Charleston Currents

GOOD NEWS: $1.2 million goes to Gullah Geechee preservation projects

Staff reports | The director of a commission to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage says she is thankful (“t’engkful” in Gullah) for more than $1 million awarded over the last month to keep the culture alive in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Also inside: Parks and Rec re-accreditation; big MUSC anti-opioid grant; more.

by Charleston Currents · 09/30/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Good news, News briefs

9/29 full issue: Award for Southbound; On SCETV’s drama; Gullah-Geechee preservation

IN THIS EDITION
FOCUS: Halsey Institute’s Southbound book wins national $25,000 award
BRACK: Drama on television is fine, but not by SCETV board
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
GOOD NEWS: $1.2 million goes to Gullah Geechee preservation projects
FEEDBACK: Another Charleston first
MYSTERY PHOTO: Colorful building
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Blue granite
CALENDAR: Yikes! The Democrats are coming

by Charleston Currents · 09/30/2019 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

HISTORY: Gullah

From the S.C. Encyclopedia | The term “Gullah,” or “Geechee,” describes a unique group of African Americans descended from enslaved Africans who settled in the Sea Islands and Lowcountry of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.

The term “Gullah,” or “Geechee,” describes a unique group of African Americans descended from enslaved Africans who settled in the Sea Islands and Lowcountry of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina. Most of these slaves were brought to the area to cultivate rice since they hailed from the Rice Coast of West Africa, a region that stretches from modern Senegal to southern Liberia.