English Explanatory Dictionary

sankofa bird

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Akan culture, a symbol representing a bird with head turned backwards and feet facing forward, carrying a precious egg in its mouth. It is associated with a proverb stating that it is not wrong to go back for something one has forgotten.

Word forms

sankofa bird sankofa birds
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