Gullah

The Gullah People in Relation to the African Diaspora In the sixteenth to the nineteenth century, the infamous middle passage occurred. During this horrific voyage, slaves of the African descent suffered and many died in result of the conditions of the voyage. Among the people who were on voyage, were the ancestors of the Gullah people. The Gullah people were able to sustain the culture and traditions of their homeland. Their overall connection to the African diaspora, their continuity, and their emphasis on preserving the African culture all contribute to the importance of the Gullah people in the African diaspora. The Gullah people along with other people around the world are linked to the African diaspora. Yet, they belong to a distinct…

The Gullahs, also referred to as the Geechee in some parts of the south, are West African slaves that were brought to the New World to work on the plantations in the lowcountry along the southeastern coast of the United States, from the Cape Fear River in North Carolina to the St. John 's River in Florida. This coastal region with its many barrier islands is separated from the mainland by creeks, rivers, and marshes. The islands were accessible only by boat until the first bridges were built…

When describing a sense of place many people seem to neglect the importance of the physical environment. The physical environment plays a large role in a person 's connection to a place and culture. This article breaks the feeling of a sense of place down to two factors, first the social and cultural contest and second the nature of the space which is described as a place. This article uses qualitative measures to describe landscape amening, environmental values, and a comprehensive social…

most necessary form of communication, this is how people express their feelings and desires. The need for language is often times overlooked. No language is wrong, it simply shows where you are from. Your language can give someone a preview of your educational background, economic status, as well as the region in which you live. Gullah Language- When assigned this paper, the first language that I thought about as Gullah. Gullah is an English-based, creolized dialect, however it is not a…

Assessment of Oral Health Needs and Barriers to Care in a Gullah Community: Hollywood Smiles This research is based on quasi-experimental design which examines the oral health outcome of the Gullah’s participants of an African Community in Hollywood, South Carolina. In addition, the Gullah’s participants with substandard oral hygiene where provided oral health care by the dental medicine of South Carolina (Leiter, Hudson, West, Carpenter and Andrews). The research mainly focuses on whether the…

In the coastals land of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, live the Gullah Geechee people. The Gullah culture is blend from various groups of people. People from the coast of west Africa to the low lands were captured and brought to the lower east coast of the United States to work as slaves. Most of the Gullahs’ ancestors came from Leone, Liberia, Angola, and Guinea Bissau. The word Gullah comes from a rice growing African tribe. This was the one of the Gullah Geechees’ specialized skilled,…

Gullah people are a group of people known for their rich language developed in the early years of slavery in America. Africans enslaved on South Carolina's Sea Islands created the Gullah language, and it is still utilized today in areas of South Carolina. During the rise of slavery in America, enslaved Africans created the Gullah language as a way of communication. People connected to this culture are a direct representation of the African slave’s rebellion towards the European slave holders.…

Mufwene, S. (2003). The shared ancestry of African-American and American -White Southern Englishes: some speculations dictated by history. In S. J. Nagle & S. L. Sanders, English in the Southern United States (pp. 64-81). Cambridge, U.K: Cambridge University Press. Mufwene explores the koine based on the racial make-up of the early United States. The two main racial identifies were white Europeans and desendence of Africa. The article discusses the lack of distinguishable accent and language…

The Role of Myths in My Life As long as America has been a country, myths have been told. From the United States to Europe and beyond, many myths are a part of culture everywhere. Myths are the ultimate “gather round’ the campfire” type of stories, the kind a grandfather would grab the attention of his grandson with. Some are good, some are bad, some are scary and some are joyful, but they all have values and principles that bleed out when each one is told. In this essay I will describe my…

how they came together to give women a sense of empowerment through the medium of jazz dance in the 1920’s. To understand where jazz and feminism intersect we must first learn about how the two movements came to be. Jazz is a dance that could have only developed in america do to the long standing slave culture it held. In an informational interview, Karla Grotting, professor of dance and dance history at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities states that Gullah island, South Carolina is where…