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Called to Sankofa: Leading In, Through and Beyond Disaster--A Narrative Account of African Americans Leading Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Called to Sankofa: Leading In, Through and Beyond Disaster--A Narrative Account of African Americans Leading Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Dillard, Cynthia B.
Causey-Konaté, Tammie M.
Brock, Rochelle

Hardcover

Series: Black Studies and Critical Thinking, Book 109

General Education

ISBN10: 1433154080
ISBN13: 9781433154089
Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi
Published: May 14 2018
Pages: 126
Weight: 0.40
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 8.80
Language: English

Called to Sankofa is a collection of Hurricane Katrina survival stories by African American education leaders in New Orleans. It draws upon the West African concept, Sankofa, which loosely translates to return to the source and fetch. The griots, through their stories, fetch salvageable and knowledge-laden valuables linked to their resilience and rebuilding efforts. Thus, the Sankofa concept serves as a lens for examining leadership in the aftermath of disaster; it serves as an intense magnifier and illuminator of lessons considered relevant and profoundly valuable to guide one's understanding of how to lead in, through and beyond disaster. Past experiences yield teachable moments. The lessons excerpted from these moments reveal the sources from which the leaders draw the resilience to recover from trauma, the vision to guide others, the courage to challenge the status quo, the imagination to make a way where there is none and the stamina to press beyond peril toward an unpromised future.

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