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2. Geechie - Wikipedia

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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).

3. Gullah language - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

4. Gullah - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. How did words like periodt, GYAT, cap and drip come to be ...

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   In the realm of pop culture, new phrases and slang are constantly being introduced to growing audiences, but the origins of these words are often overlooked, hiding the rich history and connection ...

6. Is the internet changing how we talk about slang words? - AOL

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   TikTok, Instagram and Twitter allow new words to reach millions of ears overnight. The post Is the internet changing how we talk about slang words? appeared first on In The Know.

7. Who are the Gullah Geechee people? Here is what you ... - AOL

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   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.

8. Buckra - Wikipedia

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   It mentions the word buckra, "meaning man", used by Jamaican black people to greet strangers. [3] In Jamaican Patois , both Bakra [ 4 ] and Backra [ 5 ] are translated as (white) enslaver. In Jamaica, the written form and educated pronunciation is "buckra"; in folk pronunciation, "backra" similar to the source "mbakara".

9. Rich people, McMansions could force Black people off ... - AOL

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   Gullah-Geechee communities are scattered along the Southeast coast from North Carolina to Florida, where they have endured since their enslaved ancestors The post Rich people, McMansions could ...