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Sankofa Freedom Award
The Sankofa Freedom Award is presented by the Tulsa Library Trust and Tulsa Library's African-American Resource Center. Sankofa is a word from the Akan language, which is spoken in southern Ghana. Literally translated, sankofa means: “We must go back and reclaim our past so we can move forward; so we understand why and how we came to be who we are today.” The Sankofa Freedom Award consists of a US$7,000 cash prize and an engraved medallion. It is awarded every other year in February during Black History Month to a nationally acclaimed individual who has dedicated his or her life to educating improving the greater African-American community. The 2012 winner of the award is author and actor Hill Harper.

Past winners of the award are:
 * 2012 Hill Harper
 * 2010 Pearl Cleage
 * 2008 Nikki Giovanni
 * 2006 Michael Eric Dyson