Tag Archives: spirituality
A Gullah/Geechee Charge to Keep
“A charge to keep I have. A GOD to glorify!”
I have sung these words for the majority of my life, but I never realized how they would be spoken into existence. As I heard the words lined on St. Helena Island growing up and learned to respond along with the rest of the congregation, I never for once thought of the historical context of the entire ritual. Every praise house and church that I went to in the Gullah/Geechee Nation had this tradition, so I didn’t think it was unique. I found out as a traveled that it was not done in other places. I have come to see it slowly fading away.
GOD Be: Hurricane Matthew, De Spirit, and De Gullah/Geechee
I realized that you do not just want GOD to be with you because that is a given. You want GOD to be in you which is a choice! Tenk GAWD fa choosin life and light ya!
Win de Gullah/Geechee famlee bin jayn today fa shout and praise GAWD fa all wha wi bin tru, hunnuh coulda feel how GAWD bin dey tuh! Ebeebodee got a testimonee bout how GAWD bin bless up de Gullah/Geechee famlee pun de islandts een de sea. We also bin da pray for de famlee een oda res a place likka Haiti and NC.
Afta all a disya, I ain kno bout hunnuh, but mi sho kno mo bout who webe and mi hafa sey “Tenki Tenki GAWD fa anointin and bein fa we!” GAWD fa we mo din de world against we, but GAWD dun sho we da all we need is fa GOD BE!
Healing Gullah/Geechee Land Through Prayers and Praise
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 1:30 pm, the Beaufort County community will gather at the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park for “Pray-Z in the Park.” Everyone is invited to come out to pray to heal our land.
Gwine Bak ta Olde Landmark: Investing in Gullah/Geechee Souls
“When we become a culture that denies our history, we become just another social club…”
Come by Here Lawd!: Gullah/Geechee Spiritual Journey
As I stood in the place of the outpouring, “Bethesda Christian Fellowship” on historic St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation, I saw the Spirit of GOD filling the space and moving through the congregation. I could feel the presence of those that are now in the realm of the ancestors that had been a part of this congregation and used to sing, “Come by Here Lawd!”
Mama Dem Wisdom by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation
As we honor de Gullah/Geechee ooman fa “Women’s Herstory Month,” tune in to this Gullah/Geechee TV broadcast featuring Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) presenting “Mama Dem Wisdom:”
Queen Quet Releases “WEBE Gullah/Geechee: Cultural Capital & Collaboration Anthology”
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Releases “WEBE Gullah/Geechee: Cultural Capital & Collaboration Anthology” Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) has released her long awaiting second anthology, WEBE Gullah/Geechee Cultural Capital & Collaboration Anthology. This is a historic work that details interdisciplinary research within the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Ethnography, anthropology, science, history, and …
Imani-Faith & Freedom in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
The final day of Kwanzaa is “imani” which means “faith.” In the Gullah/Geechee Nation this is not just a principle to end or begin a year with, but it is something to walk by daily. The day of Kwanzaa on which imani is celebrated happens to also be the “Emancipation Day” in the Gullah/Geechee Nation …
Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week: Gwine Chuch!
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) Tenk Gawd fa de chuch! God is the foundation and center of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Although Gullah/Geechees have a myriad of spiritual practices, it is difficult to find a Gullah/Geechee whose spiritual roots do not come out of the bush arbors and praise houses. The congregations …
Queen Quet of the Gullah/Geechee Nation Delivers a Message to the African Family
Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) was an honored guest at the “Pan African Grassroots Assembly” at Oyotunji African Village in Sheldon, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. Tune in as she delivers a message to the family of the African Diaspora: