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Liberated
Territory

Since '97

Sankofa is a home for Black film, literature, memory, and community on Georgia Avenue in Washington, DC. For nearly three decades, people have come through our doors to find books, discover films, share food, exchange ideas, and gather around the stories that shape who we are.

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 Featured Books

Upcoming Events

Threads

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MISSED A LIVE EVENT?

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Xenophobia or Afrophobia?: Anti-African Hostility from Johannesburg to the Global North
Spoken Dub Meets Sankofa!
Book Event - The Bullwhip's Algorithm by Kamau Bobb
01:32:05
Haiti on Our Mind
01:25:42
Ngugi wa Thion'go: The River Between Languages
44:41
Film Screening: Ngugi wa Thion'go: The River Between Languages
07:01
Black Woman Runner: A Memoir
01:22:59
NO WAR ON CUBA: Week of Action Film Screening + Material Aid Drive
52:30

New Arrivals

Open Book

Our Hours

The Bookstore is open 10am - 6pm

Sankofa Cafe is now open  8am - 9pm

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(202) 234-4755 Bookstore | Cafe

2714 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA

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