Housed inside the historic Sankofa Book Store on Georgia Ave. facing Howard University, we specialize in delicious eats, espresso made to perfection and all-fruit smoothies we have been told are the best in town. Check out our live music programming featuring some of the most promising talent from Howard music school as well as local and international artists.
Discover one of DC’s best kept secrets! Stop by for some great eats, espresso made to perfection, good reads, live music and happy hour 3-7.
Since ’98
Founded by Shirikiana and Haile Gerima and named after the internationally acclaimed film SANKOFA they produced. It’s symbol, the Sankofa Bird, looks backward constantly checking as she moves into the future.
Sankofa Video, Books & Cafe is liberated territory that hopes to be a place where thoughtful consideration of the past and future can take place via books, films, and programming particularly generated by and about people of African Descent.
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