Book details

  • Genre:gardening
  • Sub-genre:Organic
  • Language:English
  • Pages:64
  • Paperback ISBN:9798317824129

Sankofa Michelle Obama

By Kwasi Divine Asante-Tannor

Overview


SANKOFA is an Akan proverbial word dirrived from the Flamingo birds, their styles of bending back to retrieve a near missed fish in a river.
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Description


This Sankofa word has been symbolized as a Flamingo bird's agility of swiftly retrieving a slippery fish it almost missed. This Flamingo bird symbol is mounted on the staff of a Ghanian Chief, as a proverb- a non-verbal communication to his subjects that if you make a mistake in your life go back and make it right. This symbolic gesture revivifies the characters in the book especially the heroine in the book Michelle Obama for her courage, outstanding achievements or noble qualities. She was the heroine of keep fit in Obama's administration.
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