Tag Archives: North Carolina
Brunswick County, NC Proclaims Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!
Tune in to Gullah/Geechee TV (GGTV) as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) shares the first proclamation for “Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week”
Gullah/Geechee Truth Rises from Wilmington’s Ashes
Tune in to Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio as Queen Quet, Chiettess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) interviews filmmaker, Christopher Everett about the history of the northernmost part of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.gullahgeecheenation.com)-the Cape Fear, NC region. The two dialogue about the history of the Wilmington Massacre, the Wilmington, Ten, and the loss of Gullah/Geechee traditions in …
Black History, Black Codes and Civil Rights
The Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH) announced the theme for “Black History Month 2014” which is “Civil Rights in America.” This theme coincides with the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. However, on this episode of “Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio,” Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation …
KUJICHAGULIA-Self-Determination in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
In 1999, Marquetta L. Goodwine, who is the founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net), took the human rights violations that had taken place against Gullah/Geechee people of the coastal region of the Carolinas, Georgia, and Northeastern Florida of the United States to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Genevé, Switzerland. With guidance …
A Sea of Gullah/Geechee Culture Flows for Gullah/Geechee Heritage Awareness Month
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Just as we prepare to engage in sacred ceremonies to culminate the inaugural Middle Passage Month which was declared as September in the Gullah/Geechee Nation, we flow into World Tourism Day. In support of the United Nations International Year of Water Cooperation, World Tourism Day (WTD) which is …
Frum an Fa de Gullah/Geechee Chillun by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
Queen Quet’s Chronicle Frum an Fa de Gullah/Geechee Chillun by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Bak a yonda wi eldas bin dey fa wi. E lun wi who we da an how fa be. E le wi kno win oda res ain da nun a wi. E lun wi fa hol pun …
