Culture & News The Ball Method Alice Ball (1892-1916) was an African-American pharmaceutical chemist born in Seattle, Washington. She pioneered research of the chaulmoogra seed oil as a treatment for leprosy in Hawaii. Professor Ball’s extraction method became known as “The Ball Method.” However, due to racial-gender discrimination and intellectual property theft, her research wasContinue reading “March 2023 Edition”
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February 2021 Edition
Happy Black History Month! “To gain knowledge for the future, demands wisdom of the past.” 💖Welcome to the Sankofa Newsletter Blog! The word Sankofa originates from the Twi language of the Akan tribe of Ghana, West Africa. It means “go back and get it.” The Akan people believe the past and the future areContinue reading “February 2021 Edition”