Gullah Roots

Gullah Roots dives deep into South Carolina’s ties with West Africa, educating viewers about Gullah heritage, including spiritual, musical and artistic traditions.
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 Gullah Roots: Rice As Cash Crop | Carolina Stories 1
Gullah Roots: Rice As Cash Crop | Carolina Stories
Episode 1

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Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Rice is a staple food of Sierra Leone. Rice is not only a favorite dish of Sierra Leoneans and the Gullah-Geechee, but it is also a part of their history. A dike system for cultivating rice worked...
 Gullah Roots: Return to Bunce Island | Carolina Stories 2
Gullah Roots: Return to Bunce Island | Carolina Stories
Episode 2

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Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

From 1617 to the abolishment of the English slave trade in 1807, Bunce Island was the last glimpse of home for tens of thousands of enslaved Africans. Today, only ruins remain, as a testament to the...
 Gullah Roots: Sweetgrass Basket Making | Carolina Stories 6
Gullah Roots: Sweetgrass Basket Making | Carolina Stories
Episode 6

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Grades: 6 7 9 10 11 12

Nakia Wigfall is a seventh generation Gullah basket maker from Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Wigfall travels to Sierra Leone with a mission to make sweetgrass baskets with the other local residents...