Historically, Gullah is the English-based Creole language that was developed by enslaved Africans long coastal areas of the southeastern United States. It is an oral language because enslaved Africans were denied educational opportunities by law.

Gullah can still be heard today in these areas and on the Sea Islands. The geographic area involved stretches from the southern part of North Carolina down through South Carolina and Georgia to northern Florida and extending thirty miles inland.

Gullah, pronounced GHULL-uh, has linguistic links to West Africa and to the English Caribbean, especially to Sierra Leone and Barbados. Today, "Gullah" or "Gullah/Geechee" refer to the total cultural continuity that flourishes in this section of the Southeast, including language patterns, culinary and medicinal customs, folkways, spiritual practices, and other traditions.

Geechee, pronounced GHEE-chee, has been used most often to describe African American natives of the NC-SC-GA-FL coastal area. At one time, to call someone a "Geechee" wasn't complimentary, and natives didn't want any association with the terms "Gullah" or "Geechee", they were considered a source of embarrassment and shame.

Today, most natives and transplants are very conscious of this rich and unique aspect of Southern heritage and embrace it. To label oneself as a Gullah, a Geechee or a Gullah/Geechee is now a source of pride and honor, and is a celebration of culture - a culture that has distinguished itself from all the others in America's melting pot.

Thanks to and more information available at:
The Walter Pantovic Collection at the Avery Research Center
available online at http://www.cofc.edu/avery/pantovic/afua/gullah.html also check out: http://www.penncenter.org

To all who enter the domain of the Gullah/Geechee Nation by way of the Gullah/Geechee Radio Network, WELCOME.

We are radio at its finest hour, broadcasting live from the old former rice fields of the Lowcountry of South Carolina.  A place where freshly painted Antebellum houses still stand proudly as a testament to the master/servant climate  that still exists here to this very day.

We will discuss critical issues on this station, that are often relegated to the mainstream media's back pages or those which THEY deem nothing more than a footnote in someone else's story.

Our online radio talk programs will focus on political, social and economic concerns that directly affect the Gullah/Geechee people of the Sea Islands.

We will present interviews that will reflect
the Gullah culture, foods, its dialect and its history.

We want to hear your opinion  on what you would like to hear and how we can improve; we will respond.

The Gullah Geechee Radio Network needs your support: become a regular listener.

Love, Peace and Blessings,
Brother Jabari
GGRN Station Owner

In September of 1997, Jabari Moketsi brought a dream to reality. This was the beginning of the first distribution of "The Gullah Sentinel Newspaper."  Since that time 6,500 copies of the paper are being distributed throughout Beaufort County and the surrounding Lowcountry on a bi-weekly basis.  Subscribers receive their copies in their mailboxes, while others pick them up at vending machines, schools, and churches within the African-American community.

The Gullah Sentinel IS the "Black voice of the Lowcountry." This area of the United States has a 33% African-American population, and is the home Gullah/Geechee people.  The Gullah Sentinel spotlights news and events about and for African-Americans. It also keep readers informed about issues that directly affect them by focusing on the concerns of the community.

The Gullah Sentinel covers a variety of local and national news, editorials, social columns, church news and sports. This publication has started a local news tradition of being informative as well as entertaining. 
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2303 Boundary St. Suite #1
Beaufort, South Carolina 29902
Phone: (843)982-0500
Fax: (843)982-0631
Email: thegullah@charter.net

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