I am a white retired US History teacher who lives in Ohio. My father was from South Carolina and I was born in Charleston in 1942. I have both lived in and traveled much of SC. I've long had an interest in black history, especially the roots of blues music. Through that I came to learn of the sea island communities and the Gullah culture. Your video has expanded my knowledge and understanding tremendously and I want to thank you.

@carlsanchious8192

3 жыл бұрын

Amazing interest you have Larry in what appears to be an exposition of a group of black Americans whose roots are far closer to the West African family connection than any other group els where....a grammatical index formally set in place....blending various related Creoles from island regions to West African Krio in Sierre Leone..so ingenious...not to mention cuisine profiles, and self sustainable farming and animal raising....music, arts and folkloric traditions

@carlsanchious8192

3 жыл бұрын

The american blues as I looked deeper is largely of a region of Guinea West Africa.... WASSOULU.....

@chocolatesugar4434

Жыл бұрын

I hope you support as much as you research

@KennethHolloway-fk1xk

8 ай бұрын

I'm from Florence South Carolina, my roots from Senegal to us Gullah geechie is our heritage.

I’m so blessed to have been able to return back to South Carolina and Ghana last year to trace my roots! I love my Gullah Geechie Roots!

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

So awesome!!!

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Janicemcollinsphd.com in the Discovery tab when I visited Ghana! Such happy people!

@_estecate_

3 ай бұрын

Gullah from Guale (yamasee Indians) and geechee from “Ogeechee” as in the Ogeechee River in GA ? We aren’t Africans love 🤦🏾‍♂️

As an Ashanti man from modern day Ghana, who have been living in America for the last 23 years, i feel ashamed to have not known anything about the Gullah till right this day. I really enjoyed this. I hope more African American brothers and sisters learn more about the real history of us. As the Ashanti proverb says, Sankofa, which loosely translates in English as "Go back and get it". Knowing our history or sankofa is surely is a way to awaken the race worldwide.

@sano1062

5 жыл бұрын

That`s because these Gullah are real African Americans and have the culture to prove it. The majority of us are indigenous to America that`s why we don`t have African customs or features. The establishment has marginalized these people because it raises questions that they cannot answer! Like I thought you said all traces of African culture was wiped out by the Trans Atlantic Trade? The truth is you cannot deleted a people culture in several generations because it is passed from the elders to the youth. Most of us were taught that we are the aboriginals or Indians of North America. The term African American came out of the dominate culture.

@brianwilliams983

5 жыл бұрын

Not all black America are Gullah That's another reason why they don't brace it. back in the days people may fun of you because you was Geechee..

@riyyahd7754

5 жыл бұрын

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@m0renachula704

4 жыл бұрын

Love this!

@m0renachula704

4 жыл бұрын

@@sano1062 would you dummies stop spreading those lies!? You are African, you are not indigenous to the Americas. That's offensive to real native Americans. You people are so ashamed to be african you'll claim anyone and everyone else's culture.

wow the gullah dialect is almost exactly the same as Jamaican patois, i could understand it clearly. the African connections between islanders and African Americans was never lost ✊✊

@jackneal3951

6 жыл бұрын

THEN YOU FORGOT ABOUT THE SALVES FROM BARBADOS FIRST GULLAH COMPARE DNA FROM BARBADOS AND SC NC GA VA ECT SEE YA

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Very nice! We are One! We are Family! Thanks for watching!

@raytonnebanks3517

5 жыл бұрын

+Active Centralized Empowerment i read that what makes these people a people is that they were able to survive in the bush with american indians and they hide in swamps but thats not what i got out of this it more explained how the gullah people were brought here to cultivate rice and etc

@dancemusikk

5 жыл бұрын

Connected by West Africa!

@RaMahUganda

4 жыл бұрын

@@raytonnebanks3517 dude thats the surface! we got you have to read about read about Gullah Wars and John Horse, that will tell you about the ppl we know as Black Seminoles in fact there should be a clip here on y.t. telling that story....and there was a group taken back to Africa afrter slavery they live in Sierra Lionne Afrika and they speak almost exactly like we do here.... they call it W,African Kriol.

This should be required viewing for all Americans.

@DrJaiC777

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Great Idea! And it may be a good idea to hit up Netflix with it along with my documentary series Journey to My Mother's Land!!! Thanks!!!

I am from The Bahamas and I see a whole lot of similarities, very touching. Thank you!

Very informative, I’m Haitian-American, from Florida, it’s amazing 😉 to learn of the Gulla Geeche Tradition, Love ❤️ our People wow, The Carolina, and GA, Serre Leona and Ghana 🇬🇭, and Haiti 🇭🇹 all very much similar, please Let’s keep this very Historical Tradition Thriving and May the History Last for Generations. Gorgeous Love it.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching

@shamika5300

5 жыл бұрын

❤❤❤✊

My family is definitely Gullah/Geechee. We are from the low-country/coast of SC, specifically Charleston, Beaufort, James Island, Georgetown, and Myrtle Beach. I love being from SC. I don't have the thick Geechee accent as I live inland and have for almost 20 years, but I know the language, culture, and dialect. I also speak Gullah when around my people. :) It is a huge part of my history, as is Cherokee ancestry. My great aunt, great-grandmother, grandfather, cousins, and many friends are Gullah/Geechee. Am in the process of learning Algonquin because I am Cherokee and Gullah on my mom's side and Piscataway-Conoy on my father's side. I enjoyed this documentary! Yes the threat is real, just like in Jamaica the elite are taking away all the public beaches and buying up land. We still own land in Myrtle Beach 2 miles from the Grand Strand, and won't be selling it.

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

My family are Gullah as well we’ve always been here in America I don’t know why they keep mentioning Africa

@tonir99

3 жыл бұрын

@@handsumaf I guess comprehension wasn't your strongest subject. This is about african immigrants, not by choice, they were slaves 😔 but kept their culture. I bet you think you white cos you amerikkan.

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

@@tonir99 no your stupid and ignorant ! How you keep culture from a place you’ve never been!!!! Tell me where they came from Africa in any text that isn’t American “black” people of America have always been here in America aka turtle island do some research slaves were from America captured and tortured in our own land read up on your history before typing a simple ass reply

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

@siksika bitch are you stupid or jus looking for an argument! My family is Geeche and we still have our land in South Carolina smh 🤦🏿‍♂️ we’ve never been in Africa or traveled from Africa dummy and that’s coming from years and years of traditions that been passed down stories and I’m not the only geechee man that knows this! Why you think they’re saying it’s a fading community??? Because majority of the geechee people that still know the truth and won’t sell out so they had to go to specific people claiming that they can be the head of our people smh tell false narratives! Think about it genius if our people come from Africa then why is a native tongue a form of broke English rather than French or any of the other many African spoken languages which mind you none of them are English! No you do some REAL research and get the fuck out my mentions. Yeah I fuck with Dane Calloway as of recent because he’s telling the truth my family has been knowing for years!!! Tf I look like listening to a book with authors who taught by someone who isn’t a credible source over listening to my grandfather who is 90 and my mother and father had me young I know my great and great great grandparents they’ve told me what I need to know now beat it!

@cinnamonsunshine6331

Жыл бұрын

I am Gullah/ Geechee and native as well. This was a wonderful peice of work.

We in Barbados also did basket making, a few people still do it, in fact one lady specialises in basket weaving. As a child it did some of what we call plaiting. We would take 11 strands, when one gets to the end you join in another one, we plaited 14 yds for which when sold we got $1. 40, that at that time was a lot of money for a 13 yr old. We use what we call ping - wing or cane lily, it's a plant with long leaves, some get dry on the plant but when picked green, we'd lay them out in the sun to dry. You'd then cut the spines out and take off the thorny ends, it's then striped into quarter inch strands and used as needed. We make all kinds of baskets, ladies carried then to put their groceries in, they sold produce from them. There were smaller ones for when going to town to do your shopping, smaller ones for little girls, waste paper baskets, place mats, moses baskets, and dung baskets. Dung baskets were used in the fields to carry cow dung to put to plants, another material was called bull rush and some times bamboo. So not only people from S Carolina did or do it, I am from Barbados and we did and still do some of it too.

@DrJaiC777

6 жыл бұрын

Bonita Weekes This is so awesome to know! Yes, we are all connected! Thank you for adding to the knowledge base! Perhaps I could do a documentary on that side! Peace! And thanks for watching!

@char08fal

5 жыл бұрын

Some people in S. Carolina are originally from Barbados......actually quite a few of them, which is why the cultures are so similar.

@chuckbrooks2271

3 жыл бұрын

Just to reiterated Barbados, settled there. 🤣

I am a native of Charleston, whose roots run through St. Helena Island. Thank you for this video, I now live in Maryland and love to share our history with my children.

Loving my Gullah roots and culture. Seeing all the beautiful people embracing the dance and music shows that the colonists failed when they tried to strip us of our rich African traditions because they are still in existence today. We are winning!

@DrJaiC777

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!! Praise God!!! Thanks for watching!!!

I grew with Gullah culture an the Geechee language.. as a little Jewish boy in the south.. love. Respecting Gullah culture for ever.

Beautiful people, beautiful culture and a fabulous documentary!

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. Im glad you enjoyed it!

My oh my! I stumbled upon this page while searching "Gullah readings." Born and raised in Ritter, SC, I am well versed in the ways of Gullah, or so I thought. These episodes are fantastic!! What a treasure! Keep 'em coming!

Whattttt?! I'm of Haitian descent (my mother is Bahamian and my father is Haitian) and we were also taught not to leave our purse on the ground and never let a women be the first person to enter your home on New Years Day. Now my mom picked this up from my grandmother who was born & raised in Haiti. Wowwww

@shunnaize

7 жыл бұрын

***** So very true. The more I get to know about other cultures the more I realize how similar we all are

@elevatedgoddess3917

5 жыл бұрын

It's the same for my family in Mississippi.

@macdonaldnathan

5 жыл бұрын

shunnaize Scots have this same New Year tradition. It’s called “first footing”. Does your family have a name for it?

@cinder4832

5 жыл бұрын

never let a women be the first person to enter your home on New Years Day

@jaxsonpierre2363

5 жыл бұрын

@@elevatedgoddess3917 did you know enslave people from Mississippi came from South Carolina

Thank you for this video. I live in Chicago & my family has lost touch with our family from this south. I now see where some of our culture comes from. This video made me cry because I know a lot of people are trying to buy up that land and take away a piece of culture.

I have recently also read about the Garifuna , the Maroons, the Chinchas , the Yorubas in Brazil and other countries to name a few. This all points to African influences worldwide. We truly are a blessed people, but for lack of knowledge our people perish.

@tundebakare6887

10 ай бұрын

You're right, most black American's have been brainwashed by their history

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

I've been looking into them too. Have you gotten to the part about them living here before colonization?

This is how you can save millions people of African decent from being lost in ratchet ness and ignorance . A people that know and respect their true ancestors. Will not follow the foot steps of the slaveholder's culture.The love of God himself begins with appreciation of his creation of you.

@m0renachula704

4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@vleevision7787

4 жыл бұрын

YES!!! A'SE!!!

@13579hee

4 жыл бұрын

@@m0renachula704 this comment doesnt make sense. This people's culture was STILL HEAVILY affected by the history of Enslavement Deal with it. Good god

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

We have to first identify the lies that they’ve told us we were never brought here from Africa true Gullah need to know that America is our native land not Africa they’ve tricked us so we wouldn’t have any rights to the land we are still currently in

@WorthlessDeadEnd

3 жыл бұрын

@@handsumaf wat? So you're denying your African roots?

Sierra Leone those is my people too 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

My uncle RIP at every family dinner he would remind us that we are Geechee !!!

@RaMahUganda

6 жыл бұрын

Tenki Tenki!!! oonah fuh deh hep!! ~ Gullah Criole // Thank you very much for your help!

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

Thats whats up. I wonder why he never told yall you were African...hint hint. Lol peace brother.

@RaMahUganda

10 ай бұрын

@@SAPHYTYRA it took our generation to do the research to find out about the connection wit the Wheatgrass Baskets and deh rice.... and i even counted with words that sounded non american... and then Alonzo dow Turner explaind that we were actually countimg with Fulani # and i still remenber those...

love the souths different traditions---imagine for many people who moved to the north that a return to Gullah country might feel like a home coming. thank you Dr. Collins!

Much love from Bahamas

My mother's side of the family has always said to keep your pocket books off of the floor or else you'll be broke all the time I just learned something new which is an old saying I am very happy about what I just learned a Gullah Geechee saying I never would have thought it :-).

@MsKismetNoRegrets

3 жыл бұрын

My granny too! Big fuss if anyone did! We are Guyanese and I love all these connections being made ❤️

👏👏👏🕊🌱💚🙏Respect, respect, respect. God made all of us unique, extraordinary, and with many gifts. I enjoyed this video very much. We should all learn from each other as much as we can. When we do this, we truly have rich & peaceful living.

Wow! This is amazing! I needed to do some research on South Carolina. I was trying to get a sense of the language and sounds of the culture in the area. My ancestry is in South Carolina and this blew my mind. Such amazing people and the dancing looked like a lot of fun. I've never seen anything so exciting. I loved it. Thank you for creating this video. I really enjoyed it. :)

So I haven't completed watching the video...but my heart is breaking as I'm listening to how the culture is dwindling. I am from Kansas. I have spent my entire life wondering about who I am and where I come....I am STILL on that journey and I am 39yrs old. I crave for something like this; to watch how we no longer listen to our elders and have forgotten our ancestors.....is so devastating.... How I long to part of community such as this ....and now I'm learning that it may not exist for much longer....sigh.....heartbreaking....let me continue watching....

@TheFYoung

8 жыл бұрын

+UmmLaycious ....Yes! I feel so lost because I feel like I don't know who I am! I have seen some pictures of great grandparents, but they stop after that. My family is so diverse. It makes me sad when I hear people say know for a fact that their family is Irish, Asian, French, etc....I have no clue where my ancestors are from.....All I know is that I have family in Mississippi, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Tennessee, etc.

@omggiiirl2077

8 жыл бұрын

Hey now! I see we have some common ground! I live in Seattle but my kin folk all come from Oklahoma and Kansas, particularly from the Okmulgee area! But so much of this is stuff I thought was normal because I grew up with this at Grammas house. The cooking style, the way folks spoke, it was all normal, I just thought it was a part of being.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

UmmLaycious travel, visit and record as I did. We can keep the history alive.

@abdullkhanifa3366

5 жыл бұрын

That's right. Iam high land geech born in1949 in green pond s.couple now here iamat 70year years old and ilove my geech family in the South my Allah bless ally you cullah in the Charleston love one another for every

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

​@@TheFYoungwhat if your family is from America?

I was born and raised in savannah ga and theirs alot of gullah history their i love my hometown yes indeed

@bwill46

4 жыл бұрын

That coast is Lowcountry all the way to Fla. Brunswick and all.

What a gem of a video! I had NO idea about the Gullah culture. I had, of course heard of the Creole people, but didn't know about this part of American history. I was reading and came across a reference to the Gullah culture, so thank you internet, I went on a little discovery journey. I loved the sentiment of Aunt Pearlie Sue that at some point we all came from Africa and are related. I have always lived in the Southwest and haven't had much opportunity yet to explore the Southeast. I can't wait to see more in person!

Awesome documentary! I was in that area of SC last year to help my Step-daughter move to the Base on Parrish island. I didn't have a chance to really site see, but I do plan on going back. I probably will try to attend the festival. It's so amazing how some of the African traditions transcend into today's culture sub consciously .

Thank you. Watching this keeps me connected to my mother (R.I.P.) who comes from Kingstree SC. Listening to the language reminds me of the conversations my mother used to have with me while teaching me the Gullah language.

@prettyassnique3989

4 жыл бұрын

Mr.W Cleveland same here we are from kings tree but migrated to Atlanta

Gullah / Geechee (Gissy) is one of our tribes in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱. They are mostly fishermen and farmers . You can find them in Bonthe Island in Sierra Leone. They are my people.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you for sharing and watching! I bisited there dec 2018! Loved it! I produced some articles on my trip! www.janicemcollinsphd.com/salone

@ladydignity

3 жыл бұрын

Wow...

@LilliLamour

Жыл бұрын

@@hannibal6265 Stop trolling us African Americans who don't think like you. Go on KZread accounts that pertains to your thinking and leave us alone.

@copperamerindian050

Жыл бұрын

@@hannibal6265The Ogeechee River

@tundebakare6887

10 ай бұрын

And also there are also found in Liberia in robertsport by the sea side along capemount county,am a Nigerian and I've got friends from there

Omg this so beautiful,evetything the baskets,the delicious food,the language,the dancing,the drums,the black people,the culture everything was amazing god bless them I wish I could go to one African American Gullah/Geechee heritage is so beautiful,I'm speechless and this my mothers people.she should be proud and thankful she cane from a rich strong heritage no wonder she,my sisters,my grandmother and great grandmother and female cousin can sing and cook like hell.

I’m 55 was born in defuniak spirings, Florida I spent most of my childhood with my grandparents some this stuff he mentions I’ve experienced. The pee can , slop jar because in the woods most people have outhouses and at night it was pitch black and you wasn’t going outside with no lights. We had karosene lamps. First went to the Carolina’s in the late 80’s. Some of the same words Gullah folks use my grandparents used and my grandmother was the best storyteller she kept us captivated with her stories. She used to tell us a story about a galliniper. And her and her friend used to make quilts no pattern they would sit on the porch and stretch out the 4 corners. This just reminds me all that. Great video

I thoroughly enjoyed this! Thank you so much I really appreciate it! My mother is Geechee and I just did my DNA ancestry test and I am learning more about my Geechee/Gullah roots... its so ironic also because my last name is Collins like yours and My aunts full name is Janice Marie Collins just like you lol I'm excited to take another closer trip to Charleston soon and learn more about my beautiful people 😊😊😊😊

@ChanelleNovosey

7 жыл бұрын

Janice Collins I know i was like omg we're probably related!!! thank you again this is great content!!!

@sharonnewsome3368

7 жыл бұрын

Chanelle Novoséy

@adangbe

4 жыл бұрын

What did the results say?

This is beautiful. From the narration, to the people and the culture. These people are living the true American dream. The freedom to be self determined was all it ever was about. As this dream rapidly fades away, I sure hope their history and traditions are documented through literature.

I have absolutely no connection to the US or Afro ancestry and found this fascinating. Very informative, thanks a lot - From England

Fascinating. I am moving to SC from NYC. I am now more excited because of your rich American Gullah history. Thank you for posting. I hope to learn more while I am a resident of SC in June 2017. God bless.

The young lady is talking about Gentrification and it's happening anywhere where they are Black presence and especially if the presence is in areas with resources and where Black ppl participate in the Voting process as Democrats. Shes right my family has given away hundreds of acres because the older generation sadly didn't care or understand the importance of land. And the laws are so dishonest it's hard to hold on to land also.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

We must work together to try and do better. Thank you for watching and commenting. Blessing

Wow! Those baskets are GORGEOUS!

@cuppatea4466

7 жыл бұрын

I will :)

Dr Collins, thanks so very much for your documentary. My family left Columbia, SC in the 1800s for Pine Bluff, AK by way of wagon train. My uncle tried to tell me about our families' tie to Gullah- Geechee culture when I was quite a bit younger but I did not have the presence of mind to really focus in and pay more attention. My hunger for reconnecting with our history has deepened with age. I have felt myself being drawn to know more. Thanks for giving me a glimpse into the wonders of my families long lost cultural ties to SC low country. I enjoyed your documentary a great deal.

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

May I ask if your family was ever on the Dawes roll or ever lived in Indian territory? Since they moved from that area in the 1800s to AK it may be likely depending on when in the 1800s.

@gwensmith6

10 ай бұрын

We have so many talents. We are a rich and blessed culture.

Thank you for publishing this piece of living but not widely known history ! This most definitely has helped expand my own understanding of the legacy and more importantly the current gentrification they are facing by developers, builders and wealthy folks invading

Gumbo sounds similar to okra soup eaten in many countries in west Africa and the don't put your purse or bag on the floor is found in Africa too. My mum always tells me that lol 🙈

@missqtmimi

7 жыл бұрын

Janice Collins wow watched the trailer it's really powerful will deffo check out the full video. It's great that you went back to Salone more Americans should visit Africa to learn and reconnect. Hopefully maybe you can go back again and perhaps create a charity or pass on your expertise or skills to the people 🙂

@adangbe

4 жыл бұрын

Well gumbo is a angolan/kongolese word for okra. West African okra soup appears a little different from gumbo. Then again there are variations.

@Dantor1990

4 жыл бұрын

Miranda of course gumbo is okra.

@taino20

4 жыл бұрын

"Gumbo" is an African word meaning "okra.". In Puerto Rico, "Gumbo" is called "Quimbombó".

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

​@@adangbe based on research that went beyond google, I found that gumbo actually means "soup" and it is an American word...kombo....it can either be thickened with okra (during okra season) or with sassafras leaves when okra is out of season. This is an American food that was cooked in Africa after colonization.

I am a country boy from Alabama. I lived in Charleston for a couple months. I couldn't understand anything they were saying and they couldn't understand me. They were talking too fast and they said I talked too slow😁

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

That is sooo funny! Lololol. Thank you for watching!

I had the honor of meeting Ms. Jery the basket weaver and own a few of her pieces. This woman is amazing to talk to. ❤

I can't wait to watch this! I read a 9 book series when I was 12 where they spoke Gullah heavily throughout the series. I got the hang of reading it... got the rhythm of it. I'd never actually heard it in real life but I heard it in my head while I was reading and I just (17 years later) watched watched a short video where a lady was speaking it. Got the happy shivers for some reason. I will watch this when I'm in a quiet place. 🤗

@LovinAutumn88

7 жыл бұрын

Janice Collins I'm so glad you made this... I really enjoyed it and want to learn more now!

Some of drumming and chanting sounds like soca and dancehall. I was whining up myself 😁 I'm Jamaican myself and I can hear the similarities 💓

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome information! Thanks for sharing and for watching! We are family! Blessings

@arawakan5546

4 жыл бұрын

Because we are the same people. We are all Arawaks/ maroons of America. We are not Africans. You will not find evidence of any Gullah culture in Africa. The Gullah culture is all over the mainland USA, central and South America and the Caribbean. Not in Africa. We are the indigenous people of America.

I was born in Charleston and have loving memories of my native city. Left at age 15 after my dad died. These images are so bittersweet, brings back many childhood memories. Al Miller the tour guide operator is a nice guy.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Hi! Thank you for watching. I am so happy that there is some sweet with the bitter. Smiling. Al is awesome! Please give him my best when you see him. Blessings

I really enjoyed and appreciated you doing the documentary professor 🙏🏾💞love our people 💪🏿 and the whole human race BUT IT'S SOMETHING VERY UNIQUE & BLESSED ABOUT " BLACK GOLD" # NAMASTE 🙏🏾💖🏺

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm really happy that you enjoyed it! Blessings...Jai

As a black 10 year old kid being able to meet and stay at the Nance Family Rentals when my mother was a traveling nurse. All I could say was mind blowing ❤️💯. As Years go by and life hits I visit again as a 18 year old and I was shocked by the small changes and Clemson University…. Now 40 and understanding more of what’s important in life……. A Must Visit!!!!

When I lived in Beaufort, SC in the late 1970s, I visited an African village, but I didn't know about any Gullah festival. I guess I missed out on a real treat!

@ToniA5555

8 жыл бұрын

***** I may never go to South Carolina again in my lifetime. But thank you for the information and invitation. 😊

My family is from South Carolina ...I will make it high on my travel list to visit the area ...as for the high property tax we all know thats a way to force people out ...blacks need to organize and help preserve our culture .. I truly recieved what the young sister was saying without saying what she really wanted to say

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Indeed. Thank you for sharing and thank you for watching. Peace

@nitarobinson9511

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 I thank you this was empowering

What a beautiful exploration of roots.

I'm just sad you guys didn't make it here to Charleston. Really enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing this.

Thank you so much for sharing this with the world, I moved to Beaufort, SC when I was 2 years old, I love my Geechee family and culture, I miss doing all of the things with my Grandmother what you was sharing in the video, matter of fact my graduation class was the first class to graduate at the Water Front in 1980, I'm in Florida now but I can still speak the Gullah Language. I miss the Gullah Festival. I still don't put my pocket book on the flood. I can write a book about all the things my Grandmother told me not to do, some people here in Florida say those things are superstitious. Thanks again.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for commenting and writing. I would love to hear more about your stories!! Blessings

Thank You Miss Collins for your Love of Our People! Watching this made me recall my Gramma! You know up until I was a young man I thought turnips in gramma greens was that thing off Gramma feets! Any ways I have and will continue to share these on all my social media! Wishing you and the Gullah peoples enough In 2015 and eternally!

WOW!, when Mr. Al Miller says the tale about New Years' Day (at 4:49), it shocked me because I've heard that all my life- my father is Jamaican and my mom from Detroit, and I would always hear that same saying when visiting Jamaica and I've heard it all over Detroit too. I also noticed how spoken Gullah is closely related to Jamaican Patwah (patois).

@kanaotysuri532

8 жыл бұрын

***** right..... just shows how closely knit Our People will always be. They can steal us from the motherland, but they can't take the motherland out of us

@rouskeycarpel5097

7 жыл бұрын

+branbak929 Gullah is closely related to Patois because the slaves that were brought to jamaica came from many of the same places that the slaves who were were brought to the south carolina low country came from and both groups of people came in contact with english speaking whites. I'm Haitian and my mother tongue of haitian creole is similar to lousiana creole and other french based creoles in the Caribbean as since the africans slaves brought to haiti and those brought to lousiana and martinique and guadloupe etc came from many of the same tribes and both us came in contact with the french.

@dahbajanman7044

7 жыл бұрын

Rouskey Carpel Many of the slaves who went to the Carolinas were living in places like Barbados which is why they speak so similar to us. They even cook the foods such as baked macaroni pie.

@jackneal3951

6 жыл бұрын

DO YOUR RESEARCH, SLAVES BREED IN BARBADOS CAME TO SC IN 1609 AND BUILT CHARLESTON, FIRST BLACKS IN VA. JOHN'S ISLAND IN NC. SETTLE AND NAME AFTER ST. JOHN'S PARISH IN BARBADOS, GA. LOL

@kidjustice7945

5 жыл бұрын

@ROUSKEY no jamaicans came from there sorry

My maternal grandmother's family was from further inland in SC. If I listen carefully, I can understand quite a bit of the Gullah language. We had the same cuisine of seafood, okra, tomatoes, yams, collards and rice. The same superstitions, too! Her family would always talk about how they were like the "Geechee rice eaters." I grew up on grits with fish and toatoes.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

That's so cool! Thank you for sharing! And thanks for watching!

What a beautiful connected people who love their roots

I really enjoyed watching my people. I recently learned of my parents connection to the Gullah culture and I am learning all I can before I finally make the trip home! Absolutely beautiful!

I grew up in SC and can understand Geechee just fine. I loved hearing the songs and speech and miss it greatly. Lovely people, excellent food and a pillar of Carolina culture. Getting to know that history is a critical part of America. This is awesome

Thank you for your video! I love Gullah culture!

@letstalkwithdeedee7091

9 жыл бұрын

THank you!

@letstalkwithdeedee7091

7 жыл бұрын

It's so mind boggling how the Gullah history has been renamed though-out the history books, giving so much credit to the Indians ( people from the continent of India) and not our native Gullah brethren.

@elevatedspirit8

7 жыл бұрын

Well also they give credit to Native American Indians but they interbred with slaves in SC. I personally am Gullah and Cherokee on my mom's side. The Angolan slaves (Gullah) banded together with Natives in the area to overthrow slave owners. This is often called, "the Indian Wars or Seminole Wars," but the Stono Rebellion is one such battle where many whites were killed. It was this on-going guerilla warfare which ended slavery, not the Civil War or white Yankees.

@Smisstah1

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for being so insightful!

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

Elevated Spirit exactly but also we are native not African only 8% of the slave trade came to america majority males there literally no way that we’ve all came from there

@handsumaf

3 жыл бұрын

@siksika and you know my DNA because of what 🤔🤔🤔 because my actually dna results says I’m 40% indigenous Puerto Rico and other than that I actually know all the way back to my 7x great grandparents who do you know 🤔🤔 try that on someone who don’t know who they are I’ve known for years my family made sure of it I’m sorry your family failed at raising you

@SAPHYTYRA

10 ай бұрын

​@@handsumafhey it's good that you're letting people know what we both know...but this is not the way to do it man. You're turning ppl away so it's not helping. Plant the seed and move on.

Good documentary.I also am from Yemassee, meaning i am a high land geechie not far from the Islands.We have both native and gullah roots.I travel through Champagne all the time.

@ppowell3022

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, When I were coming up, my mom would call my sister and I little geechee gals sometime when we would talk. Wanting to know about my heritage....my dad and mom passed away long ago. Thinking about what mom had called us I started looking online for answers. Not knowing about the Gullah/Geechee people how interesting. I think it's possible that this part of my ancestors Heritage. Plan to visit soon. PEP - Decatur,GA.

loved this

@michaelj.carr-el1687

8 жыл бұрын

you are welcome peace and blessings.

Thank you all so much for posting this wonderfulness! This documentary really touched my heart. It was beautiful. I am Gullah Geechee and proud to be. This is wonderful and so informative and I will be watching it again. Great footage.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

That is awesome! Thank you for subscribing and watching! Share it with Friends! And Thanks! Oh, you might want to check out my documentary on my channel called Journey to my Mothers Land episodes...start with Episode 1 and come with me on a Journey tying the Gullah and the West African. I think you will enjoy it! Blessings!

@cinder4832

5 жыл бұрын

never let a women be the first person to enter your home on New Years Day

Our culture is so Rich and Beautiful. I'M proud to be a Gullah Geechee, ya hemme?

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Love it! Thank you for watching!

@tanarich5515

3 жыл бұрын

I he ya 😁

Wonderful. Thank you. Although I am very African identified, I have always retained the surname, Heyward, because it keeps me connected to the Geechies of Charleston.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thanks for watching!

Loved the video! Just one correction. The old City Market was identified as the place where slaves were bought and sold. The Old city market was actually where meat, fish, produce, etc. was sold. There were only 2 places where slaves were bought and sold. The U.S. Custom House and the Slave Mart (I know,... kind of like Walmart) over on Chalmers St. (It's still there).

Tour guide Al Miller stated some beliefs that my grandmother had. I still follow some of these today. WOW!

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

This is really cool right? smiling..Thank you for watching.

Absolutely beautiful and so enriching!!! Thank you for this!

@demartorris

7 жыл бұрын

I most certainly will do!!!

Your introduction was so well done. I stayed to watch the remaining of this video.🥰🥰🥰

@DrJaiC777

3 жыл бұрын

Lolol...Thank you!

So proud of my roots💕

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Blessings

Enjoyed this video. My mama came from the Gullah Geechee culture. I love my South Carolina culture and family 😘💜😘💜😘. So glad my momma taught me her traditional food especially peas and rice 😘 Would love to meet and know more about my people. What a beautiful piece of history on video.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear your story...and thanks for watching....

@katriina817

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 my pleasure but the honor is all yours. Peace and Love 💜

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Blessings.....to you.....

This was so well put together! Beautiful scenery I enjoyed my roots. I always did research about Gullah/Geechee since my late teens, here I am now finding out my grandfather were born and raised in Charleston SC, ended up in Georgia, it’s beautiful to know we’re still honoring our roots and ancestors!

@DrJaiC777

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

This is interesting I was born and raised on edisto island sc and all my life I been called geeche when folks hear me talk they think I a Haitian and i tellum no I from sc

@Lucky-uz6jk

4 жыл бұрын

My family / ancestors are from Edisto Island, my slavemaster. Name Spieger / changed to Spingner. My grand moms name was EARTHA Spigner

Hello Dr. Collins! As a graduate student, thank you so much for this wonderful and informative presentation. Excellent!

This is the first time seeing this and these videos of the Gullah people. I am espeeially spirite by Queen Quet , makes me want to come South and make it a permanent home.. Many thanks for sharing these stories.

I stay in Atlanta but I traveled to Savannah and s.carolinas coast I feel and home and spiritual peace when I go there

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Nice....

Thank you, Dr. COLLINS. I never heard of Gullah. So your video was not only entertaining, but i learned something Thank you again.

@DrJaiC777

3 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by!

It’s 2021 and The most High has brought this to me I’ve been praying about where I come from because I have a son that I want to pass culture down to him and let me tell you how so much of this connects Thank you for this My God have favor over you and generation to come

@DrJaiC777

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you get to research your DNA. Thanks for watching! My piece, Journey to My Mother's Land " is getting a lot of play!

@lifewithlex4662

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 I have ☺️ I just don’t know how to find out if I am Gullah Geechee

@DrJaiC777

2 жыл бұрын

@@lifewithlex4662 you can start with AfricanAncestry.com to get your dna tested. I am Mende which is connected to the Gullah. Its like putting a puzzle together. Also Ancestry.com will tell you whete your people may have lived. And how far back which may help to answer the Gullah question.

@lifewithlex4662

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 I have I half west African my ancestors are Nigeria, West Bantu, Benin & Togo, Mali, and Ivory Cost Ghana

@lifewithlex4662

2 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 my ancestors where scarred right on the edge of Africa it makes me wounded if the were the one running away from Egypt

I appreciate this so much!

I absolutely enjoyed watching and learning. My ancestors are from the Gullahs and last year my cousin and I vacationed in South Carolina to emerse ourselves in the Geechee culture. Loved it!! Thanky Thanky

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Hi! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for caring, sharing, and watching! Blessings

@territ.5357

5 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 you're welcome! We need to see more from the afri can diaspora here in the U.S. like this. 💜

thanks for posting this week need to know some of our own beautiful culture

@ms.pandatalktime

8 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Janice

Thank You soooooooooo much. Needed Me some SC 'Luv'. Thanks for bringing it My way. Much Respect! 🌹🌹🙋🌴.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Blessings! Thank you for watching!

27:21 i love my people!!! we will electric slide anywhere and everywhere - this is an awesome documentary :)

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Salima Smith thank you for watching. I'm glad you enjoyed it

thank for sharing just wanted to add that this is also a huge part of Turks and Caicos....we speak like that up to now....especially in islands like North Caicos where most African slaves resided and worked at the Wade's Green Plantation

@justphilly8983

7 жыл бұрын

No thing! we are all one..... sometimes its alittle difficult to find certain cultural info about the tci online but I always encourage a trip get a taste of the language the food the music handcraft the people! its amazing that we still speak like this

Just spent a few days in Charleston and went on your if Boones Plantation. A Gullah descendent was on sight to give some history. It was so very interesting and honestly presented. First time hearing of this culture and find it interesting and have much respect for the people. Hard working and true survivorlist.

Very special & well done. Sparkling & upbeat. These sweet, warm, talented people are special.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

They are! Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

My parents were from NC.Now I'm researching my possible Gullah roots!

@DrJaiC777

3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome! Good luck! And thank you for watching! Blessings!

Excellent film. Thank you so much

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad that you liked it! Blessings

This is a great little documentary!

Great upload, thank you.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it. Blessings

Respect, I enjoyed the time and effort you put into making history plain...I thanku my father was GeeChee, Gullah

Great. Learning a lot. The language of Suriname has a lot of simular words and phrases.

You have to admire the Gulah Geekee people!

This was fantastic.!

Yes, we are still here.

Wonderful history lesson! Thoroughly enjoyed it!❤

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!!!!

Wow thanks you for sharing. You did a wonderful presentation of the Gullah. I am a Charleston native and I really enjoyed.

@DrJaiC777

5 жыл бұрын

Bridget King thank you! And thank you so much for watching.

I stumbled across this video and as I watch it my heart fluttered. I am from Beaufort, SC. I was born there in 1973 and attended Penn Center for preschool. I was proud watching this video and glad to know that others are learning about the Gullah culture.

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

I am so glad to read that you enjoyed it!!! Thanks for watching!!

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Something definitely to be proud of...smiling

@TStretch36

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 I will be sharing this video with my mother. She still lives in Beaufort. I live in GA for nearly 23 years but definitely visit Beaufort when I can. Seeing this video really made me miss home. Thank you!

@DrJaiC777

4 жыл бұрын

Great! I hope she enjoys it! Here's something special...if you look at the same playlist, you'll notice individual episodes. At the end of each episode you will find contact information for key people ...good information if you ever want to visit. Maybe go on a tour with Al Miller, pick up a sweet grass basket from Jery Taylor or visit Aunt Pearlie Sue after you grab a bite at the Gullah Grub!!! Be well..

@TStretch36

4 жыл бұрын

@@DrJaiC777 Thanks! I've known Aunt Pearli Sue (Ms. Prather) since I was in junior high school. She and my mom are friends. Im familiar with most of the Beaufort people featured in the video. The Gullah fest was huge at one point. I even performed a couple times when I was in high school and my mom gave tours. Sorry for so many comments but I was just so excited watching it. It brought back so many memories for me: the Waterfront Park, Penn Center, Tabernacle Church, etc. When this pandemic is over and it's safe to be with others, I plan on visiting. Thank you again for the video and reminding me how blessed I still am to have been born in Beaufort. Take care and be safe as well.