Sankofa!

01 Mar 2010

Sankofa!

Re: Stephanie Belcher (MBA 2012); Yaw Agyenim-Boateng (MBA 2010); Tiera Chin (MBA 2010)

Topics: Arts-Dance Entertainment-Theater Education-Campus Life

Sankofa, a word in the Akan language of Ghana, embodies the idea of learning from the past to build for the future — a fitting name for a student performance that draws its inspiration from the rich cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Organized by the HBS African-American Student Union and held in November in Burden Auditorium, the show featured a variety of dance numbers, including this Ewe dance, Agbadza, from eastern Ghana. Kwami Williams of MIT, Stephanie Belcher (HBS ’11), Yaw Agyenim-Boateng (HBS ’10), and Tiera Brown (HBS ’10) were accompanied by the traditional Zulu song “Thina Simnqobile” (“We Have Overcome the Devil”), recorded by the Soweto Gospel Choir.

Photograph by Neal Hamberg