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Culture. Community. Conversation.

With Kofi Annan
& Kofi Adih

Sankofa Sessions.
Conversations across the African diaspora.

Black history, identity, leadership, and the questions we need to ask. Join Kofi Annan, Kofi Adih, and their guests for honest dialogue that connects our stories across borders.

The two Sankofa Sessions hosts together

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Different perspectives. Shared questions.

Explore the episode collection below. Watch on YouTube, or use a Listen link where an audio version is available.

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Economics & Ownership

The Cookout: Wealth Building | Part 2

Kofi Annan & Mu Cuzzo

A conversation about turning income into ownership and opportunity.

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Economics & Ownership

The Cookout: Reparations | Part 1

Kofi Annan & Mu Cuzzo

What is owed, who should benefit, and what comes next?

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Culture & Identity

From Griots to Spoken Word

Charlene Riley & Khalil Houston

How storytelling carries memory, resistance, and possibility across generations.

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Leadership & Community

Food Is Power: Health, Land & Liberation

Duron Chavis

Food access, land, and the power of community-led change.

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Culture & Identity

Food Is a Memory

Moderated by Katina Moss

Explore the stories and connections carried through food.

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Leadership & Community

Unlearning the Divide

A conversation across the diaspora

Examine the divisions we inherit—and how we challenge them.

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Culture & Identity

Shades of Us: Confronting Colorism

Shareem Annan

An honest discussion of skin tone, identity, and belonging.

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Culture & Identity

The Cost of Fitting In: Code-Switching Unpacked

Kofi Annan & Kofi Adih

Strategy, survival, and the personal cost of fitting in.

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History & Pan-Africanism

Sovereignty vs. Democracy: The Traoré Debate

Sankofa Sessions

A debate about self-determination, power, and democratic accountability.

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Culture & Identity

Black Beyond Borders: The Afro-Latino Story

Edalio · Capiku Cultural Center

Explore Black identity and cultural connection across language and borders.

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Leadership & Community

Raising the Next Generation

Kofi & Kofi, with their sons

Culture, identity, and the work of passing heritage forward.

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Culture & Identity

Hip Hop at 50: Culture, Capitalism, and Consequences

Sudan · One True Poet

Who shapes the music—and what does its influence mean?

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Leadership & Community

Democracy and the Black Condition

Sankofa Sessions

Examine political promises, lived experience, and collective progress.

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Economics & Ownership

Culture as Currency: Black Entrepreneurship

Sankofa Sessions

Identity, ownership, and the realities of building a business.

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History & Pan-Africanism

From Garvey to the Year of Return

Sankofa Sessions

Explore Pan-Africanism as history, connection, and a living mission.

Why Sankofa?

Look back.
Move the conversation forward.

Sankofa invites us to learn from the past as we shape what comes next. The show brings that spirit to conversations about culture, power, belonging, and community.

More than one way to gather

Meet The Cookout.

The Cookout is a live conversation format within Sankofa Sessions. Episodes with Kofi Annan and Mu Cuzzo bring humor, disagreement, and community perspectives into the discussion.

The main show features Kofi Annan and Kofi Adih, alongside guests and occasional guest moderators.

Meet the hosts

Two Kofis. A world of perspectives.

Kofi Annan, Sankofa Sessions co-host, wearing a cap

Kofi Annan

Civil rights leader, author, U.S. Army veteran, and founder of Sankofa Travels with Kofi. His work connects cultural education, community leadership, and the African diaspora.

Kofi Adih, Sankofa Sessions co-host

Kofi Adih

Real estate investor, community leader, U.S. Army veteran, and founding board member of Sankofa Travels. He brings a perspective grounded in culture, leadership, and community impact.

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