Lowcountry Gullah-Geechee artists turn trash into treasure as part of grant-funded art project

On June 13, a room at the Keith Summey North Charleston Library was transformed into an art gallery, displaying recent pieces ...
WRIC

Experience the legacy of the Gullah Geechee people in Charleston, S.C.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Gullah Geechee have a rich cultural legacy along the lower Atlantic coast. Their influence can be seen and tasted around every corner of Charleston, South Carolina. The ...
The Guardian

‘I Gullah Geechee, too’: the educators keeping a language of enslaved Africans alive

Sunn m’Cheaux and Akua Page teach Gullah language and culture from juvenile incarceration facilities to Harvard In 2019, Akua Page was invited to a juvenile incarceration facility in Richland county, ...
Post and Courier

Gullah-Geechee artists turn trash found in SC marshes into art with a message: ‘Keep my home clean’

As the artists plucked plastic and glass bottles, candy wrappers, cans and fishing nets from the waters, inspiration stirred, stories unfolded. They imagined childhoods spent in the Lowcountry and how ...
Travel Weekly

Dispatch, Charleston: Rousing the spirit of the Gullah Geechee

CHARLESTON, SC. -- Just like you don't need to know much about art to appreciate it, you don't need to be religious to let the spirit move you on a Gullah Geechee tour of the American South. And don't ...
WCBD

Destination Vacation: Diving into the history of the Gullah Geechee

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The Gullah Geechee have a rich cultural legacy along the lower Atlantic coast. Their influence can be seen and tasted around every corner of Charleston, South Carolina. The ...
Post and Courier

Gullah music has a huge influence on the Lowcountry. Who's keeping the tradition alive?

A two-time Grammy Award-winning Charleston band has helped put Gullah music on the international map, but it's been a part of South Carolina's coastal culture for centuries now, tracing back to ...
Forbes

Virgil’s Gullah Kitchen & Bar: Finding Its Niche In The Atlanta Area

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the restaurant industry. Nov 18, 2024, 08:53am EST Specializing in Gullah Geechee food, Virgil’s Gullah Kitchen & Bar has ...
The Guardian

‘It’s a bit of a portal’: the star chef serving Gullah Geechee cuisine at a US airport

Kardea Brown serves dishes like collard greens and red rice to travelers at her Charleston airport restaurant Thanks to a new venture by the chef Kardea Brown, the Charleston international airport in ...
BBC

The sinking islands of the Southern US

The rich traditions of the Gullah Geechee are at risk of being lost, threatened by what is arguably one of the most harrowing issues the world faces today. In honour of Juneteenth commemorating of the ...
Black Enterprise

Harvard University is Teaching Students the Gullah Language

The traditions and culture of West Africans brought to America through the Atlantic slave trade have been preserved for generations through the Gullah and Geechee people. Today, this community of ...