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Geechie (and various other spellings, such as Geechy or Geechee) is a word referring to the U.S. Lowcountry ethnocultural group of the descendants of enslaved West Africans who retained their cultural and linguistic history, otherwise known as the Gullah people and Gullah language (aka, Geechie Gullah, or Gullah-Geechee, etc).
A woman speaking Gullah and English. Gullah (also called Gullah-English, [2] Sea Island Creole English, [3] and Geechee [4]) is a creole language spoken by the Gullah people (also called "Geechees" within the community), an African American population living in coastal regions of South Carolina and Georgia (including urban Charleston and Savannah) as well as extreme northeastern Florida and ...
The Gullah word guba (or goober) for peanut derives from the Kikongo and Kimbundu word N'guba. The Gullah dishes red rice and okra soup are similar to West African jollof rice and okra soup. Jollof rice is a traditional style of rice preparation brought by the Wolof people of West Africa. [36] The Gullah version of "gumbo" has its roots in ...
There are 1 million Gullah Geechee people in the Gullah Geechee corridor, Hemingway said. Hemingway said that more than 80% of African-Americans can trace their roots back to the corridor.
The Gullah Geechee are descendants of enslaved people who live in coastal U.S. communities along the Southeast. Isolation has allowed them to maintain their distinct way of life, including their ...
The Gullah people and their language are also called Geechee, which may be derived from the name of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. [23] Gullah is a term that was originally used to designate the creole dialect of English spoken by Gullah and Geechee people. Over time, its speakers have used this term to formally refer to their ...
Hundreds of people were gathered to celebrate the Gullah-Geechee community on Georgia's Sapelo Island on Saturday, Oct. 19, when a ferry dock gangway collapsed, killing at least seven people and ...
The Geechee or Gullah are African Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of the U.S. states of Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina. Geechee may also refer to: Geechee language or Gullah; Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor or Geechee Territory; Geechie or Geechee, an ethnocentric nickname; Geechee, an American thriller film