Cum fa jayn we pun historic St. Helena Island, SC een de Gullah/Geechee Nation fa de
12th Annual “Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™”
August 4-6, 2017
“Fa We Ancestas”
gwine tek place wid disya gwine on
Friday
De Gullah Root Experience Tour (www.gullahgeechee.us)
beginning at the
Gullah/Geechee Visitors Center
“Party with a Purpose Juke Joint Jam” at MJ’s Soul Food
Saturday
Gullah/Geechee Reunion Day
at the St. Helena Branch Library
featuring artist Sonja Evans unveiling the exhibit,
American Gullah
and
presentations and performances by
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Wona Womalan Drummers and Dancers
Sierra Leonean Amputee Drummers and Dancers
Sea Island Songstress, Mahoganee
Songstress GwenYvette
Re-enactors Ernest Parks and James Brown
and sweetgrass workshops by
Anastatia Ketchens and Gregory Grant
Gullah/Geechee Living Marketplace at the St. Helena Island Community Market
featuring a Gullah/Geechee Fish Fry by the Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association
R & B dance party and numerous Gullah/Geechee crafts arts and entrepreneurs
Sunday
Worship wid de Gullah/Geechee Famlee
Tribute to the Ancestors at the Atlantic Ocean
in honor of the International Decade of People of African Descent
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This event will support the St. Helena Island Branch Library’s “Gullah/Geechee Collection”
and the “Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy Fund:”
https://www.gofundme.com/gullahgeechee-land-legacy-fund
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***Bring chairs. No coolers allowed. Bring drums and tambourines.***
Fa mo info email GullGeeCo@aol.com.
Git hunnuh passes and ting ya:
