A new festival celebrating the history of Atlantic Beach and the culture of the Gullah Geechee people is coming to the Myrtle Beach area this June. Atlantic Beach Gullah Geechee Cultural and Nature ...

CHARLESTON, SC (WCBD) – The 13th Annual “Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival” took place this past weekend. The three day authentic celebration of the history, legacy, ...

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission hosted its second annual Gullah Convening dedicated to celebrating, ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – The International African American Museum (IAAM) celebrated Gullah Geechee culture Saturday. It’s a culture that began in the Charleston area more than 500 years ago.

Ranky Tanky is a song, a band, an admonition and a way of life — all of them intertwined and growing out of the Gullah Geechee culture of coastal South Carolina, Georgia and their sea islands. It was ...

When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage. But her surprise wasn’t from a lack of familiarity with the culture; she ...

“Voices of Gullah” members (from left), Joe Murray, Minnie “Gracie” Gadson, Rosa Murray and Charles “Jojo” Brown, sing Gullah spirituals on July 19 at the Brick Baptist Church in St. Helena Island.

Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work the cotton and rice ...

If you heard the McIntosh County Shouters a couple weeks ago at Savannah Music Festival, you may have picked up on rhythms that got your toes tapping one way while your hands clapped another.

The usual hymns won’t be reverberating from the walls of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church in North Charleston on March 19. Instead, the church will be filled with the sounds of traditional Gullah Geechee ...

Holding on to family land, historical landmarks, and the memories associated with them is increasingly challenging for the Gullah Geechee community. Gullah Geechee people are descendants of enslaved ...

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor stretches from Florida to North Carolina and aims to preserve the culture of descendants of enslaved Africans. Gullah Geechee people are known for their ...