Gullah African Culture in South Carolina

“Mek yo do’ come en shay dis yuh bile pindah wid me?” Read this sentence for me. What does it say?

“Mek yo do’ come en shay dis yuh bile pindah wid me?” What does it say? “Why don’t you come and share these boiled peanuts with me?”

Slaves kept their culture alive with Gullah. What is Gullah? It is a mixture of English and African languages. Let’s listen to some Gullah words.

Gullah is also a culture, the way a group of people live.

- storytelling - sweet grass baskets - foods with African roots: gumbo, yams, hoppin’ johns - music

Storytelling - They would tell stories, thus passing them down through the generations. Let’s listen to a Gullah story. Listen carefully because it is narrated in Gullah. dex.html

Food - yams - gumbo - hoppin’ johns

Sweet, Sweet Basket Sweet grass baskets are important to South Carolina because this is the only place in the United States where people still make them! They pass on the tradition!

Music - spirituals -They sang as they worked in the fields. -drums and dancing Let’s listen to some Gullah music.

Gullah African Culture in South Carolina