{"product_id":"sankofa-johnnetta-betsch-cole-9780813957005","title":"Sankofa: Reflections on Life, Learning, and Social Justice","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe memoir of one of the most accomplished figures in African American public life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSankofa\u003c\/i\u003e is the anthropologist and educator Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole's memoir of nearly nine decades spent building institutions, communities, and a more just world. Drawing on her childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, and the historic Black community of American Beach, through her landmark presidencies of Spelman and Bennett Colleges, to her directorship of the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Cole organizes her book around seven essential lessons: on the nature of change, the necessity of self-confrontation, the power of community, the work of friendship across difference, the possibility of democratic marriage, the necessity of the arts, and the meaning carried in the stories we tell.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRooted in the Akan principle of Sankofa--to go back and retrieve what is useful from the past--the book moves fluidly between personal narrative and broader reflection, weaving together family history, professional memory, and contemporary analysis. Cole writes candidly about triumph and heartbreak alike, offering both a record of a singular American life and a roadmap for readers seeking to understand what sustained, collective social change actually requires. \u003ci\u003eSankofa\u003c\/i\u003e is more than a memoir. It is a call to action.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Johnnetta Betsch Cole\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813957001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813957005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/15\/2027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Johnnetta Betsch Cole","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":50917015650559,"sku":"9780813957005","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sankofa-johnnetta-betsch-cole-9780813957005","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}