Something odd, something interesting
So as i was surfing the web last night, my cousin sent me a link on one of our favorite video games, Kingdom Hearts. We had been playing the game since it had first came out in 2005ish and followed the game and the multi-formats that have been released. More recently, for almost 6 years now we have been waiting for the release of the third installment of the console version of the game Kingdom Hearts III. As i was researching the page he sent me, it struck me then after all these years.... the logo title has a sankofa in it!
Its a little hard to see, but looking past the letters, it is the ornamental heart right behind it that compromises the design. The website that i was looking on happen to separate the design logo from the text to create their own logo for their site...
after contemplating this for a few moments, if this representation of heart was used on purpose, it would make absolute sense! Here's the summary of the video game:
The Destiny Islands are a beautiful paradise where children’s laughter abounds. Day after day, Sora, Riku and Kairi talk and dream of new places, new worlds beyond their islands.
They ponder the usual questions that adolescents do – about the world outside, about their own existence. Little do they know a great destiny awaits them.
One stormy night, a terrible darkness invades the Destiny Islands…
Sora awakens in another world, in a place called Traverse Town. His hopes of seeing new worlds are realized, but his friends Riku and Kairi are nowhere in sight.
Meanwhile, Court Wizard Donald and Captain Goofy arrive from Disney Castle. Under their king’s orders, they are looking for the “key” and its owner, and they have a message from their king: “Now, there’s somebody with a ‘key’ – the key to our survival… We need that key.”
That “somebody” turns out to be Sora. To find Kairi and Riku, and discover what is happening to their worlds, Sora joins Donald and Goofy and embarks on an epic journey.
^ so to add to this in order to make sense with Sankofa.. many times during the game Sora has several flashbacks and lessons learned that help him on his journey... there for "in order to move into the future, you must learn from your past".