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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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Jonathan Green's Paintings | Artopia

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Jonathan Green's Paintings | Artopia
Jonathan Green was born in Gardens Corner, in the lowcountry of South Carolina. His grandparents raised him, and his grandmother first encouraged his interest in art. He studied at the Art Institute...
Gullah Baskets | Digital Traditions 1

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Gullah Baskets | Digital Traditions
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Excerpt from the 1971 SCETV production "Gullah Baskets." This short documentary was narrated by James Clyburn and discusses the properties of sweetgrass, gathering techniques, and environmental...
Mazie Brown | Digital Traditions 5

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Mazie Brown | Digital Traditions
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Mazie Brown describes a typical day at her basket stand along Highway 17. Brown talks of her history as a basketmaker and of her mother who also had a stand. From the "Row Upon Row" documentary...
More from "Gullah Baskets" | Digital Traditions 3

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More from "Gullah Baskets" | Digital Traditions
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Another excerpt from "Gullah Baskets." Milby Burton, director of the Charleston Museum in 1971, discusses the connections between Africa and South Carolina basket weavers.
Hallelujah Singers Video Transcript Elaborate Dress | Digital Traditions 1

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  • Higher Education
Elaborate Dress | Digital Traditions
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Marlena McGhee Smalls discusses the reason why the singers wear such elaborate clothing while on stage. From "Voices of the Gullah Culture: Hallelujah Singers." WJWJ-TV Beaufort, SC and SCETV, 1993.
Charleston Basketweavers | Digital Traditions 4

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Charleston Basketweavers | Digital Traditions
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Excerpt from 1986 USC News production. Dale Rosengarten discusses sweetgrass basketry as a part of the Charleston tourist trade, as well as a one of the most highly recognized African-American art...
Family Across the Sea, Part 4 | SCETV Specials (1990) 4

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Family Across the Sea, Part 4 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 4 Like the Black Seminoles who fled white civilization, blacks began to return to Africa in the 19th century. Historian Alpha Bah has studied the return of blacks to Sierra...
Family Across the Sea, Part 3 | SCETV Specials (1990) 3

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Family Across the Sea, Part 3 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 3 Anthropologist Joe Opala has studied the history of slavery from the African side of the ocean. He has tracked a remarkable series of connections that end in Charleston...
Family Across the Sea, Part 2 | SCETV Specials (1990) 2

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Family Across the Sea, Part 2 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 2 A young black scholar named Lorenzo Turner began to research Gullah culture and language. Folklorists and historians who had studied this culture before Turner and...
Family Across the Sea, Part 1 | SCETV Specials (1990) 1

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Family Across the Sea, Part 1 | SCETV Specials (1990)
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Family Across the Sea, Part 1 This award-winning program explores the remarkable connections between the Gullah of the South Carolina/Georgia Sea Islands and the people of West Africa, particularly...
Saving Sandy Island, Part 9 of 9

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Saving Sandy Island, Part 9 of 9
Part nine of nine the Carolina Stories: Saving Sandy Island. Saving Sandy Island is a documentary about the struggle to save an exceptional South Carolina island and its Gullah community from...
Ment Nelson, Artist | Original SC

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Ment Nelson, Artist | Original SC
Ment Nelson is all about purpose. His hope is that his first art collection will stir up curiosity and create an educational opportunity to bring awareness of the Gullah culture to a younger crowd.
Land - Robert Middleton | A Natural State - Episode 9 Land 11

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Land
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Native Americans called it "tree hair." French colonists changed it to "Barbe espagnole," or "Spanish Beard," to ridicule the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Spanish moss survives as its common name...
Land - Robert Middleton | A Natural State - Episode 9 Land 8

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Land
Episode 8
The Gullah community of St. Helena struggles to promote the island's cultural and natural resources while preserving the environment for future generations. Livelihoods based on fishing, farming and...
Land - Robert Middleton | A Natural State - Episode 9 Land 10

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Land
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Live oaks with broad, lumbering branches and beards of Spanish moss are a common sight in South Carolina’s coastal area. The tree’s resistance to wind and sea spray buffer the coast from seasonal...
Making Fishnets | Gullah Net

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Making Fishnets | Gullah Net
In the video, St. Helena resident Frank Brown weaves a net while singing a song rich in the Gullah dialect. This clip was extracted from Palmetto Places - St. Helena Island. After the Civil War and...
Listen to Gullah Language | Gullah Net Red Riding Hood in English | Gullah Tales

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Red Riding Hood in English | Gullah Tales
Red discovers something is wrong with grandma. The Gullah voiceover for this folktale was recorded by Gullah artist Anita Singleton-Prather.