Sankofa Joggers — Women's

SPEC-ID: 355 // BOTTOMS // PHILLY ENGINEERED
Regular price $52.99

Fatima al-Fihri built the world's oldest university in 859. Queen Amina engineered the walls of Zaria. The builders were never just men. The Sankofa Joggers — cut for women's bodies, same royal purple hardware, same forge-copper geometry. For the descendants who keep building. Reach back. Move forward.

Size: XS
[ SIZE GUIDE ]
MADE TO ORDER — most U.S. orders arrive in 9–12 days from purchase to delivery.
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SUNBORN PROTECTION
Defects14-day
CarrierCovered
QualityGuaranteed
US/CAN9-12 days
EU/UK6-15 days
Intl9-20 days
Return14 days
*Manufacturing defects only, reported within 14 days with photo evidence.
Sankofa women's joggers — Afrofuturist heritage training pants — royal purple and forge copper side seam — image 1 — SunBorn
Sankofa Joggers — Women's
Regular price $52.99

[ HELIX//LOOM // VOLUME I // SANKOFA ]

The Helix//Loom™ is SunBorn's translation apparatus — the protocol that converts inherited cultural code into wearable form. Sankofa is its first volume.

Sankofa means go back and fetch it. Not nostalgia — retrieval. The instruction is to reach into what came before, take what still works, and carry it forward into what you're building now.

The Kinetic Engine is what that instruction looks like rendered as cloth. The loom was the first computer: five hundred years before the language of engineering existed, weavers across West Africa were encoding family, region and meaning into thread — pattern as protocol, garment as transmission. The Kinetic Engine takes that same logic and draws it as gear-motif circuitry — royal purple ground, forge copper geometry, signal cyan running the live lines. Purple because it was the hardest color in the ancient world to make, and the most restricted to wear — the pigment of rulers by law, not by taste. We put it on training wear.

[ ARCHITECTURE ]

  • The Pattern: Royal purple gear and circuit motif along the side seam — tonal, deliberate
  • The Base: 96% recycled polyester + 4% elastane, 9.08 oz/yd² (308 g/m²), brushed fleece interior
  • The Crest: SunBorn Sankofa mark, left hip — builder lineage
  • The Detail: Elastic waistband with drawstring, side pockets, cuffed ankles, contoured for women's fit
  • The Fit: Slim, body-aware, true to size

Ancestral code as hardware. Diaspora as design.
— SunBorn '26

Machine wash cold, inside out, gentle cycle with mild detergent and similar colors. Use non-chlorine bleach only when necessary. No fabric softeners. Tumble dry low, or hang-dry for longest life. Cool iron inside-out if necessary. Do not dry clean.

[Sheds Microplastics during washing] - Use Guppyfriend or similar washing bag to capture microfibers.

LOGISTICS MANIFEST // ENGINE-TO-ORDER

Every SunBorn piece is engineered specifically upon order confirmation. This specialized production protocol ensures zero-waste manufacturing and high-precision garment construction.

PHASE 1: DISPATCH PROTOCOL & AUTOMATION

  • The Locking Window: Our logistics network is highly automated. Your order is transmitted to manufacturing hubs immediately upon checkout. You have a strict 12-hour window from purchase to request an address correction or cancellation. Once a garment enters the active printing phase, the order is locked.
  • Verification & Design: 24-48 hours.
  • Technical Packaging: Items undergo final QC before sealing.
  • Tracking Generation: Your unique Logistics Tracking ID is generated within 48 hours of dispatch.

PHASE 2: TRANSIT DATA

  • Split Shipments: Multi-item orders may dispatch in separate packages. Each has its own tracking.
  • Estimated Transit: NORTH AMERICA: 9-12 days (order to delivery) / EUROPE: 6-15 days / INTERNATIONAL: 9-20 days.

PHASE 3: RETURN & EXCHANGE PROTOCOL

  • Customized Equipment (Final Sale): Any garment with personalized modifications is irreversibly engineered to your spec. All custom editions are Final Sale. SunBorn Protection still applies for manufacturing defects.
  • Defect Returns: 14-day window from delivery for replacement or refund on manufacturing deviations. Photographic evidence required.
  • Condition Requirement: Unworn, unwashed, original condition with internal tags intact.

PHASE 4: LIABILITY

  • SunBorn is not liable for packages marked Delivered then misplaced at the destination.
  • International customs and duties are the responsibility of the recipient.
TECH SPEC // ARCHITECTURE

SANKOFA JOGGERS — WOMEN'S

FABRIC TECH
  • 96% recycled polyester, 4% elastane for fulfillment in the US/Mexico
  • 95% recycled polyester, 5% elastane for fulfillment in Latvia
  • Fabric weight (may vary by 5%): 9.08 oz./yd.² (308 g/m²)
  • Soft cotton-feel fabric face
  • Brushed fleece fabric inside
DIMENSIONS
PRODUCTION
Engineered to order · Philadelphia · Distributed global manufacturing
SPEC-ID
355 // SUNBORN ARCHIVE
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Sankofa Joggers — Women's
Sankofa Joggers — Women's
$52.99