About.

The Sankofa Community Academy is grounded in Molefi Kete Asante’s Afrocentric curriculum theory (1991) and model for revolutionary pedagogy (2017). Afrocentric curriculum disrupts the focus and structure of the dominant Eurocentric model by grounding all academic study within a global frame of human history and the foundations of knowledge and practice in all disciplines. The term “Afrocentric” refers to the focus on Africa as the initial locus of human development, which is distinct to the focus on Greek, Roman, and other Western European societies and cultures that is the foundation of the traditional curriculum model.
Shifting curricular focus to one that is inclusive of all human history enables all students to identify and connect their own personal history to that of humanity over time. This early identification and recognition have demonstrated a positive impact on identity development, academic engagement, and developing cultural literacy and competence in very young learners (Sleeter and Zavala, 2020).
Shifting curricular focus to one that is inclusive of all human history enables all students to identify and connect their own personal history to that of humanity over time. This early identification and recognition have demonstrated a positive impact on identity development, academic engagement, and developing cultural literacy and competence in very young learners (Sleeter and Zavala, 2020).