This week on Awareness, Billie Jean Shaw spoke to Gullah Geechee educator Dr. Jessica Berry. A native of the low country, Dr. Berry has created a platform to dispel the myths about the Gullah Geechee ...

You don’t have to go to Charleston or Savannah to see the rich cultural history of the Gullah Geechee community. It’s all around Horry and Georgetown counties, although some of it may be hidden, said ...

Cultural preservationist Victoria Smalls lectured about the rich cultural tapestry of the Gullah Geechee people, and the unique heritage, customs and language they’ve passed down through generations, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Learning the language of the Gullah Geechee was once banned, but now the next generation can learn about the coastal culture on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage. But ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The usual hymns won’t be reverberating from the walls of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in North Charleston on March 19. Instead, the church will be filled with the sounds of traditional Gullah Geechee ...

Environmental activists are working with government agencies to help combat the negative impact of climate change on the coastal land. The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of enslaved people ...