Tag Archives: adaptation
Queen Quet of the #GullahGeechee Makes a Splash at the #NAF2019!
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) who has been testifying on behalf of the oceans and against sea level rise and climate change has made a splash at the National Adaptation Forum!
Gullah/Geechee: Surviving the Storms Since 1893
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) In 2005, after a year of planning the inaugural “Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™” on my home island of St. Helena, I could not believe that I was hearing predictions of a hurricane that might make its way up our coast that same weekend. …
Great American Road Trip Story: Queen Quet, Unedited
Check out the story: Queen Quet, Unedited from the “Great American Road Trip” blog: Great American Road Trip: Queen Quet, Unedited http://adaptationstories.com/2013/07/09/queen-quet-unedited/ “The Gullah/Geechee people, descendants of enslaved Africans captured in Angola and other parts of the Western Seaboard of Africa who now stretch from Jacksonville, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida, do not have a word for “adaptation” …