Charleston Continues de #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week Celebration

Charleston Continues de #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week Celebration

By Gullah Gee Chee 

Queen Quet, WoSe & The Charleston RiverDogs!!!

Published on Jul 30, 2012

Queen Quet emphasizes that the week is not about preservation. "Preserving in our culture is just put it in the jar, lock it up, put it on a shelf, and look at it until you're ready to open that and do away with the contents," she says. "We don't want to preserve. We want it continued, so it's vital that people continue to understand the dynamics of our self-determination, our human rights protection."

The Gullah Geechee culture sprang up on the sea islands of the American Southeast as Africans came to the country in chains and developed new foodways and a distinctive creole language. "Cum fa jayn we" (Come join us)

The Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ for 2012 will be the "Gullah/Geechee Jubilee." The event will return to Charleston County, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. This will be the culmination of "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" in Charleston, SC.

The week begins at the July 29, 2012 RiverDogs Baseball game and continues with supporting numerous Gullah/Geechee events throughout the week including...

Saturday AUG 5th: Charleston Maritime Center in downtown Charleston, SC. Admission is $7 per person and $20 for family of 4.

Noon-1 pm Opening Drum Circle and Libation Ceremony featuring WOSEOFCHARLESTON African Drummers and Dancers

(Bring your drums and tamborines.)

The Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ was co-founded by Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Kwame Sha of All Mobile Productions™ (AMP™). The festival moves to different parts of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the Gullah/Geechee Diaspora highlighting the history, heritage and culture of the living legacy of Gullah/Geechees worldwide. Natives of the culture provide presentations, tours, workshops, crafts, and merchandise at the event every year. 

Cum shout wid we at de jublee!

Queen Quet, Chieftess and Elder Carlie Towne, Minister of Information for the Gullah/Geechee Nation with Mayor Tecklenberg of Charleston, SC as he presents the "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week Proclamation" during the "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival." http://www.gullahgeechee.info

The City  of Charleston, SC is where "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" all began so it was extremely appropriate that this was the city that culminated the celebration.  Mayor Tecklenberg and his wife Sandy were there for the libation ceremony and they participated in the "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™."  De ancestas bin da shout fa disya week fa be a blessin!  Tenki Tenki Chucktown fa de love and Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation!

www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Cutting Up at the Charleston RiverDogs Ball Park!!!!!!!

Hampton County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week

Hampton County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week

Hampton County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Hampton County, SC proclaimed its second "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!"  The proclamation was to be presented during the "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™," but was presented at the Hampton County Council meeting just after the conclusion of the celebration for the official record.  Tenki Tenki ta Hampton County!

Hampton Cty Gullah:Geechee Nation Appreciation Week Proclamation

Tune een fa yeddi de proclamation presentation frum de fuss year:

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and Chairman Shedron Williams of Hampton County Council stand proudly together as "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" was first proclaimed in Hampton County.

Gullah/Geechee Knows Emanuel Premieres at Moja Celebration

Gullah/Geechee Knows Emanuel Premieres at Moja Celebration

The Gullah/Geechee Angel Network and Carlie Towne Productions in collaboration with Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition will bring to the Moja Celebration stage the new dramatic presentation, "Gullah/Geechee Knows Emanuel: A Gullah/Geechee Story" on Saturday, October 8, 2016 at the Pointe Center at 4870 Piedmont Avenue in North Charleston, SC at 7 pm.

“Gullah/Geechee Knows Emanuel: A Gullah/Geechee Story” will take the audience on a journey through the Gullah/Geechee memories of the history of Emmanuel in Charleston, SC from the founding of Emanuel AME by Denmark Vesey and Gullah Jack to the tragic slaying of nine members of Emanuel AME in 2015. The history and legacy of the unity of the Gullah/Geechee family emerges in this dramatic presentation that retells the memories of Gullah/Geechees that have had to survive from chattel enslavement and make it to the human rights movement era. In the midst of it all, they know that GOD has kept them being able to keep their traditions and sustain their legacy. So, they come together to continue to hold one another up and educate their children on how to thrive and survive in faith as they remember Emmanuel.

For tickets go to https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pe.c/10105929

For more information call (843) 735-2189 or email GullGeeCo@aol.com.

Cum shout wid we!

It takes a Village 

Gullah/Geechee Nation Literacy Celebration by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Gullah/Geechee Nation Literacy Celebration

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General stated “Literacy is a foundation to build a more sustainable future for all.”  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is an author that is a native of St. Helena Island, SC.  She is the only Gullah/Geechee to have been taped at UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France.  This was done during the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights when she was asked to come to a United Nations Conference at UNESCO Headquarters and was filmed telling the human rights story of the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

Queen Quet is a global literacy advocate that is standing with other world leaders in forwarding the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development which includes Sustainable Development Goal 4 that aims to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all”.  So, to that end, she will host the“Gullah/Geechee Nation Literacy Celebration” which is part of the “Gullah/Geechee Living History Series” at the St. Helena Branch Library at 6355 Jonathan Francis Drive on historic St. Helena Island, SC on Wednesday, September 7, 2016 from Noon to 6:30 pm.

This year marks the 50th Anniversary of International Literacy Day and UNESCO is celebrating it under the banner “Reading the Past, Writing the Future”. International Literacy Day 2016 celebrates and honors the past five decades of national and international engagement, efforts and progress made to increase literacy rates around the world. It also addresses current challenges and looks to innovative solutions to further boost literacy in the future.

Fifty years ago, UNESCO officially proclaimed 8 September International Literacy Day to actively mobilize the international community and to promote literacy as an instrument to empower individuals, communities and societies.  So, the “Gullah/Geechee Nation Literacy Celebration” will begin before the day that the entire international community will join in this annual celebration.  The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition is encouraging people to come in and meet the authors and purchase and check out books on the 7th and then have family, library, school, and community center read-ins on September 8th and 9th.  They are also encouraging aspiring writers to come to the St. Helena Branch Library to learn about the book publishing technology and software that is available to the community between September 7th and 9th.

Authors on September 7th will include Queen Quet, David Grimm, Lynn Bryant, Shiela Martina, and JD Horn.  Special guests readings will also be done from the works of Heyward Inabinett and Mary Alice Monroe.  Come out to enjoy the history, biographies, and the novels that each of these authors has been inspired to write due to their connections to Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage and traditions.  For the schedule of readings and dialogues with the authors, email GullGeeCo@aol.com or call (843) 255-6486.

“Support the legacy of the Gullah/Geechee by continuing to promote literacy!”

www.gullahgeecheenation.com

A Vanishing History: Gullah Geechee Nation

Colleton County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Colleton County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) proudly stands with Librarian Shiela Martina and the Colleton Memorial Library Family as she has for more than a decade. She is thankful that Colleton County continues to support Gullah/Geechee education and "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!"

Colleton County, SC continues its participation in celebration "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" for the second year.  Tune een fa yeddi de proclamation!

Georgetown County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Georgetown County Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Georgetown County, SC continued its participation in "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!"  They presented Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation with the proclamation during a county council meeting.

Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ 2017

Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™ 2017

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Cum fa jayn we pun historic St. Helena Island, SC een de Gullah/Geechee Nation fa de 12th Annual "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™"

August 4-6, 2017

"Fa We Ancestas"

gwine tek place wid disya gwine on

Friday

Gullah/Geechee Luncheon

De Gullah Root Experience Tour (www.gullahgeechee.us)

Tribute to the Ancestors at the Ocean

Saturday-Gullah/Geechee Reunion Day

"Juke Joint Jam"

Sunday

Worship wid de Gullah/Geechee Famlee

Gullah/Geechee Beach Party

Fa mo info email GullGeeCo@aol.com.

www.gullahgeechee.info

Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™

2009 Festival highlights! 

Oyotunji African Village Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Oyotunji African Village Proclaims #GullahGeechee Nation Appreciation Week!

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Alase Oba Adefunmi Adejuyigbe and Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) came together at Oyotunji African Village in the Gullah/Geechee Nation for the proclamation of "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2016!"  Yeddi disya! Asé!

www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Glynn County & Brunswick Proclaim Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!

Glynn County & Brunswick Proclaim Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Glynn County and the City of Brunswick, GA Proclaim Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week on the annual "Queen Quet Day" in Brunswick.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) was given that honor and a key several years ago.  Local Gullah/Geechee can now expand from the one day celebration to the celebration of the entire "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" countywide!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com), Kwame Sha, Co-Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™, and Gullah/Geechee Nation Representative Anita Collins proudly accept "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" proclamations from Glynn County and Brunswick in the Georgia area of the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  www.gullahgeecheenation.com