Lowcountry Gullah

The history of the Gullah Geechee people is not merely a collection of dates, geographic coordinates, or static museum exhibits; it is an ongoing epic of absolute resilience. The culture however, is not isolated solely...

For generations, depending on where you came from, the thoughts of enslaved people and / or Black Americans tended to be lumped into "traditionally, it's all the same." But, is it? The question should be, why...

America was a slave society and its involvement from the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade to the Domestic Slave Trade might be known, but the details are often overlooked. The Slave Traders or Brokers were the core and very...

Slavery is America's dirty little secret, which is why there's so many misconceptions and misinformation that's in history books and circling around society today. The heirarcy of slavery, the business that it took to...

Years ago, there was this big craze or "discovery" of what was called Ebonics or Black Slang. Well, first of all, its not new. For many reasons, enslaved people chose, out of resistance and as a way of holding...

Unless you have been living under a rock, you know that slavery was a significant part of American History. Unfortunately, history books have glossed over a lot of the dirty details. Most southern cities were "slave...

The Gullah Seminole connection is something that most people don't know about but, pockets of communities can be found in Bracketville, Texas, Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mexico, and several Caribbean Islands. Find out their...

The ancestors left behind so many things for us to learn from and telling their complete and unfiltered story is only one of the duties that we have. Preserving the land where they were enslaved is an important part of...

The conversations about the past, and the trauma that was caused doesn't often include how the damage can be fixed. The after effects are VERY real. And the number of corporations that have played a part in the economic...

Just the idea of working on a family tree can be intimadating but, all you need is the right tools in your tool box. Tap in to discover exactly what you need to begin your journey of discovery and how you too can grow...

Identity is so important. So is knowing and understanding oneself. But, when some of the pieces of your life are missing, like where you land in your family tree or who you decended from, that lack of information can be...

Sometimes, finding ways of connecting to our culture is hard. Of course research and traditions are the easy options that we have, but developing new and varied ways of not only experiencing and even tasting it, but...

Yep, that's who I am! And PROUD of it! Funny, I get asked alot if I am Gullah and who's behind Lowcountry Gullah. So, here's the story behind the work and why it's become my life's mission and purpose.

The newest federal holiday, Juneteenth, commemorates the end of slavery. It may be the most recent addition to the federal calendar, but it's the oldest and longest nationally celebrated holiday in the US. June 19th...

The Lowcountry Gullah Podcast has been airing for three years and has more than 100 interviews available, all hosted by Luana Graves Sellars. In this episode, we flipped the script! The interviewer has become the...