The Rocky Dawuni Foundation is restoring the former Bob Marley studio compound in Aburi, in the hills above Accra, into the Sankofa Centre — a planned cultural and innovation hub for young Ghanaian artists and musicians. The Annenberg Foundation provided the primary funding to acquire the site in 2017, and the venue is being readied as a series of "incubators" for music, art and community programmes. The Akan philosophical concept of Sankofa — return and fetch what was left behind — names the project. NSEM is currently verifying any specific launch milestone; the centre's sustained restoration is documented across the Foundation's own materials and the Global Landscapes Forum.
What the Sankofa Centre is
The Rocky Dawuni Foundation is restoring the former Bob Marley studio compound in Aburi, in the hills above Accra, into the Sankofa Centre — a planned cultural and innovation hub for young Ghanaian artists and musicians.
The 2017 acquisition
The Annenberg Foundation provided primary funding for the Foundation to acquire the site in 2017. The venue has been under restoration since.
Incubators for art and music
The centre is being prepared as a series of cultural ‘incubators' for young Ghanaian artists and musicians, with community outreach and educational programmes part of the planned brief.
Why ‘Sankofa'
The Akan philosophical concept of Sankofa — go back and fetch what was left behind — names the project. The Foundation has framed the centre as a tribute to the Bob Marley family's legacy of advancing peace and equity.
NSEM's editorial note
NSEM is currently verifying any specific launch milestone. The centre's sustained restoration is the verifiable record across the Foundation's own materials and the Global Landscapes Forum coverage; a launch date will be reported when independently confirmed.
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Leading the development of the Sankofa Centre in Aburi.
Owner and developer of the Sankofa Centre site.
Provided primary funding to acquire the Aburi site in 2017.
Go back and fetch what was left behind; names the centre.
Former Aburi studio compound owned by the family now hosts the Sankofa Centre.