
Gullah Culture - Negro Spirituals | Palmetto Special
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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.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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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.Interactive
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).Interactive
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).Interactive
Listen to the interactive version of the The Jealous Bragging Turtle in Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)Interactive
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)Interactive
Listen to the interactive version of the Little Red Hen in English. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)Interactive
Listen to the interactive version of the Three Little Pigs in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)Interactive
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)Interactive
Listen to the interactive version of the Bossy Elephant in both English and Gullah. Storytelling performance by Anita Singleton Prather (Aunt Pearlie Sue)Interactive
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...