Gullah Geechee Food Traditions

A “Homecoming” is a special Southern gathering that brings together friends and family who have dispersed across the globe and reconnects them over a special meal. For this episode of “Nourish,” the Gullah Geechee food traditions and culture of low-country, South Carolina take center stage. Make sure you come hungry!
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Welcome to NOURISH with rocket scientist and whole hog barbecue pit master, Dr. Howard Conyers! Think of this show as food for your mind, body and soul.
Host and Co-Producer: Dr. Howard Conyers
Writer and Co-Producer: Christina Melton
Director and Post Production Supervisor:
Donald "D.Ray!" Washington
Videographer: Bennie Robertson
Graphics: Ryan Golden
Colorist: Chris Miranda
Original Music: Kyndra Joi, featuring DJ Black Pearl
The Brass-a-holics from New Orleans, LA
The Michael Foster Project from Baton Rouge, LA
Photographs: B.J. Dennis and Ashley Lorraine with stylist Tiffani
Shariff
Special Thanks: Joseph Fields Family Farm, Johns Island, SC
Tank Jackson and Holy City Hogs
Dillard University Ray Charles Program in African-
American Material Culture, New Orleans, LA
Produced by PBS Digital Studios and
Louisiana Public Broadcasting
Made possible with funding from The Corporation for Public Broadcasting

[@HolyCity2012]

Don't let this cute video placate you. The Charleston area Gullah Geechee culture is being gentrified and pushed off the land that they have inhabited for over a hundred years. If you think these traditions should be preserved then please get informed and active as to how you can help.

[@sandychick94]

I don't even live there but find their culture fascinating. What can we do?

[@jaxsonpierre2363]

That is so true I just saw a documentary about that big land developers are pushing those people off their land

[@atlantabrooklyngal]

@@sandychick94 maybe you should take a trip down there to see it for yourself and then maybe the answer on how you can help will come to you. The ancestors will speak to you. I am going to head down there when the weather gets better. Also, I think there might be some organizations that you can look up.

[@toianders986]

@@atlantabrooklyngal keep me in mind too. Although my family is from Edgefield, SC, I find that I am drawn to the Gullah culture. Maybe it's the ancestors calling.

[@atlantabrooklyngal]

@@toianders986 Yes 😊 I felt that way about New Orleans. I went on vacation, left, but kept thinking about it.

[@Silkk_The_Chakra]

Black culture is so broad, diverse, and beautiful! So proud that the ways of my ancestors are being preserved!

[@dogeyes7261]

Sangodele Olodumare it took an anthropology class for me to learn the obvious: Africa and the diaspora are the most culturally and genetically diverse population.

[@Silkk_The_Chakra]

@@dogeyes7261 Agreed. Can I get a like though? Lol

[@MrLee198018]

ha ha

[@GullahGeecheeFarmer]

*African culture* we are more than just a color.

[@jaxsonpierre2363]

@@GullahGeecheeFarmer that's why I call myself African instead of black because black is easier to deny

[@gyptianskin]

I’m creole, my people are from New Orleans. I appreciate how Gullah people own their culture unlike creole folks who give French people credit for African dishes. So many of our dishes in New Orleans are entirely African like dirty rice, jambalaya, gumbo and meat pies. Thank you for keeping the culture as pure as possible.

[@kikikareema5912]

Gumbo derived from the word "nki gumbo" meaning "okra" in some African languages.

[@carolyngardner4999]

Thank you for this information. There a guy on KZbin from NOLA says that our food come from France. I told him he put of his mind. Still in slavery.

[@queenzhavonne2044]

We have NOT handed over credit to France. N.O. has a strong French influence but we are very aware that our gumbos ,jambalaya, crawfish dishes, etc. come from our black heritage. We are a majority black city. We know.

[@wlynyoung]

chgosyndicate My folks are Haitian, I’m from Bahamas. Every time we see videos or pics of New Orleans. We’re mind blown how much it looks like Haiti, specifically jacmel the art district part of town. But in the Haitian culture Gumbo is okra but the dis is, shrimp, stewed beef, okra served over a bed of white rice

[@jerraethomas2378]

@Conscious One79, my family is from Villplatte Louisiana and our African/Creole culture is very well preserved! I think the entire south has preserved a stronger African culture, the funny thing is from state to state, region to region we have different versions of Afro culture that still exist because of cultural isolation, and family traditions passed down. Let's keep on the tradition by passing down languages, cooking, etc.

[@sunshinesunflowerz1647]

My maternal heritage. This also shows that Southerners, Caribbean’s and West Africans are not different from each other. We may have ‘lost’ our mother tongue but we can recognize it and our people.

[@Chen-my1ks]

Speak Sis!

[@respectknuckles428]

facts!!

[@mbandrade5262]

Good point … 🙏🏽

[@josweetlove1537]

This is amazing. I am from Trindad & Tobago. A lot of the foods of the Gullah-Geechee tradition resembles African-Caribbean food. The red rice looks exactly like our Pelau. Browned rice, meats and vegetables. A national dish in T&T from our slave ancestors. Looks like Jollof rice. Callaloo with either salted meat, okra, coconut milk, seasonings, crab or seafood resembles your gumbo. This is also West African. We eat coo coo a cornmeal dish which is also West African and is eaten in most Afro Caribbean islands. Pounded plaintains or foo foo is mainly still made in Tobago where our African presence is strong. The more we look is the more we see how similar the children of Mama Africa are.

[@medoluke1]

I'm from West Africa.bit was Soo exciting to recognize the dishes you were preparing. Blood is definitely thicker than water. Love you.

[@Lady-br3zy]

My Geeche used to be so strong, my mother could not even understand me. When we moved to NJ when I was around 6 y/o I had to go to a Speech Language Pathologist in elementary school in Mt. Laurel. The students thought I was speaking Spanish and Speech Pathologist advised them I was speaking Geechee.

[@gailjones7044]

Cute 🥰

[@Chen-my1ks]

You think you would have widened your speech access if they had left you to it? Can you revert by choice now?

[@livefree1111]

That’s sad. I’m Geechee and was sent all white schools for this reason. A lot of our elders felt it was best for us to leave our culture behind to make a better life. I would code switch for a long time but funny thing is, my friends who are not from here would point out that my accent would come out when I would get excited. 😂 As I get older, I realize that my accent gets stronger just like my mom who wanted me to hide it. I love it. Our Gullah Geechee culture is strong. I’ll never abandon my ancestors or be ashamed of my culture ever again.

[@DorianKYounger]

Yep -- had the same experience

[@reginasmith6276]

I hope you can still speak it fluently ?

[@sheem.2450]

I'm African American, born and raised in NYC. Last week I got a chance to meet my husband's family from SC. I was mind blown. I always thought of them as "Southern Black"... But the more that I learned about Gullah Greeche culture the more I am amazed. His family have their own land, they cooked, shared stories. Its amazing how I've been with someone for 10 years and it never dawned on me that his culture is different although we are both African American. Lol I have so much to learn. I did make red rice last night for dinner! 🙌🏾 lol I think I killed that. Lol Now I have to learn how to make some of these dishes for my husband. ❤❤

[@CocoaKissesSC]

Hailing from Wadmalaw Island, I love seeing my culture acknowledged and celebrated! Though I am concerned about its erasure and the possibility of it being stolen as everything in black culture ends up stolen. I remember growing up, people outside of the community spoke of us like we were ignorant for speaking geechee. It was during college when I learned to keep my language/dialect limited to when I'm at home or in the company of "home" folks. I was made to feel ashamed. As I grow older, I uberappreciate my culture, lessons and the stories told to me by my ancestors. I'm no longer ashamed of my accent or offended by being called geechee.

[@gsignaturemessage]

I can relate..I went to through the same thing. People kept saying they couldn’t understand me and I felt how I spoke diminished my perception of intelligence in college. I’m not holding back anymore lol

[@francinedozier8508]

I stumbled upon this video and I'm so happy that I did. I have deep roots in Charleston SC and cousins on Wadmalaw Island. Hey cuz!!

[@slyfox1983]

CocoaKissesSC no I love you guys! Dont lose it. Document, document, document!!! Start a tour company and offer authentic experience. I’ll be the first one to sign up. We have to protect the culture!!!

[@Synchronite]

🖤

[@sheem.2450]

My husband's family is from wadmalaw island!! Went there a week ago! Its so beautiful out there! 😍😊❤

[@carlaco38]

I'm from the Bahamas and love to learn more about the Gullah Tribe cause we really have the same culture. Lord have mercy

[@Koolkid4CHRIST]

I know this was a post made two years ago but I have ancestral ties to both the Gullah Geechee and Bahamians-we are in both a literal and spiritual sense-close cousins our cultures.

[@honeyrayen3549]

My great grandfather was from the Bahamas and his daughter was Gullah gee her

[@dinglelm]

Hey Bahamian family!!

[@honeylamour1]

My grandfather’s grandmother was said to have fled from South Carolina to The Bahamas to escape slavery and a lot of first Bahamian settlers are from Carolinas they may have been freed slaves or the 1st or 2nd generation children/grandchildren of freed slaves

[@michellejean-baptiste]

They are the same culture bc our ancestors originated in Africa but some of the Gulla Geechee people were in the Bahamas before landing on the sea islands. Same with Louisiana creole. That’s why it’s referred to as the corridor…. We’re all connected. 😊

[@thelawseeker9832]

The Gullah Geechee culture is similar to my Jamaican culture in speech, dress , food and burial traditions . Listening to the singing at a Gullah wake, I thought I was in Jamaica.

[@thebutterflygarden1138]

What part of Jamaica are you from? I'm from Georgia. Many people from the Caribbean are moving to what is referred to as the deep south. Is there a particular reason why they're choosing this region?

[@Gullahbae-xm6ms]

Like everyone else, they are coming due to cost of living. Unfortunately it’s driving the natives out.

[@realflaman]

Gullah Geeche also ran as far down as St Augustine Florida. SEMINOLE means "run away" many run away Slaves ended up in Florida fighting alone side the Indians.

[@solsoul6449]

Gee Foo Yep, Second Seminole War. Led by John Horse.

[@fosterelston1704]

Facts

[@jadeacampbell5206]

And that clap is most definitely used in many black churches.

[@martinsmith2258]

Jadea Campbell yup it is😂👏🏾

[@lynnharr3911]

It also mimics the African drum, which was banned in America.

[@letitiacfowler]

Red Bays in North Andros, Bahamas was settled by the Black Seminoles in the 1700 or 1800's. The Black Seminoles were runaway slaves from South Carolina, Georgia etc. In Red Bays, the hand-woven baskets made locally are exactly the same as those in the video made by the Gullah geechee. The Geechee language, however, is spoken prevalently throughout the Bahamas

[@howardconyers7623]

Thanks for sharing such useful information. i am going to dig into this more.

[@dareal410]

What a lot dont know is these are the folks the government waged war against but mask them by calling them Indian aka native American war when it was really a war against gullah and geechie i for one know based on family history

[@TheVuduYuDu]

@@howardconyers7623 Please do! it is fascinating because the research always leads back home (whereever home may be for you) and helps dispels the myth that Blacks in bondage never resisted that bondage in anyway other than prayer or waiting for deliverance.

[@chuckbrooks2271]

Barbadian, Blacks came to sc and settle there in 1670, landed on the Ashley river with John Drayton .

[@randibee2185]

Letitia my father is from Andros and his great grandmother was a Red Bay Indian. It's amazing how close our Bahamian culture is to that of the Gullah people.

[@filmgeek1711]

Watching this has made my heart so full. I'm so proud to be Afro/African American.

[@greencarolyn03]

Yes!

[@selendriamuganogo7077]

nikki me too 😩

thumbs up

[@teenatchie1313]

I'm glad to be melanated

[@divinediva_]

Yes.❤

[@dreamergirlbaby]

The red rice dish is very interesting. In Africa the dish original dish is called “Jollof.” In Louisiana the version of it is called Jamabayla.

[@carlaj322]

Yes! Half of my child hood I grew up right there in the low country I'm half African American bo I do I miss some good ole red rice my grandfather use to make

[@QueenOfNY10]

So interesting of how much we have in common as African Americans and Africans ... I’m open to learn more about my brothers and sisters

[@atlantabrooklyngal]

@@QueenOfNY10 it's interesting, because when I meant someone from the gullah community I thought she was from the Caribbean, but she wasn't. She sounded like she was from the island.

[@iayyam]

@@QueenOfNY10 thats because we are Africans too

[@QueenOfNY10]

@@iayyam yes I concur

[@BOBFudge]

I'm a white guy born in California, having lived half my life in Oklahoma. All that being said, I grew up watching Gullah Gullah Island and was fascinated by the dancing, language, and food! Now as an adult with my own kids (watching Gullah Gullah Island with them), I started looking into this region and culture. I love it and I wish more people knew this history. I hope activist groups band together to preserve this culture.

[@TheQueenOfGreatness]

Come on over to South Carolina. Nothing like visiting. Come to Charleston 😊

[@AriessunvirgomoonlightLibraise]

I'm born and raised in SoCal an remembered the Gullah from an episode on Martin when I was a kid an learned the people an culture from that point on. I'm proud u an I know about this culture even though we were born on a whole different coast 😊💪🫵🫶

[@JessJayEel]

The west African culture is so strong. They tried to get rid of it but it is literally engrained in us. The rythm the lady was clapping is literally the rythm Haitian people use for most of our music. Clap 👏🏿 1,2 clap 👏🏿 clap👏🏿!

[@deaneawilliams2272]

Indeed sis

[@thebridge5483]

Yes indeed

[@Mackandal-]

4 Sho!

[@foxybill1836]

Moors were on this continent over 250,000 years before any other people's. See rvbeypublications. com A good way to steal a people's land, make their descendants think they came from some where else.

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@foxybill1836 There are no 250,000 year old human remains found anywhere in the western hemisphere. Please don't make up stuff.

[@cakelady9291]

I'm geechee Gullah and Creole Seminole and I was taught I'm native to this land

[@islandgyal5269]

Sara Lee yes sister we are the Aboriginals Indigenous to these Americas....I'm still doing research on my parental they are all from South Carolina: Sullivan's Island,Beaufort,and Lauren's

[@adangbe]

So you Seminole too! Geechee cousins.

[@xenonblaster9240]

me too my drandad tried to hide it but the truth came out what gave him away was the red rice

[@cakelady9291]

adangme yes 😘😘😘

[@queendragin]

@@islandgyal5269 my family is from St. Johns Island

[@hittz2581]

So proud of my people...born and raised in south Carolina .our tradition is so strong!!! The south 💪💪

[@mercedesdesere8506]

I feel another South Carolina trip in my bones 😍😍

[@zhoxzalabrique5749]

Mercedes Desere’ Yae-boh!♏👑

[@plizo69]

@@zhoxzalabrique5749 me too never been

[@idread1104]

Yes

[@latarshablack2808]

Come on down...

[@originalme8595]

Yes, agreed. My grandmother was Geechee and my grandfather was from Batesburg, South Carolina. I have many relatives there but have never met them. It's past time.

[@laneitajones7771]

Heard my mother speak of Geechee people even in Texas.

[@ladyof5304]

Me too I'm from Texas also, but my mom always spoke of the Louisiana geechee she grew up with. I guess.

[@ep6768]

I heard my dad speak about a man we grew up around. He had a strange language. We had to make out what he was saying . The grownups all ways call him Geechee. So my GOD. There was a people called Geechee. This is so amazing. But he passed a way bout 10 yrs ago. I wish I new his real name.

[@KtotheG]

The Gullah Geechee is rooted in the SC/NC/GA coasts and a little bit of the North FL coast... anywhere else would be transplants... the Gulf states (TX, AL, LA, MS) would not be Gullah Geechee culture... maybe Creole and some other cultures.

[@Jazzmarcel]

Nothing but pride! Being from New Orleans myself, seeing this just reminds me of how important our rich culture is!..........it also shows just how much colonial whites who are called “Cajun” are relabeling black culture of Louisiana!

[@iayyam]

@Right Cha you are so right, we allow everybody to take our stuff.

[@AandP4dummieslikeme]

@Right Cha We don't seem to see the value in what we produce until it is validated by whites.

[@thebridge5483]

justcallme... so true

[@Nola504]

Whites didn't want be apart of our culture until it started getting recognition around the world. I laugh every time I see a watered down second line or taste unflavored creole food

[@shirleygolden7740]

Daisy Sauce! Bill Cosbys Quaalude Cocktail! O

[@devonburgess1090]

Wow, what insight. My grandmother spoke of an island off the coast of Georgia were gullah geechee people lived.

[@mayaj291]

I know I'm a year late, but which island. We may be kinfolk

[@GrafWattenburg]

I'm from cold northern Europe and will probably never go to these places, but it's very interesting to see and learn about culture, history and delicious food. Thanks for making this content!

[@rabrams4778]

I have been to cold Northern Europe,the people and the scenery's were wonderful.Norway .

[@sonikku956]

I hope you get a chance to visit one day.

[@Blackdress71]

How beautiful and important! Thanks for showing me (I´m from Brazil) your culture and magical cuisine.

[@ameliavanderveere8708]

Cont'd: NIGERIA, GHANA, CONGO, ANGOLA, GUINEA, SENEGAL, CAMEROON, SUDAN, GAMBIA, COTE D'IVOIRE etc..................

[@pimpiniseasy2778]

@@ameliavanderveere8708 this has nothing to do with anything

[@ameliavanderveere8708]

@@pimpiniseasy2778 What u mean, it has nothing 2do with the issue @t hand? Ru that dense, that u can/will not connect the dots? I just wanted 2 show the connection2 &correlation with All diasporan Afri- cans. The cuisine is basically similar in All those countries &islands, bcz of the African cultural influence. Does THAT clarify &placate ur lack of deductive/ inductive reasoning???

[@ameliavanderveere8708]

@@pimpiniseasy2778 Incidentally, I shdnt expect any scholarly reasoning, from somebody who wd ignorantly glorify the un- ethical &exploitative sub -culture of 'pyimpin'??? Pssh!!!

[@pimpiniseasy2778]

@@ameliavanderveere8708 The connection is very little Most of it was innovated in America by us

[@IndigoChild007]

I was born in Trinidad & Tobago. Same. Same culture. Wow.

[@iayyam]

Im Trini too and for sure this is identical to ours.

[@tehutimes1]

@Cynthia Dickerson Certain entities/groups want to keep us separated as much as possible in any form.

[@LanceDa510]

no, we have a different culture. respect that.

[@wildwoman2520]

Because it's ancient American culture, we've always been here from Canada to south America including the islands

[@fitawrarifitness6842]

@@wildwoman2520 no it's African. Keep that made up Aboriginal nonsense to yourself.

[@kimorabaker4404]

I’m from SC born and raised, and that at red rice, grits, okra soup, fried fish, and allat be hittin man🤪😋😍

[@soulrebel223]

Be bussin something different fasho!!!

[@gumpotronic]

Some legends around those tables. Rodney Scott and Bryan Furman are two of the best in the game to go along with BJ's amazing approach to honoring and promoting Lowcountry heritage. That's one dinner where I'd love to just sit back and listen.

[@PBSNourish]

It was an incredible event. Lot of talent in the food world, and fun too!

[@rickycoker5830]

Rodney did pretty good for a poor boy from Hemingway, South Carolina.

[@sheridandawson838]

Thank you for making this. With your channel, I feel like I'm back in the South eating my grandmother's food and spending time with my cousins agin.

[@PBSNourish]

Keep watching, more to come!

[@francinedozier8508]

Exactly!! So do I. Those were the good old days for sure!

[@antarjohnbrown1802]

Geechee man from Richmond Hill Georgia...We still out there !!!

[@omsarr02]

I am from Senegal. I live in the US. I have diverse food cooking experiences. It will nice and so beneficial for all of us to reconnect. Let's work on events which can reconnect the diaspora in large.

[@LilliLamour]

I love you for this...

[@omsarr02]

Thanks

[@gertrudebuck590]

I LOVE THE DEEPNESS IN THESE PEOPLES VOICE AND SOUND!

[@marilynjackson5983]

We must all stick together and save our Black people land!! If not, next year, there will be a white man making a video talking about how to make red rice and declaring that he is a Gullah Geechee!

[@Purplecolors88]

Yep it really really sad.

[@blaquefaerie8201]

He will probably say it's a French dish.

[@dlr_rosa254]

We Chicanos eat red rice too actually, we make it similarly except we don't usually mix meat into it

[@elbob248]

I am a white man who is fortunate enough to have family residing in Beaufort. My son in law is stationed there. We visit as often as we can. I have come to love and appreciate the Gullah culture. I have gotten to the point where I can make a pretty solid red rice, but I would never claim to be to be Gullah Geechee. All I can do is honor the culture as best I can. The history is real.

[@Chastidee]

Right. That's right up they alley.

[@Nghilifa]

I love these kinds of videos. African-American culture is very rich, so it´s great to be able to know more about the culture of my cousins across the pond!

[@eyesofnova]

There was a fairly recent episode of the show "United Shades of America" about the Gullah Geechee culture that was very fascinating. This adds to that and makes me want to try some recipes from these.

[@Reason_77]

WELCOME TO WEST AFRICA 101.. I’m Yoruba from Nigeria and have been to Sierra Leone ,where I found out we are nothing but the same people .Is super crazy to know what we have in common is huge..Love y’all my Gullah fam❤️

[@joycehand3067]

We must teach this in the schools. I am 74 and I am just learning about the Gullah. If the good Lord willing I will come and learn all I can about the people and the traditions. Thank you for being on KZbin.

[@dailygrace4558]

I can not explain my natural joyful response to the sound and rhythm of the sister singing Kumbaya. I know that sound.

[@cherylleech785]

Yes Lord!

[@JamesGaehring]

This is the only food show I've gotten excited about for a long time. Keep em coming, Dr!

[@Bulbagaba992]

I just had dinner but at 3 mins into the video I’m salivating at the food! Love your content Dr. Conyers! Kudos!

[@imightmakeit1659]

Our African roots seem to always appear in Our Food🍛 & Music 🎶

[@neetw596]

AND our dance

[@youtubetears1076]

Hair too.

[@inreallife767]

That's Love.

[@janiceasante55]

African food is not all the same there’s 54 countries in Africa

[@youtubetears1076]

Janice Asante We are referring to West African culture influencing African American culture, especially in the south. We know Africa is diverse.

[@TheEarnest101]

I LOVE this culture 😀

[@turbomustang8417]

Dr you should go into Georgia, McIntosh county and Sapelo Island. Low country here! I love my people.

[@gaboy3778]

Riceboro, Harris Neck all in those spots.

[@Freeiz4me]

Wow. Not many people know about Sapelo island.

[@mayaj291]

@@gaboy3778 yaaasss Harris Neck, Cannon Bluff, Meridian, all them areas

[@mayaj291]

@@Freeiz4me at all and it's untouched still (thankfully)

[@johnlewis7333]

MayaEJa'Nae Jo even Eulonia

[@Angbwillinspireu]

As the elders say when proud, "Us Chil'rens be learned they ancestas' ways". From my paternal heritage in the Carolinas/Georgia/Alabama where this food ,brought from Africa and her diaspora, sticks to your soul; to my maternal Mississippi/Louisiana Creole seafood, but my love is my grandmother's Texas Afro-Tejano fusion of spicy hot tamales, fried tomatoes & onions; pickled green peppers, cucumbers, & carrots served over brown rice with a side of mixed greens collard/mustard/turnip greens-yes greens, simmered for hours in fatback(now turkey bacon) and salt-hot water cornbread-see now! I'm hungry.

[@thebutterflygarden1138]

I'm from Georgia. Those dishes sound very interesting. I'll have to look up a recipe and try them.

[@yolandawilson6619]

You can here the geechee accent on the chef. I love it!

[@kourtneywiththekurls814]

Georgia here. Great grandpa from SC great grandma from southern coastal Georgia

[@liciaretta4777]

Love this! I’m proud of my Gullah/Geechee culture. I have roots in Charleston as well as Beaufort S.C. ❤️

[@shaydominicana305]

Nothing like some good ole Gullah dishes. I am a Geechie myself from Charleston. I love the history of how the food, dishes so influenced. New Orleans as well. Folks always think Louisiana folks and Charlestonians sound alike. We share a strong link.

[@kas3583]

My people and my home! Gullah boy til i die!

[@QueenOfNY10]

We are a very diverse people of African Americans

[@kikikareema5912]

Yes, we are thats why I hate when they just bring up rap.

[@yahsgracemercy1676]

We are HEBREWS! Not AA

[@kikikareema5912]

@@yahsgracemercy1676 stop

[@nubiannile4606]

SheLearnsLife Thank you....they always bring up the rap/hip hop culture and just music. There are many aspects to our diverse culture.

[@kikikareema5912]

@@nubiannile4606 We have Gullah culture, zydeco music, jazz, blues, R&B, Rock and Roll. Black poets and authors like Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Toni Morrison, Ralph Ellison, Alice Walker who wrote things like Their Eyes Were Watching God, Native Son, Sounder and Raisin in The Son, The Color Purple. We have Folklore like Highwalker, Why We say Umhmm, Brer Rabbit, The Buzzard King, but all we are known for is rap lol

[@denisela3403]

I used to could catch hints of that accent in the older folks in conway ,sc. They are gone on to heaven now.....but yeah..... ......its beautiful.

[@erichenderson144]

I love watching this

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

That red rice could be a main dish itself! And the those grits...I almost had a foodgasm seeing that butter melt in slow motion. I have to visit this area.

[@MarrianEfua]

Wow this brings back memories of my child hood

[@ms.ellaneous6406]

I want to take my kids on a Gullah tour. Can anyone provide me with some information?????

[@CharleneWithrow]

Gullah Geechee Tours 375 Meeting Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29403 Featured Partners, Things to Do, Tours and Cruises, Visiting Charleston 843-478-0000 1-844-4-GULLAH Website

[@yahya4370]

Your children will be very happy. My children are hard to Please but enjoyed the Gullahs.

[@prayerjehovah3261]

Ekua Umtrynatelya m

[@sandraevans8337]

I'm from Mullins South Carolina, Marion county.

[@africantraveler7004]

Take them to Accra or Lagos for the real deal. Let them see entire countries where everyone from the president , Corporate titans, business owners, CEOS, politicians , billionaires to everyday doctors, lawyers , soldiers are all black. And where the everything that makes Gullah and creole culture interesting and unique is just our everyday way of life. See where it all came from.

[@mcdawsondanso3007]

Hopping John which is known and unique to Ghana' "waakye"

[@livefree1111]

Charleston born and bred. I’m actually making greens for dinner tonight. I remember in church, we would start with a one clap rhythm and then transition into the low country clap. Unfortunately, like someone said in the comments, it’s true that gentrification is happening. They’re also forcing the Gullah people off their land that they’ve inherited after slavery by raising the taxes. I grew up in an all black neighborhood where my grandma still lives and they’re moving in slowly but surely. They keep trying to buy her house and she refuses. It’s quite annoying.

[@cherylleech785]

God bless and strengthen you!

[@REdJL]

Love my culture. My mother told me that we are from the geechee islands. My favorite dishes are Gumbo and jumbulyah.

[@jacksonernie484]

Wow > I noticed the difference in the way you spelled ' jumbulayah ' , it rings true to me .

[@REdJL]

@@jacksonernie484 yes, people spell it differently.

[@TheLeslieMichelle]

Their missing spiced crawfish, crab cakes, and corn fritters. They go so well with the red rice, lamb, and grits.

[@QIKWIA]

LOVED THIS VIDEO BROTHER!💯 I AM NOW A SUBSCRIBER!👍🏼 THANKS FOR CELEBRATING ONE OF THE BEST CULTURES OF MY ANCESTRAL HOME, SOUTH 😍

[@mariahsneed5285]

I learned the 90s children show Gullah Gullah Island was a depiction of the Gullah people.

[@greatestgift99]

Baabbyyyy!!! Whew chile....definitely my next destination❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@johnmcnaught7453]

Never heard of this culture before. Needs to be better known. As always, thanks Doc for the insight and the good food.

[@PBSNourish]

Rich culture - and good food too!

[@jayjdietrich]

Check out "The Water is Wide" by Pat Conroy. Good book to get your soul thinking.

[@OlObuffalo]

@@jayjdietrich "Check out 'The Water is Wide' by Pat Conroy. Good book to get your soul thinking. " Watched this on KZbin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mpabl4iJl9x6pcU

[@gabbykeys1399]

Am an African.. I swear this people is us and we are them.. I see our way in them..

[@jmcosmos]

I wish I could go to visit the Sea Islands ... my ancestors came from over the Ashley River long, LONG ago.

[@m0L3ify]

Now I feel bad that I've been singing Kumbaya wrong all these years

[@HapiGutHapiLife19]

I remember growing up ppl would speak of the Geechy in a negative way as if they weren't a part of us!

[@jaxsonpierre2363]

It's because they were self-hating and running away from the African culture heritage so they didn't want no remembrance of it

[@Createshareandgive]

Divide and conquer #willielynchletter

[@TheEnigmaticBM39]

@tureal jones same

[@pimpiniseasy2778]

@@jaxsonpierre2363 has nothing to do with africa is black american

[@martynakay]

Red rice is definitely Jollof rice from West Africa. The basket making style orginated from Sierra Leone. We call it kushew blai

[@dancemusikk]

That soup looks like Ogbono soup! My fathers side is of Gullah descent and I need to know more and how to help against these developers trying to take the culture!

[@thebaddest3452]

Guessing your mum is nigerian? I thought that soup looked like how we nigerians make okro soup. Some people like to mix in spinach and other greens for 'health'

[@dancemusikk]

@@thebaddest3452 no she's American. I'm mentioning my father's family being Gullah and the Ogbono soup because of the shared west African heritage. I'm just aware of Ogbono soup because I live in Boston and I'm around a lot of Nigerians.

[@foxybill1836]

Moors were on this continent over 250,000 years before any other people's. Your ancestors were always here. See rvbeypublications. com. The land is your birthright.

[@dancemusikk]

@@foxybill1836 west Africa is my motherland

[@littlegothgirl8869]

@@foxybill1836 🙄 dude, let it go. People who are here watching this video actually take pride in their African Ancestry.

[@christinagraham2915]

Yes yes yes so proud Africa unite

[@MrSmoothScott]

Say it loud! I'm Black and I'm Proud!

[@teenatchie1313]

I'm black and I'm proud to be

[@sarahmoore1448]

I'm Black and I'm Proud!! ❤😁

[@Kimberly.Nesmith]

So proud of you Ben...you represent the EWF, CHARLESTON and the culture so well!

[@trishpedican6098]

The Bahamas has 100%Geechee culture

[@CocoaKissesSC]

Lol, yes. It is said Bahamians are the closest in dialect and culture to the us. People who hear the accent want to say Jamaican, but its Bahamian.

[@janicemckenzie7932]

So true.

[@kas3583]

Definitely I'm a gullah boy, i grew up walking distance from this very farm and the owner Joseph Fields is a distant cousin of mine. I live in Miami now and whenever I speak people ask me if I'm bahamian

[@iayyam]

To me the short brother sounds like he was from the Bahamas.

[@kas3583]

@@iayyam correct the short brother is from a gullah community the taller one is not.

[@sUP3R6AD91RL]

My favorite for breakfast. Fish and grits. Yum!

[@shirleytarrant8851]

sUP3R6AD91RL oh yeah

[@Bassfinder68]

This is a great series, thanks doc

[@PBSNourish]

Glad you like it! Subscribe and watch for more!

[@docdee770]

I'm buying a gullah-geechee cookbook come next payday.😃

[@johnchase4408]

Great stuff my brother from a darker mother. 👍👍👍

[@lynelljones2375]

3:34 Oh my! You mean to tell me my ancestors’ knowledge brought us here? We weren’t brought here to learn a trade?!?! Someone send Ron the satan this video! Shout out to my people in South Carolina and across the South! ❤✊🏿

[@jesusmark3872]

Thanks for introducing me to something new

[@naturalmysticone7721]

Today years old when I found out kumbaya is actually come by yah..... 47 years think I would have gotten that by now. It still blows my mind as to how much of history around the world has been distorted.

[@rochelleb973]

Omg!!!!! Such good food

[@katbrax8622]

Man John's and James's Islands are so Beautiful and Rich with Culture and History.🙏💯🌅💕

[@shirleytarrant8851]

Kat Brax there are more islands of Geechee culture

[@summerwinters228]

Red rice is jollof in Africa. The Spanish took it also. And the Louisiana people took it to a different level . As usual❤️

[@Njoofene]

Beautiful!

[@sandraatkins2539]

Very interesting. My beloved grandmother was from the sea islands of South Carolina. I never, never, never heard Grandmother or any of the relatives use the term Gullah. Instead, they always used the word Geechee to refer to themselves and their wonderful culture.

[@savvysavingsbys2899]

My family reunion was scheduled for a week in Charleston but the pandemic canceled all of that. Hopefully we can reschedule for 2021! I am excited to experience my West African culture!❤

[@gene7arttech]

My friend is from Senegal, who does similar dishes. I finding out more from her and our cooking culture. Example, I was making for breakfast, rice, skinned milk, sugar and nutmeg, and simmer my rice cereal. My friend said that is Sombe in her Wolof language. I'm from Baltimore, Maryland, and finding out that a lot of traditional African cooking is all ingrained in the american culture, some people may call it soul food. I also lived in Savannah, Georgia for a year and know about the low country boil, which is fish stew in Senegal. By the way, the rice cereal, in the south or some people say the country, is called Sugar Rice. 🤗

[@BodyCulinary]

Loved the video! Much appreciation for sharing. :)👩🏿‍🌾

[@denisela3403]

Yessss.... yellow grits!!! Have you gotten a hold to the Carolina gold rice. It's a rice that Sc is famous for.... ..but ......its hard to get.

[@francinedozier8508]

Yes, I grew up on "yellow grits." I live in NY now but, I love going home to South Cackalacky!

[@novinawright1228]

I was raised in SC and I've never heard of gold rice

[@27Darin]

Gold rice is nothing but butter rice

[@27Darin]

Im from St. Helena Island, SC one of many homes of the Gullah, Gheechie people.

[@barbram8001]

@@27Darin That's not true, it's a specific strain of rice.

[@emeraldrrare1163]

This is amazing the documentary made me think of the show “Gullah Gullah Island” for kids the traditions they shared is similar.God bless y’all!!!! Thank you for sharing!!!

[@joiwilliams8254]

That rice looks just like our jambalaya! There's looks delic 😋

[@aquaferme1346]

Wow, this is fascinating.... I learned something today. Being Acadian, the concept of cultural survival is very dear to my heart. all the best to the Gullah Geechee

[@stephdee3811]

Wow we've GOTTA PRESERVE....... Some of THESE historical ways....

[@karmasutra1350]

I really enjoyed this EXCELLENT video. Thank you.

[@faanengaaw7357]

im a Pacific islander & i must say deep pit cooking is changing. we here in the islands still do it the traditional way. 1. dig the hole. 2. line black stones in the pit. 3. build the fire in the pit over the stones. 4. let it burn until charred. 5. wen charred, use long stinks to spread the burned charred woods all over the pit & also take some stones out for topping. 6. place leaves in pit & start laying food items that needs to be cooked this way. 7. cover with leaves again & place the rest of the hot stones on top of the leaves. 8. place more leaves to trap in heat & to cover the inside the pit. 9. after its all done, bury the pit carefully & fully with the dirt u dug out of the pit. 10. enjoy!! ✊🏽✊🏽✌🏽✌🏽

[@howardconyers7623]

Thank you for sharing. The style of pitcooking you are referencing is a different approach to pitcooking that was done in the American South in the late 1700s and 1800s, until the 1970s.

[@faanengaaw7357]

Howard Conyers your welcome🤗

[@OlObuffalo]

Thanks for this :o)

[@nymeria7239]

Beautiful! I was glad to see Joseph Fields, he may be related to some fam in VA, who have had their land since 1847, according to family lore.

[@nalao4542]

My family's from Santee, Elloree South Carolina........when my Dad or family speak it is totally another language. You would think are these really Americans. Whole nother culture.......Gullah Geechee's we do exist.

[@rosequartz7939]

In pull up to South Carolina like “Cousinssssss” 😂😂😋

[@Melanin_Move]

Creole come from “KRIO” speakers. And this rice is from the “Jollof rice”. Many dishes managed to still be continued. In Ghana they call a dish "red red" too. Want to add, there is also another Gola tribe by Angola. On old antique maps there was an area called Galla in both East and West Africa. In close proximity of Angola and Zambia, there was a place called Gallali or it's lake in 1500s. See maps. Nice🤗

[@ms.titianabab7133]

Heavenly Beautifully Black I have tasted the Nigerian Jollof rice dish that I ate before but it tasted like New Orleans jambalaya rice

[@pimpiniseasy2778]

Most of this is incorrect

[@traceylauderdale1445]

When I was in college I took a culinary course and did a paper on the Gullah Geechee culture. I got an A on the paper and in the class.