What happens when Africa meets Latin America—and then collides with the United States?

In this episode, we sit down with Edalio—Afro-Latino cultural leader, musician, educator, and co-founder of Capiku Cultural Center—to unpack the overlooked history and lived reality of Africans in Latin America.

From the transatlantic slave trade to Puerto Rico’s African roots… from colorism and identity politics to music, dance, and resistance… we examine how Blackness shows up differently across borders—and why it still matters today.

Edalio shares his journey growing up in Puerto Rico and Philadelphia, navigating what it means to be both Black and Latino, and building cultural space right here in Petersburg. This conversation doesn’t romanticize culture—it gets honest about anti-Blackness, invisibility, solidarity, and the power of reclaiming heritage.

If you think you understand the African diaspora, this episode will stretch you.

Because Blackness doesn’t stop at English. And history didn’t end at the U.S. shoreline.

Every conversation is a step toward collective liberation.

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What does it actually look like to pass culture on to your kids in America?

In this episode of Sankofa Sessions, hosts Kofi Annan and Kofi Adih sit down with their sons for a rare, honest conversation about identity, heritage, and the responsibility of raising culturally grounded Black children in a society that often pushes assimilation over remembrance.

Both hosts come from mixed-heritage households—Caribbean, African, and African American—and they don’t just talk about culture, they talk with the next generation. From language and food to values, traditions, and the moments where culture gets tested, this episode explores what sticks, what gets lost, and what has to be taught on purpose.

This isn’t a polished “parenting tips” episode. It’s a real family conversation about:

• How kids experience culture differently than their parents
• What traditions matter—and why
• The tension between fitting in and staying rooted
• What the next generation actually remembers (and what they don’t)

If you’re raising kids, thinking about legacy, or wondering how culture survives beyond one generation, this conversation is for you.

Culture doesn’t pass itself on. Someone has to choose it.

Every conversation is a step toward collective liberation.

Fifty years after its birth in the Bronx, Hip Hop has become a global force—shaping fashion, language, politics, and identity across the African diaspora. But with that influence comes a hard question: has Hip Hop—and the musical cultures it has influenced—become a net negative for the Black community?

In this episode of Sankofa Sessions, hosts Kofi Annan and Kofi Adih are joined by Sudan, aka One True Poet—DJ, artist, and cultural curator—for a candid, intergenerational conversation about where Black music is headed and who’s really steering it.

Together, they examine how the commercialization of Hip Hop mirrors similar trends in Dancehall, Afrobeats, Amapiano, and other diasporic sounds—from algorithm-driven hits and corporate gatekeeping to shifting values around money, masculinity, gender, and power.

Is today’s music simply reflecting lived reality, or reinforcing harmful narratives?
Do DJs and artists have a responsibility beyond the crowd and the check?
And as Black music goes global, what parts of the culture are being elevated—and what parts are being erased?

This episode doesn’t offer easy answers. It offers necessary questions about art, accountability, ownership, and the future of Black culture across the diaspora.

Every conversation is a step toward collective liberation.