Sankofa Bird: What Are We Being Asked to Retrieve?
The Sankofa bird looks back while moving forward. What might change if we examined what we have inherited before deciding what deserves to come with us?
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What Wisdom Would Your Country Contribute to the Global South?
Every country has learned something from its history, its challenges and the lives of its people. What wisdom could your country place into a shared conversation across the Global South?
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What Do We Mean When We Say “the Global South”?
The phrase Global South appears increasingly in conversations about politics, trade, climate change, culture and international development. It is also central to Sankofa’s vision…
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