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He teaches pre-K at Whitney Young Early makes a big Childhood Center and he speaks about the school and the work he does there with as much enthusiasm and reverence as he dis- plays when he talks about rap. mark on the Bryden has made certain that his social media devotees understand his love for Whitney Young by using the hashtag: city’s scene #bestschoolofever. BOOSTING FORT WAYNE Bryden has applied Sankofa to philan- Sankofa still releasing thropic ends. For example, he helped raise funds to repair fresh rhymes, albums Woody, the anthropomorphic tree at the Foellinger-Friemann Botanical Conservatory. BY STEVE PENHOLLOW “My family has been going to the Botani- WHATZUP FEATURES WRITER cal since before Arthur could walk,” he said. “We love that place. When I saw there was a Sankofa isn’t really Stephen Eric Bryden’s fundraiser to help fix Woody and work on the alter ego, although it may seem that way at worm tunnel, I asked Mr. Tom if it would be times. OK for me to arrange a benefit show. We put “There is no alter ego, just a guy who enjoys together a benefit show/silent auction at the being a book that is misjudged by its cover,” Brass Rail and raised the final bit of money Bryden wrote in an email interview with Photo by bambi Guthrie needed to repair Woody.” Whatzup. “I’m always me. Sometimes that Sankofa has earned some impressive acco- involves rapping, sometimes that’s doing laun- The Most Delicious Gold comes hot on the Bryden volunteered at lades over the years. He was cited in URB mag- dry or loading the dishwasher. Other times, heels of two EPs and one full-length album Access Fort Wayne and azine’s Next 100 list, he came in at number one that’s taking my sons hiking.” that Sankofa released last year. Neither snow started a show called on a list of rappers with the highest vocabu- Sankofa is the name under which Bryden nor rain nor heat nor COVID-19 can stem San- Shoes and Movies. Local laries, and his music has been reviewed by raps. It is also the name under which he uses kofa’s creative tide these days, it seems. hip-hop aficionados con- Pitchfork magazine. Bryden said he appreci- rhymes to do good works. “I’ve essentially had a flash flood of inspi- nected him with area ates those honors, but he doesn’t make music ration for the past couple/few years,” he said. b-boys, b-girls, emcees, to earn such honors. FROM RHYMES TO RAP “If it happens to run dry, I’m not concerned. MORE ON and the like. Jedi Glide “If that happens to pique peoples’ inter- Sankofa is an African word meaning “learn- I can’t operate from a base of fear. Any time THE WEB and Pringlz were two est in hearing my material, great,” he said. ing from the past and building for the future,” could be my last moment and I approach cre- Use your phone’s of the most prominent “My motive remains being dope and staying Bryden said. ation as such.” camera to scan names back then. humble. Each time I do something, I want to “Philosophically,” he said, “Sankofa felt the QR code and Sankofa swiftly made leave my mark. But I’m not going to be shout- like a natural fit and that’s what I then started BORN IN THE LAND DOWN UNDER watch the new an indelible mark on the ing about leaving my mark. I’m going to let it using for a screen name on message boards Bryden is not a Fort Wayne native. He was video by Sakofa scene. speak through the craft. Don’t get me wrong, and, eventually, the microphone.” born in Australia, where his Californian par- for his single, affirmation has its place. But if I can’t get “The Hoosier GROWING FAMILY The message boards Bryden refers to are ents went to seek employment. Way.” myself ready to do what I am capable of, then where he posted his rhymes before he’d He did not retain whatever Aussie accent he At Columbia Street no plaudit is going to bring it forth.” learned how to rap. may have had, but he thinks there is a certain West, Bryden met his future wife, Jenn Nick- Sankofa is one of Fort Wayne’s most per- This was in the days before social media bluntness in his character that may have orig- ell. Fatherhood changed Bryden’s view of San- suasive Fort Wayne boosters. Bryden came by and smart phones, when message boards and inated in the Land Down Under. kofa’s métier. He decided to retire as a rapper. his love of the city honestly. It has given him forums were how likeminded people commu- Bryden lived in Minnesota through his teen- “After the birth of our first son, I decided everything he cares about. nicated on the internet. age years and taught in China after graduating that fatherhood was demanding enough and “I was born in another country, went to Two decades later, Sankofa is one of Fort college. It was in China that Bryden, bored and I’d said as much as I felt like saying,” he said. “I school in another state, taught in yet another Wayne’s best-known hip-hop artists. lonely, fully connected with rappers on the sold my mic, pulled all my catalog off of digital country, crashed on couches after wandering He is not one of the best known in the city. Internet. outlets, and stepped away.” where I so desired,” he said. “I reached the But he is one of the best known outside of it. What Bryden knew at that point was that A few years later, he was sitting in a restau- point where I was ready to have my own space, His latest album, released Monday, is called he knew how to write rhymes.