SANKOFA is a contemporary literacy resource for all students in Grades 4 to 8.

Multi-Genre Anthologies:

• Each book is written by an author of African descent.
• The introductory spread features an essential question to introduce the theme and topic of the book to students.
• Each book includes a variety of genres, including primary documents reader’s theatre, biographies, essays, fiction, and poetry.
• Each book features both historical and contemporary content, identifying past and present views of the African Canadian experience.
• A variety of communities will be featured across the three books in each grade.

Each Title:

• Provides motivation for literacy success
• Features differentiated instruction
• Features topics that have students’ interests in mind
• Supports curriculum expectations and features crosscurricular connections for use throughout the
  school year
• Features both urban and rural settings
• Features Canadian perspectives and leaders