Preserving the Gullah Geechee culture in the US: 'There is nothing like being Gullah in the world'

Gullah Geechee people The Gullah Geechee are descendants of West and Central Africans who were enslaved on the isolated rice, indigo, and Sea Island cotton plantations of the coastal areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Their geographic isolation allowed them to retain a unique culture with deep African influences The connection between the Gullah Geechee people and the Igbo Landing in Dunbar Creek is that the Gullah Geechee community preserved and passed down the oral

Gullah | History, Culture & Dialects | Britannica

Gullah dialect still spoken in South Carolina