EXCLUSIVE: Veteran British actress Adjoa Andoh (Bridgerton) and Jimmy Akingbola (Bel-Air) are among the names that have signed on to deliver keynote speeches at The Heritage and Cultural Society of Africa’s (HACSA) Sankofa Summit set to run October 9 and 10 at Columbia University.
This year’s summit, the first held in New York, will host 10 panels and over 50 speakers. Alongside Andoh and Akingbola other speakers include Bell Ribeiro Addy MP, UK MP for Clapham and Brixton Hill, Hon.
Dr. Rufus Ewing, former Premier of Turks and Caicos Islands, Google engineering VP Gavin Leo-Rhynie, and Togolese entrepreneur Claude Grunitzky.
UNESCO, Acosta Institute, Delta Airlines, and Kowri serve as official partners of the event. The Sankofa Summit is the HACSA’s flagship event.
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