Tag Archives: Black history
Oh My Lord! Lord! Lord! Tenk GAWD fa de Souljahs! March on Drumming Mingo!
The power of standing there on that ground truly put warmth into my body and soul because everything had aligned for me to honor one of my ancestors that was a part of the United States Colored Infantry, Mingo Goodwine mustered into service at 14 years old. He played a crucial role during the war as the drummer that provided signals during the war. Yet, no one had drummed up his story nor passed it down through our family. When I located it, I knew his story needed to come back to live and march on for the decades to come.
Gullah/Geechee Get Your Life! Honoring Our Roots on St. Helena Island
On Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 9 a.m. to noon, Earth People Farm, Soil Stewards, and the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition will come together for “Gullah/Geechee Get Your Life!” in celebration of Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month. Hosted on St. Helena Island, the epicenter of Gullah/Geechee culture, this gathering invites us to celebrate our heritage through the work of tending the land.
Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Honored as a Mother of the Environmental Justice Movement
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, has been honored as one of the “Mothers of the Environmental Justice Movement” whose lives, leadership and legacies are being preserved by the Environmental Justice Oral History Project.
Celebrate Gullah/Geechee Art, Music and Living History from Charleston to Beaufort County, SC!
De Gullah/Geechee riddim gwine caah we frum Chucktown ta Hilton Head Island and Port Royal, SC! As September turns to October, de Gullah/Geechee Famlee waan hunnuh fa jayn we! Gather with us in celebrations of art, music, foodways and remembrance throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Each gathering is an opportunity to support native Gullah/Geechee people who are keeping our cultural traditions alive.
Living Water, Living Legacy and Living Resistance: September in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
September begins with prayer, but prayer must move our feet, strengthen our voices and guide our hands into action. Throughout this month, the Gullah/Geechee Nation will be filled with opportunities to worship, celebrate, learn, remember, organize and defend the sacred Sea Island homeland.
From Combahee to Angola: A Gullah/Geechee Journey in the Footsteps of a Souljah
We gathered. We protested. We poured libation. We demanded that the ancestors be properly acknowledged, studied with dignity and returned to the earth. We fought against allowing another building to erase them beneath concrete and steel.
As I stood beside the African mother, father and child represented there, I felt protected. I felt a throng of ancestors standing with me as I touched the baby’s hand.
Gullah/Geechee June Celebrations!
Git readee fa culturally enriched fun! Jayn we een de Gullah/Geechee Nation een June ya! From the celebrations of Juneteenth to Black Music Month, e gwine be a Gullah/Geechee good time!
Gullah/Geechee Famlee Weekend een de Gullah/Geechee Epicenter een July!
Jayn we een de Gullah/Geechee epicenta fa “Gullah/Geechee Famlee Weekend 2026!” Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and de Gullah/Geechee Famlee culturally invites you to the heart of the Gullah/Geechee Nation for “Gullah/Geechee Famlee Weekend.” We will gather on the grounds of Penn Center on historic St. Helena Island for two days of powerful cultural reconnection, reflection, and celebration—all under the guiding theme: “Hunnuh mus tek cyare de root fa heal de tree!”
Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Tekin Cyare of de Root
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation launched her 30th anniversary “Save the Sea Islands Tour” in February 2026. She has traversed numerous cities during the first two months of the tour and will continue the journey to additional states in April. She invites everyone to join her in person as she embodies the slogan that she was given in a vision thirty years ago: “Hunnuh mus tek cyare de root fa heal de tree.”
De Gullah/Geechee Nation’s Queen Quet Announces 30th Anniversary “Save the Sea Islands Tour”
Queen Quet, Chieftess and Head-of-State of the Gullah/Geechee Nation, officially announces her 30th Anniversary “Save the Sea Islands Tour,” a multicity initiative celebrating Gullah/Geechee heritage and advancing the mission of land preservation, cultural continuity, and community empowerment. The tour, themed “Hunnuh Mus Tek Cyare de Root fa Heal de Tree — Celebrating Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy,” underscores the enduring wisdom that community restoration and sustainability begin with caring for the roots of our culture and heritage.