The Sankofa Collection
Bestsellers, timeless classics and powerful stories by Black authors, hand picked for all ages. Every purchase helps support literacy, community programming and enriching experiences through the R.I.C.H. Foundation.
Shopping at the Sankofa Library? Skip the Shipping—Pick Up Local!
At checkout, select Pick Up at Sankofa Haus Book Nook and collect your books on the designated pickup date. Simply show your order confirmation to the Sankofa Haus team. Can't make it to Sankofa Haus? No worries! You can also choose to have your books shipped directly to your door.
37 products
Sort by:
37 products
37 products
Historian Paul Ortiz tells a 200 year story of Black and Latinx solidarity and struggle, connecting movements for freedom across the Americas. An eye opening history of how these communities have fought side by side for justice.
| Author | Paul Ortiz |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | December 11, 2018 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780807005934 |
Dr. Joe Dispenza combines neuroscience, meditation, and real life stories to show how people are changing their minds, bodies, and lives. A practical guide for readers drawn to mindfulness, energy, and personal transformation.
How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon
| Author | Dr. Joe Dispenza |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | March 5, 2019 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781401953119 |
Bronx native and MacArthur Fellow Majora Carter argues that low-status communities do not need to lose their talent to thrive. Drawing on her work in the South Bronx, she lays out how to build wealth, keep homegrown talent, and create neighborhoods people choose to stay in.
You Don’t Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One
| Author | Majora Carter |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | February 1, 2022 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781523000296 |
One hundred affirmations for people of African descent, each rooted in the wisdom of Adinkra symbols from the Akan people of Ghana. A beautiful daily companion for peace, self-love, knowledge, and faith.
| Author | Jessica Ann Mitchell Aiwuyor |
| Publisher | Our Legaci Press, LLC |
| Publication Date | March 30, 2019 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781948061032 |
A young man named Warrior moves through the streets of New York, carried by his family's love and the strength of his history, while forces both human and spiritual threaten to destroy him. Khary Lazarre-White's poetic debut novel explores race, policing, masculinity, and the search for belonging.
| Author | Khary Lazarre-White |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | September 26, 2017 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781609807832 |
Drawing on years of conversations with Nelson Mandela, journalist Richard Stengel distills fifteen lessons from Madiba's life on courage, leadership, patience, and love. Short, wise, and inspiring.
Lessons on Life, Love, and Courage
| Author | Richard Stengel |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | March 30, 2010 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9780307460684 |
Richard Rothstein shows that residential segregation in America was not an accident but the result of deliberate government policy at every level. Essential reading for understanding housing, wealth, and inequality today, including right here in New York.
A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
| Author | Richard Rothstein |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton |
| Publication Date | May 1, 2018 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781631494536 |
A treasured collection of poems chosen by Langston Hughes himself, spanning his career as one of the brightest voices of the Harlem Renaissance. Music, struggle, joy, and Black life in America sing on every page.
A Classic Collection of Poems by a Master of American Verse
| Author | Langston Hughes |
| Publisher | Vintage (Penguin Random House) |
| Publication Date | September 12, 1990 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780679728184 |
Jason Wilson, founder of the Cave of Adullam training academy, offers men a path to healthy, whole masculinity. Built around ten roles of the comprehensive man, including fighter, provider, leader, husband, and son, it covers healing from the past, handling emotions with strength, and living with purpose.
Master the 10 Characteristics of the Comprehensive Man
| Author | Jason Wilson |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Christian Publishing/Thomas Nelson |
| Publication Date | January 28, 2025 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781400249053 |
Educators Jeff Dess and Lenny A. Williams, founders of Trill or Not Trill, show how hip-hop and pop culture can be powerful tools for leadership and learning. A fresh, relatable guide for teachers, mentors, and anyone who leads young people.
When Pop Culture Meets Leadership and Education
| Author | Jeff Dess and Lenny A. Williams |
| Publisher | Trill or Not Trill |
| Publication Date | Sept 28, 2020 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781735795317 |
Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum, explains how technologies like AI, robotics, and biotech are transforming the way we live and work. A concise primer on the forces shaping business, government, and everyday life.
| Author | Klaus Schwab |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | January 3, 2017 |
| Format | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9781524758868 |
Graham Hancock's bestselling investigation into ancient monuments, myths, and mysteries around the world, arguing for a lost civilization older than history books suggest. Provocative and widely debated, it is a page turner for anyone who loves big questions about the human past.
The Evidence of Earth's Lost Civilization
| Author | Graham Hancock |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | April 2, 1996 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780517887295 |
Isabel Wilkerson's Pulitzer Prize winning account of the Great Migration follows three people who left the Jim Crow South for cities in the North and West. Deeply researched and beautifully told, it is the story of how millions of Black Americans reshaped the country in search of a better life.
The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
| Author | Isabel Wilkerson |
| Publisher | Vintage (Penguin Random House) |
| Publication Date | October 4, 2011 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780679763888 |
Do plants think? Philosopher and scientist Paco Calvo, writing with Natalie Lawrence, makes the case that plants sense, learn, and respond to their world in ways that look a lot like intelligence. A mind-expanding read that will change how you see the green life around you.
The New Science of Plant Intelligence
| Author | Paco Calvo and Natalie Lawrence |
| Publisher | W.W. Norton |
| Publication Date | March 26, 2024 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781324074618 |
Physicist Max Tegmark asks what kind of future we want as artificial intelligence grows more capable. From jobs and justice to warfare and the meaning of being human, he lays out the choices ahead in plain language and invites readers into the conversation.
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
| Author | Max Tegmark |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Publication Date | July 31, 2018 |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781101970317 |
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz retells the history of the United States from the perspective of Indigenous peoples, centering four centuries of resistance to colonization. A clear, powerful corrective to the version many of us learned in school.
| Author | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz |
| Publisher | Beacon Press |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780807057834 |
Michael Pollan dives into the new science of psychedelics, tracing how these substances went from taboo to the center of serious research on depression, addiction, and end of life care. Part history, part science reporting, and part personal experiment, it is a curious and open-minded look at what these experiences reveal about the mind.
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
| Author | Michael Pollan |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780735224155 |
