By Luana M. Graves Sellars Georgetown County, SC is has a large Gullah Geechee community. Home to over 150 plantations, Georgetown County is an area that most Black American Gullah’s
By Luana M. Graves Sellars Journey through a timeline of the important dates and locations that shaped the island’s culture. Interested in where to find local history on the island?
By Luana M. Graves Sellars My tour of Brookgreen was really special. I was able spend some time with Ron Dais, VP of Creative Education, but most notably known as
By Luana M. Graves Sellars Christmas is a world-wide tradition, yet in the Gullah community, the holiday had year-long significance. The Christian belief and traditional focus of Christmas being founded
By Luana M. Graves Sellars Christmas is a world-wide tradition, yet in the Gullah Geechee community, the a Gullah Christmas had year-long significance. The Christian belief and traditional focus of
comfort food, it’s easy to do and is an impressive experience. Chef David is a Native Islander whose family roots come from one of the oldest families on the island, dating back over 185 years. Raised by his great-grandmother in Spanish Wells, she wanted to make sure that he would be prepared to take care of himself after she passed on. She gave him all of the skills that he needed; from growing his own vegetables to canning, especially how to cook. Looking back to his childhood, his favorite time was eating at his great-grandmother’s table. “Cooking takes me back to my upbringing and the love that was put into her food,” he says.
The true mark of kindness and humility is found in someone who doesn’t even recognize the impact that they have on the people around them. That’s how Betty Days has always lived her life. Raised in the Gullah culture as part of a community that when one has, all has, for Betty, the act of doing for one another just comes naturally.
BY SAM OGOZALEK, Island Packet Newspaper October 11, 2021 No properties on Hilton Head Island or in Bluffton identified on a Beaufort County list as Gullah land went up for
By Luana M. Graves Sellars Sometimes we forget to pay attention to the everyday things that surround us; the things that create a familiar backdrop for our lives. We don’t
aditions that the Gullah maintained within the church might not continue to be consistently followed, it doesn’t mean that they are forgotten. One such African tradition is of the ring shout. In a time when slaves did not have access to instruments, the ability to make music or a beat was made from their using objects found close by or in most cases, their bodies. Drums were made from whatever raw materials that were available.
