Grandmother wrapping ankara fabric around young girl's shoulders, both laughing, with kente banners in the background
Est. 2018 · Atlanta, GA

Where Your Children
Learn What the
Textbooks Left Out.

Drumming circles. Adinkra painting. Yoruba naming traditions. Lingala spoken aloud. A warm room full of families who look like yours.

Next Program
Sat, Mar 1
Adinkra for Beginners
First Visit
Always Free
No registration required
Drumming Circles
Yoruba Language
Adinkra Symbols
Kente Weaving
African History
Naming Ceremonies
Cooking Classes
Rites of Passage
Lingala
Dance & Movement
Drumming Circles
Yoruba Language
Adinkra Symbols
Kente Weaving
African History
Naming Ceremonies
Cooking Classes
Rites of Passage
Lingala
Dance & Movement
Our Programs

Every Room
A Doorway.

Six programs. One center. A hundred ways for your family to find what was never lost — only waiting.

Children and adults playing djembe drums together in a circle, smiling and focused
Every Saturday

Drumming Circles

Your hands remember what the history books forgot.

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Young students gathered around a teacher writing Yoruba words on a whiteboard
Tue & Thu Evenings

Yoruba Language

Names carry power. Teach yours to say them right.

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Child pressing Adinkra symbol stamps onto fabric with vibrant paint, concentrating intently
Sunday Mornings

Adinkra Painting

Five-year-olds with paint-stained fingers learning ancient wisdom.

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Students sitting in a circle on colorful floor cushions reading books with an elder teacher
Homeschool Fridays

African History

The curriculum your school never had the courage to teach.

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Grandmother and grandchildren cooking together at a kitchen counter, laughing and stirring a pot
Saturday Afternoons

Cooking & Culture

Jollof rice is geography, chemistry, and love — all at once.

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Teenagers in traditional African attire participating in a community ceremony with elders
Monthly Cohorts

Rites of Passage

Coming of age with the weight of ancestors behind you.

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Family Voices

Transformation Happens
in the Telling.

Families who walked through our doors uncertain. They left knowing exactly who they are.

"My daughter came home from her first drumming circle and said, 'Mama, I finally feel like myself.' I cried the whole drive home."

Adaeze Okafor, smiling Nigerian-American woman in her 30s
Adaeze Okafor
Mother of two · Decatur, GA

"We homeschool, and I was desperate for African history that didn't start with slavery. Sankofa gave my son the full story."

Kwame Asante, Ghanaian-American father smiling warmly
Kwame Asante
Homeschool parent · Stone Mountain, GA

"My granddaughter heard me speak Lingala for the first time in her life at one of the language circles. She asked me to teach her the lullaby I sang to her mother."

Mamie Lukusa, Congolese grandmother with warm smile and natural hair
Mamie Lukusa
Grandmother · Clarkston, GA

"The rites of passage program didn't just prepare my son for adulthood — it gave him a reason to be proud of where he comes from. That's priceless."

Damilola Bello, Nigerian-American man in his 40s with confident expression
Damilola Bello
Father of three · College Park, GA
Bring Your Family This Weekend

First visit is always free. No registration needed.

Community in Motion

Recital Nights.
Naming Ceremonies.
Real Families.

Every photo is proof that belonging already lives here. You're looking at your people.

Community drumming circle with adults and children playing djembe drums together in a large hall
Children sitting in a classroom learning African history from an elder teacher with colorful maps
Teenagers in traditional African attire at a rites of passage ceremony with community members
Family cooking together at a cultural cooking class, stirring a large pot of jollof rice
Young girl in colorful ankara dress dancing at a recital night performance with audience watching
Child painting Adinkra symbols on fabric with bright colors, showing concentration
1,200+
Families Served
8 yrs
In the Community
6
Languages Taught
18
Programs Monthly
March 2026

This Month at
Sankofa.

Pinned like family photos on the fridge. Come to one. Come to all.

Sat Mar 110:00 AM

Adinkra for Beginners

Art & Symbols8 spots left
Featured Program
Sun Mar 22:00 PM

Sunday Drumming Circle

MusicOpen
Tue Mar 46:30 PM

Yoruba Language — Level 1

Language4 spots left
Fri Mar 75:00 PM

Homeschool African History

HistoryOpen
Sat Mar 811:00 AM

Jollof & Beyond: Cooking Class

Cooking6 spots left
Featured Program
Sat Mar 83:00 PM

Kente Weaving Workshop

Textile Arts3 spots left
Sun Mar 91:00 PM

Naming Ceremony Preparation

TraditionsBy invite
Thu Mar 136:00 PM

Lingala Conversation Circle

LanguageOpen
Sat Mar 1510:00 AM

Rites of Passage — March Cohort

Rites2 spots left
Featured Program
Large group of African-American families gathered together at a cultural celebration outdoors, smiling and embracing
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The Chair Is Already Pulled Out

The Table Is Already Set.
Come Home.

Your family doesn't need a reason to walk through our doors. The first visit is free. The welcome is unconditional.

No Registration RequiredAll Ages WelcomeFree First VisitAtlanta, GA