Do you know the words cootuh, oonuh or buckruh? Do they ring a bell? If you don’t, those are terms from the Gullah language, spoken by the Gullah Geechee people. They are a group of people that are ...
A Brief History of the Gullah Geechee People The Gullah Geechee people have a rich heritage and history on the Southeastern coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The name ...
About 700 visitors were in attendance at Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, before the collapse which tragically killed seven people and left three in critical condition. According to ...
The new International African American Museum in Charleston, South Carolina, opens to the public on June 27. It’s located at Gadsden’s Wharf, where tens of thousands of Africans debarked in the early ...
The show highlights Gullah contributions during the American Revolution, including rice farming and indigo dying. Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, ...
ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to ...