Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ August 22, 2019 ♦ 1 Comment
Never once in South Carolina’s educational institutions were we told of the revolutionary spirits of the island of Barbados. We were never told of the uprising of 1675. Knowing this now makes me wonder if our family members rose up to fight for us that were taken from the island and placed on the Sea Islands and forced to build Charlestown which is now “Charleston, SC” where our ancestors blood, sweat, and tears flows beneath the cobblestones, asphalt, and concrete. I wondered what type of mindset would have been instilled in our family throughout the African Diaspora and the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora if we had known that there was no sweetness that they had found amidst all the sugar cane.
Gullah/Geechee Nation ♦ November 5, 2013 ♦ 1 Comment
Join us on historic St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation November 7-10, 2013 for the 31st Annual Heritage Days Celebration at Penn Center, Inc. “Eyes Still on the Prize: Celebrating a Legacy of Change” This year’s event is being co-chaired by our own, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation …
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