"A returning culture of 'sankofa'" Ghana's ancient beads back in vogue

CNN reports:

According to a local market trader, the bead revival is a sign that young Ghanaians are experiencing what she called "sankofa.""There's a culture of 'sankofa:' Go back and retrieve what you've left behind," said bead-shop owner Ernestina Anafu...There was a period when they [young people] shunned beads; they said it was archaic, it was no longer fashionable. Since this period of 'sankofa' people are going traditional again."...[continue reading]