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The Gullah culture has a complex history and language with direct links to West Africa that survived slavery and continues to thrive on the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia.

In the past, people have described the Gullah culture as quaint and the language as unintelligible. A closer look reveals a complex history and language with direct links to West Africa that survived slavery and thrived on the Sea Islands of South Carolina and Georgia. The Gullah experience has many variables that make it unique to each family and community. 

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Gullah Traditions | Gullah Net

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Gullah Traditions | Gullah Net
Gullah traditions are the customs, beliefs and ways of life that have been passed down among Sea Island families. Making sweetgrass baskets, quilting, and knitting fishing nets are a few of the crafts...
Gullah People | Gullah Net

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Gullah People | Gullah Net
Gullah communities are located where enslaved Africans once lived and worked on Sea Island plantations that were owned by American colonists. Native Americans were also part of these communities. The...
Gullah History | Gullah Net

Document

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  • Kindergarten
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Gullah History | Gullah Net
From West Africa During the late 1600s, English settlers in the new colonies needed more workers to farm thousands of acres of land on Sea Island plantations. Although some of the workers were Native...
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special Gullah Culture

Video

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Gullah Culture
Ron and Natalie Daise of Beaufort, South Carolina, share Negro Spirituals during their Gullah-based performance. This was excerpted from the full show, Gullah Culture.
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special

Video

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Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special
With bridges from the islands to the mainland, the advent of radio and television, and the simple passage of time, this unique culture and language has been eroding. Ron and Natalie Daise of Beaufort...
Gullah Culture | The Palmetto Special Gullah Culture

Video

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Gullah Culture
This is an excerpt from the full episode, Gullah Culture. Ron Daise shares the story, "Bring My Clock Back."
What a Friend in Gullah | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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  • Kindergarten
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What a Friend in Gullah | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the What A Friend in Gullah. Click here for the English Version. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue).
What a Friend in English | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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  • Kindergarten
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What a Friend in English | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the What A Friend in English. Click here for the English Version. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue).
Little Red Hen in Gullah | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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Little Red Hen in Gullah | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Little Red Hen in English | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
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Little Red Hen in English | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in English. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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  • Pre K
  • Kindergarten
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Red Riding Hood | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Riding Hood in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales

Interactive

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Bossy Elephant | Gullah Tales
Listen to the interactive version of the Bossy Elephant in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)
Praise House | Gullah Music

Interactive

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Praise House | Gullah Music
Students will understand how enslaved Africans created music for their worship experience. Religious meetings in “praise houses” provided the spiritual outlet for enslaved Africans on the plantation...
Secret Code | Gullah Music

Interactive

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  • Pre K
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Secret Code | Gullah Music
Students will understand that music and material culture became a mode of covert communication between slaves. Aunt Pearlie Sue is our guide as students uncover hidden messages in the work songs...
Got the Blues | Gullah Music

Interactive

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Got the Blues | Gullah Music
Students will understand traditional blues form that contains three four-measure phrases that follow the pattern AAB. Let Reverend Leroy show you how to express your sad feelings by composing a blues...
Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net

Interactive

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Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net
INSTRUCTIONS: Click on an English word to see and hear the Gullah word. About Gullah Language Gullah is also a language. It was developed among Africans as a way to communicate with people from other...
Down by the Riverside | Carolyn White | Digital Traditions - Episode 5 The Visitor | Carolyn White | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
The Visitor | Carolyn White | Digital Traditions
Episode 6
Recorded at the 1998 Fall Folklife Festival, McKissick Museum. Notice the differences between this version and the version in the video clip. As with most forms of folk narrative, variation is an...
Agnes Brown Photos | Digital Traditions

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Agnes Brown Photos | Digital Traditions
West Africans brought to the South Carolina and Georgia coasts as slaves settled on geographically isolated plantations whose owners often were absent. Such conditions allowed lowcountry slaves to...
Veronica Gerald | Digital Traditions

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  • Higher Education
Veronica Gerald | Digital Traditions
Veronica Gerald’s familiarity with the South Carolina Gullah culture extends well beyond her professional career of researching and teaching about this unique community. One could say she has spent...