The enduring Gullah Language of the South Carolina Lowcountry and nearby areas will be the focus of a free presentation at the Georgetown Library at 405 Cleland St. in Georgetown on Sun., Sept. 21, ...

Gullah/Geechee represents a small population of African Americans living in the coastal low country of South Carolina, Georgia and Northeastern Florida. Gullah/Geechee represents not only a people, ...

Who remembers the 1990s PBS children’s show Gullah Gullah Island? For many of us, watching or hearing about the show was our first exposure to Gullah, the culture native to the Georgia and Carolina ...

The traditions and culture of West Africans brought to America through the Atlantic slave trade have been preserved for generations through the Gullah and Geechee people. Today, this community of ...

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. — More than three decades after translators began putting the words of the New Testament into Gullah, everyone can now hear those words in the creole language spoken by slaves ...

This week on New Year's Eve, a historic church in downtown Charleston, S.C., will host a special celebration. It's a tradition that dates back more than 150 years. And it commemorates the freedom of ...

This week on Awareness, Billie Jean Shaw spoke to Gullah Geechee educator Dr. Jessica Berry. A native of the low country, Dr. Berry has created a platform to dispel the myths about the Gullah Geechee ...

This is how artist, Sunn m’Cheaux, described his reaction to The Charleston City Paper after learning he would be teaching at one of the more prestigious universities in the world. For the first time ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X A renewed interest in Gullah has propelled the language to one of the highest rungs in academia.

ST. HELENA ISLAND, S.C. – More than a quarter century after the laborious work began, the New Testament has finally been translated into Gullah, the creole language spoken by slaves and their ...