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Georgia Celebrates #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week
The Coastal Empire and the Golden Isles are glowing from the richness of the Gullah/Geechee traditions, heritage, and culture that are being celebrated there again this year. Chatham, Glynn, and Liberty County once again led the way in proclaiming “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week” again this year!
The Middle Passage, Gullah/Geechee, and SAV
Enslavement advertisements in Savannah marketed the “Black gold/Black cargo” to insure people were aware of the “superior attributes of African slaves from Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Angola, and New Calabar.” The “slave trade” on River Street in Savannah began as “intercolonial domestic trade” with enslaved Africans being brought from South Carolina to be sold into bondage or to be rented out to clear the land that would become Carolina gold rice and Sea Island cotton fields as well as to be built up to become the city of Savannah.
September Celebrations een de #GullahGeechee Nation
September is Middle Passage Month in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. In the midst of the on-going traditions of honoring our ancestors and paying homage to them for all that they did to thrive and survive in the face of hardships and oppression, we also celebrate our continued existence. We gee tenks ta GAWD fa mekin we Gullah/Geechee Anointed People!
Gullah/Geechee Unity in the Community in SAV!
Cum fa jayn we and bring de famlee fa “Gullah/Geechee Unity een de Communitee!”
Join us on the historic riverfront of Savannah, GA for a FREE weekend celebrating the Gullah/Geechee Nation’s history and heritage of this port city and the Coastal Empire!
Chatham County Proclaims Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!
Chatham County, GA in the Coastal Empire of the Gullah/Geechee Nation is the first Georgia county to proclaim Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!
6th Annual Tunis Campbell Celebration in the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
6th Annual Tunis Campbell Celebration Sponsored by: The Tunis Campbell Deacons of Defense and Justice Co-Hosted by: The Redneck Party & Team Rural Honored Guest: Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) CELEBRATION EVENTS When: April 1st, 2014 Time: 12:30pm What: Libations and Prayer led by Queen Quet Local: The College of Coastal …
“The Weeping Time” and De Gullah/Geechee Ooman
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) ©2014 All Rights Reserved. Do not reproduce without citation. As my ancestors walked out that morning, they had no words to say They were unsure why they all were being taken out that day. Marched away from a plantation that they had reshaped to be home …