The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission hosted its second annual Gullah Convening dedicated to celebrating, ...
Ranky Tanky is a song, a band, an admonition and a way of life — all of them intertwined and growing out of the Gullah Geechee culture of coastal South Carolina, Georgia and their sea islands. It was ...
“Voices of Gullah” members (from left), Joe Murray, Minnie “Gracie” Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles “Jojo” Brown, sing Gullah spirituals on July 19 at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island.
Simone Shanae’s grandmother was gifted fabric from Africa over 30 years ago from a merchant seaman family friend. The fabric depicts a map of Africa with different shades of green, brown, blue and ...
BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - A Beaufort County art gallery is showcasing Gullah tradition and culture with lots of colors and lots of love. “The gallery is really Gullah Art in De Woods. That is the ...
The arts abound in every corner of Charleston. With so much going on, it can be difficult to narrow down your list and choose what to do next. This curated guide highlights three community-oriented ...
When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage. But her surprise wasn’t from a lack of familiarity with the culture; she ...
Solomon Caldwell, a 2020 graduate of UNC School of the Arts School of Music, is the music director. A multimedia, workshop production is a three-character one-act play set in Winston-Salem after a ...
ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. (AP) — 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 ...
Luke Peeples, son of Jesse and Maud Peeples, lived from 1906 to 1994. He composed a processional and recessional for Bluffton High School graduations, and a piece for the dedication ceremony for the ...
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor stretches from Florida to North Carolina and aims to preserve the culture of descendants of enslaved Africans. Gullah Geechee people are known for their ...