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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:”
Watch Night: Gullah/Geechee Freedum Cum Premieres at Penn Center, Inc.
“Watch Night: Gullah/Geechee Freedum Cum!” will premiere at Penn Center’s Darrah Hall on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at 4 pm on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive on historic St. Helena Island, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. This new Gullah/Geechee histo-musical production features Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com), “Dayclean de African …
Queen Quet Presents “A Gullah/Geechee Journey Through Black Music”
Tune in to 133rd Episode of “Gullah/Geechee TV Nayshun Nyews with Queen Quet” as Queen Quet presents “A Gullah/Geechee Journey Through Black Music.” Disya da TV fa we! Tune een ta GGTV!
Black Music Celebration Continues in the Gullah/Geechee Nation!
As “Black Music Month” draws to a close in the United States, the Gullah/Geechee Nation keeps the celebration of the roots of “Black music” going not only through the broadcast on “Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio” (www.blogtalkradio.com/gullahgeechee) which chronicle the historic musical connections in the Gullah/Geechee Nation from the spirituals to the National Black Anthem, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to …
“Go Down Moses!” Harriet Tubman in the Gullah/Geechee Nation
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) “Go Down Moses! Way down een Egypt lan and tell ole Pharoah let my people go!” Mother Moses aka Araminta Harriet Tubman Ross is someone that I have had a long term relationship with. The first book that I ever took out of a library on …
Black Music Month: Celebrating Our Gullah/Geechee Song
by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) from De Conch June 2013 Edition Tenk Gawd fa de song we sing an de joy wha disya bring. Tenk Gawd fa de ancestas souls wha bring out de songs wha keep we. Tenk Gawd da de song an ting still da gwine out frum de …
St. Helena’s Song from Candice Glover to Capitol Hill
Tune in to the “Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio” broadcast dedicated to “American Idol” winner, Candice Glover. Candice is a native of historic St. Helena Island in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. This location gave birth to not only singers, but a genre of music that has traveled worldwide. Take this journey through ourstory in song by tuning …
Celebratin de Gullah/Geechee Ooman at the St. Helena Branch Library
Queen Quet Celebrates de Gullah/Geechee Ooman pun St. Helena Island Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation who recently returned from receiving the Living Legacy Award in Washington, DC will be celebrating “Women’s History Month” with special presentations on her home island of St. Helena. On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at 6 pm, she invites …