Gullah Roots: Sweetgrass Basket Making | Carolina Stories - Episode 6

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, and reflects on her experiences. 

APA Citation:

Newman, B. (2020, October 1). Gullah Roots [Video]. SCETV.

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm/

Chicago Manual Citation:

Newman, Betsy, dir. "Sweetgrass Basket Making." Gullah Roots.

      South Carolina ETV. Video File. October, 2020.

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm

MLA Citation:

Newman, Betsy. "Gullah Roots." South Carolina ETV, 1 October 2020,

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm

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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, and reflects on her experiences. 

APA Citation:

Newman, B. (2020, October 1). Gullah Roots [Video]. SCETV.

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm/

Chicago Manual Citation:

Newman, Betsy, dir. "Sweetgrass Basket Making." Gullah Roots.

      South Carolina ETV. Video File. October, 2020.

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm

MLA Citation:

Newman, Betsy. "Gullah Roots." South Carolina ETV, 1 October 2020,

      https://video.scetv.org/video/gullah-roots-tpxcfm

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