ABSTRACT
In response to calls for decolonising, localising and Indigenising approaches to education for peacebuilding, this chapter employs Sankofa as a peacebuilding tool to look back, critically reflect and make efforts to honour (or change) past actions (or inactions) that may have occasioned some injustices within education systems and the wider society. It also reintegrates lessons from the past that are useful for addressing present and future violence that can occur in and through education. Sankofa provides an Indigenous perspective into examining critical issues around injustices, violence, and the role of coloniality in education. In this chapter, we discuss the contribution of Sankofa at the micro-level (within classrooms) and the macro-level (educational systems) in Ghana. Weaving Sankofa in peacebuilding through education in Ghana is an important culturally responsive lesson that can enable educators and policy actors to address violence in and through education within Ghanaian classrooms. Integrating local Indigenous peacebuilding approaches alongside the liberal frameworks will benefit Ghanaian K-12 educators and learners to develop peace education competencies from both local and global perspectives. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the way forward.
