photo posted 06/10
Peace
Why did I listen to my daughter. I love her to death but wow, this really hurts. It felt like someone was carving into my skin! I said never again but I love it. I was so into the zone that I got two on the same day. Was I crazy or what!
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I've been learning Middle Eastern and West African dance for almost a year. I'm studying under Ms. Somra El Nubia here in St. Louis.
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Sankofa is an Akan word that means, "We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today."
Wed, May 9, 2007 - 7:28 AM
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The Akan (Ghanaian vernacular) word, Sankofa means "one must return to the past in order to move forward." The symbol of Sankofa is that of a bird whose head is faced in the opposite direction of its body. This is emphasising on the fact that even though the bird is advancing, it periodically makes it a point to examine/ return to i... read more
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