Songs | Gullah Net

Music is another important part of life on the Sea Islands. Most of the Gullah music is found in religious practices. Although spirituals had a Christian message, they were heartfelt expressions of the slave experience. The melody and rhythm of the songs are similar to African spirituals. The "shout" is an African custom often performed in praise houses during prayer meetings.

Listen to The Gullah Kinfolk sing "Cum Out De Weederness" (Come Out The Wilderness) above.

Standards

• 3-2 The student will demonstrate an understanding of the exploration and settlement of South Carolina.
  • 3-2.0 The inhabitants of the early Carolina colony included native, immigrant, and enslaved peoples. To understand how these various groups interacted to form a new and unique culture, the student will utilize the knowledge and skills set forth in the...
    • 3-2.5 Explain the role of Africans in developing the culture and economy of South Carolina, including the growth of the slave trade; slave contributions to the plantation economy; the daily lives of the enslaved people; the development of the Gullah cu...
• 3.4 Demonstrate an understanding of varied human cultural and economic characteristics across Earths surface.
  • 3.4.1.PR Investigate the cultural characteristics of places and regions around the world.
  • 3.4.3.AG Research and create a geographic representation of a contemporary or historic group of people to communicate findings about their cultural characteristics and livelihoods.
• 3.5 Demonstrate an understanding of how and why humans have explored and migrated across Earth.
  • 3.5.4.AG Use maps and other geographic representations to identify how migration patterns affect people and places.
• 4.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the settlement and colonization of North America, including South Carolina, between 16001730.
  • 4.1.CC Identify patterns of change and continuity in the development of economic systems in British North America.
  • 4.1.CX Contextualize the experience of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans in South Carolina.
• 8.1 Demonstrate an understanding of the development of South Carolina during the settlement and colonization of North America in the period of 1500 1756.
  • 8.1.E Utilize a variety of primary and secondary sources to examine multiple perspectives and influences of the economic, political, and social effects of South Carolinas settlement and colonization on the development of various forms of government acr...

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