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Dr. Phillip Turner
@deepsea_phil
Marine Science & Conservation PhD @DukeU || #Science #Policy Consultant || #DeepSea Researcher
Jun 11, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
As I see statues of slave traders coming down in the UK, either by force #EdwardColston or swift planning #RobertMilligan, my thoughts have turned to the Sankofa bird - a powerful West African symbol relevant to this time (1/5) The concept of Sankofa comes from the Akan people of Ghana and is expressed as “sewo were fi nawosankofa a yenki” … “it is not taboo to go back and fetch what you forgot” (2/5)