In the movie Sankofa, Haile Gerima (the screenplay writer), uses Mona, the protagonist, to show how one's past can define their true identity. An exploration of history is a key theme that plays a major output in the movie Sankofa to help create one's identity. Through the use of characterization and symbolism, Gerima shows the African perception of identity and the role that history/the past plays through the use of Mona's transformation and journey. In the beginning of the movie it was said that "Spirit of the dead, rise up and possess your vessels. Those who died in Brazil, Jamaican, and etc., to rise and tell your story." Those passionately spoken words were said by the "Divine Drummer", whose duty was to lead those spirits that had wandered back home. This is where Mona came into play. She's a model who ran into Sankofa in one of her shoots. He yelled at her and her white photographer; stating that that cavern was where the whites abused millions of Africans, and the photographer did not belong there. Seeming less sure of herself, Mona followed the tourists into the caverns. Mona fell behind and the lights went out. When they turned back on, she was in the past; looking at bounded and shackled naked Africans. She saw men and women who were scared and branded and tried to escape. However she was taken by the white men, who stripped her bare and branded her. While doing so she screamed "I am an American, I'm not African" (Gerima, Sankofa).
One can see that Mona denied her true sense of her African identity. Thus the audience can see that they have been transported through time to the Lafayette Plantation and Mona is now named Shola. Through the Lafayette plantation and Shola, the characters Nunu, Joe, and Shango are introduced. These characters are all a major component in the role of Mona's transformation. Each character represents a symbol and element of African American culture.
Sankofa is the vision of Haile Gerima. ... In order to be free, a person must return to oneself, which is the meaning of the word "Sankofa". ... Mona then leaves to listen to an African chant being performed by Sankofa. ... Sankofa is recommended to anyone interested in the search of identity. Sankofa succeeds in its meaning. ...
A few that will be discussed thoroughly in this paper, that are majorly common in these types of works are: the idea of double consciousness, the question and search for identity, the Sankofa experience, the Great Migration, and lastly the return to the South. ...
The Sankofa principle (claiming the retrospective of one's heritage) seems to play a vital role throughout the film. RESPONSE I think the Sankofa lesson was portrayed in the film through the ways of Mabo learning the ancestral past, his mother and his teacher. ... This message was conveyed through Mabo's mother and how she made it look like she was preventing Mabo from the Sankofa principle. ...
External Analysis 4 2.1 Industry Overview 4 2.2 Porter's 5-Forces Analysis 4 2.3 GDPEST Analysis 7 3. Internal Analysis 8 3.1 Financials 8 3.2 Value Chain 10 3.3 VRIS 10 3.4 Core Competence/Strategic Intent 11 4. ... External Analysis 2.1 Industry Overview One organization under the model market is Lego. ... The 3rd provider into the model market is movie and tv studios whom permit figures. ... There are a lot of choices for the kids such as electronic devices (child pills), movie video games, activities, among various other tasks and items. ...
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