There are a few communities existing in the US today as unique and distinctive as the Gullah Geechee - a people who trace their roots directly to West African slaves carried across the Atlantic.
The final day of Kwanzaa is “imani” which means “faith.” In the Gullah/Geechee Nation this is not just a principle to end or begin a year with, but it is something to walk …
Alase Oba Adefunmi Adejuyigbe of Oyotunji Village (www.oyotunji.org) presented Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) with the first proclamation ever issued from Oy…
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Many times over the years, I have taken the journey on Highway 17 and then turned to take the bridge over to Johns Island. …
Queen Quet, chief priestess of the Gullah/Geechee nation, led a prayer circle Aug. 19 at the historic Little Mount Olive Baptist Church in Nassauville. The church was the first stop at significant …
Just as the March winds truly blew in dipping temperatures in the Gullah/Geechee Nation, the Gullah/Geechee family stayed warm by coming together at a number of activities. Not only is March, Gull…
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Tenk Gawd fa de chuch! God is the foundation and center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Although Gullah/Geechees have a myri…
The final day of Kwanzaa is “imani” which means “faith.” In the Gullah/Geechee Nation this is not just a principle to end or begin a year with, but it is something to walk …
“Watch Night: Gullah/Geechee Freedum Cum!” will premiere at Penn Center’s Darrah Hall on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 4 pm on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on historic St. Helena Island, SC i…
The Gullah/Geechee Flag represents those sons and daughters of Africa who were forced to come to America in ships of pain, for a life of servitude and death. For more than three hundred years the A…
While at home on the family compounds, folks are learning more about their family histories and land legacies which I pray leads to them valuing the land, family, and community even more. They are …
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Tenk Gawd fa de chuch! God is the foundation and center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Although Gullah/Geechees have a myri…
On July 2, 2000, the Gullah/Geechee people came together from the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida to stand united at Sullivan’s Island, SC. On that day, they confirmed a one year long electio…
Disya da de chillun wha da shout wid we fa disya “Celebration of Self-Determination” which is the theme for this year’s “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week.” When…
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) was invited to Haven-Sheffield United Methodist Church in Brunswick, GA to celebrate the history and legacy of being Gullah/Ge…
De “#GullahGeechee2020: Seeing Gullah/Geechee Culcha Clearly” celebration will not only consist of on Gullah/Geechee Famlee Day. This year there will be a Gullah/Geechee Famlee Day at t…
Although many Gullah/Geechees celebrate “ujima”=”collective work and responsibility” annually during Kwanzaa with millions of others in the world, the embodiment of this pri…
St. Croix Unified for Community, Culture, Environment, and Economic Development (SUCCEED), Inc. has invited Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com)…
“Gullah/Geechee Knows Emanuel: A Gullah/Geechee Story” will take the audience on a journey through the Gullah/Geechee memories of the history of Emmanuel in Charleston, SC from the founding of Eman…
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) As one takes the journey southward in the Gullah/Geechee Nation whether by Interstate 95 or Highway 17-the Kings Highway, y…
The final day of Kwanzaa is “imani” which means “faith.” In the Gullah/Geechee Nation this is not just a principle to end or begin a year with, but it is something to walk …
Several years ago, Afroculinary specialist and expert, Michael Twitty joined us in celebration on St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. He was in the process of completing his book en…
The University of South Carolina Beaufort Center for the Arts delivers a cap note performance in partnership with Penn Center's 32nd Heritage Days Celebration with a spiritual on its stage on Sunday, November 9, at 3 p.m. The Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters. The event will showcase St. Helena Island soloists featured in the newly released CD, "GULLAH: Voice of an Island" and the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters of Georgia. Dr. Marlena Smalls will serve as the Master of Ceremonies for this activity. She is the founder and director of the nationally known Hallelujah Singers which she founded in 1990 to preserve the Gullah culture in the South Carolina Sea Islands. The Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters are descendants of West African slaves, continuing the tradition of Ring Shout taught by their ancestors, who want to share their knowledge with the world. The St. Helena Island celebrated soloists, Minnie Gracie Gadson, James Garfield Smalls, Joseph and Rosa Murray are featured in "GULLAH: Voice of
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) & De Gullah Cunneckshun will close out the 2013 “Gullah/Geechee Gold Souls World Tour” this month. We are curr…
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation will open the Black History Month 2021 celebration on Zooming in on Sustainability by zooming in on Afro-spirituality with a specific focus on the…
