Tag Archives: Civil War

Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy: WE Property by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation

“WE property” is often stated by Gullah/Geechees to indicate their communal living pattern in family compounds on the Sea Islands.  This also indicates the ownership by tenants in common often referred to as “heirs property” even if that property has now been subdivided and each individual has a portion of it.  This becomes soon forgotten …

Continue reading

Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week: A Journey Through Ourstory

by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Beaufort County, SC is the second oldest county in South Carolina.  This county became what it is do to the blood, sweat, and tears of Gullah/Geechees that toiled in the Sea Island cotton, rice, and indigo fields of the Sea Islands that the county consist of …

Continue reading

Gullah/Geechee TV Nayshun Nyews Ep 97-Tunis Campbell Celebration 2012

Gullah/Geechee TV’s “Gullah/Geechee Nayshun Nyews with Queen Quet” focused on the 2012 “Tunis Campbell Celebration.”   This annual events takes place in Brunswick, GA in the Gullah/Geechee Nation around April 1st.   Rev. Zack L. Lyde who founded the event is on the Assembly of Representatives for the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   He wanted this event …

Continue reading

%d