I think it must be safe to show this now.... We entered the above piece in a MoveOn.org art for Obama contest. I don't think we won. The 5 winners get shown at the convention.... the next 30 get sold on Ebay to raise $. I think we will sell this ourselves for $300 - all proceeds to the general election Obama/??? campaign. We will make a maximum of 7 pieces, signed and numbered. This is #1.Sankofa is an Adinkra symbol from West Africa. Adinkra symbols are mainly printed by hand on cloth, but also decorate homes, and public spaces. The various Adinkra symbols are visual expressions of the history, religious beliefs, ethics, politics, and aesthetics of the Akan people of Ghana. The Sankofa is a bird - going forward, but looking backward, with an egg - its future - in its mouth. Sankofa is transliterated in the Akan language as "se wo were fi na wosan kofa a yenki." Literally translated, it means "it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot.” Let us not forget to learn from our past as we proceed toward our future.
We feel Obama/???? embodies the true meaning of the Sankofa symbol.
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