Gullah Geechee Roots on Barbados: A Diaspora Coversation
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Join Rhoda Green, founder of the Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation, for a discussion of the history of Barbadian planters and the Africans they brought to the Carolinas. The presentation will feature direct historical ties to the Goose Creek area. This program is hosted in conjunction with the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission.
I wish I could meet this woman in person, she’s so informative and has a personable vibe to her. As a young Black woman I have set a journey to understand my cultural heritage in any way possible and one part of my heritage I am proud to have from my great-grandmother is Gullah Geechee.
Also, at 44:16 she spoke about the Pinckneys it surprised me because my family that has the GG heritage has that last name spelled without the C. Just enjoying this
@@dailyn2735 my family tree also has that name
madree p We could always be related, I’m never surprised because I have cousins everywhere 😂🤗
@@dailyn2735 me too apparently. I'm one of those Ancestry DNA horror stories everyone hears about but doesn't expect it to happen to them lol. I found out that the father that I've known to be mine for 42 years was not my biological father. And both of my parents are deceased so I have no answers. No close matches either.
madree p Good evening and have you looked into any matches you have, even distant ones to see if there is a pattern?
Barbados is such a wonderful place and a cradle of history.
Barbados is very beautiful country in the Caribbean. ❤❤❤
Thank you very much.
Such a comprehensive lecture. Great job guys! Appreciated.
We are not Indians! Gullah Geechee are Afrikan decent!!
We are both hun. Gullah Geechee people aren’t a monolith.
@@Gullahbae-xm6ms having 1% Indian in your dna doesn't make you native american. Not all afrikan americans have Indian mix hun. Y'all love throwing that "monolith" word around as far as gullah, most of us stayed in one area blocked off from certain populations. We're not native americans and when you keep pushing this false narrative, you're participating in erasure of our Afrikaness.
I took 23andme DNA test and ancestry DNA test.on 23andme show 42%nigerian and far as Caribbean Jamaica st Elizabeth and st parish.and far as my ancestry DNA test first African Americans in Virginia through south Carolina and North Carolina which would be Gullah Geechie.and I think far as Caribbean Bahamas to Jamaica.
23 gave me Barbados and I’m Gullah on my mom’s side
Sadly this man does not know the map of Barbados very well . He clearly is misinformed about the following
west coast east coast
Plantations
Bridgetown
He got it all mixed up
Left side is the west coast of barbados
The right side of the map is the east coast of barbados
Bridgetown is not on the east side
SMH
Wait until yall realize nost of these people were Indians and the first negros in VA in 1619 were carib Indians.
Shout out to UBTV, Kurimeo,Research guy and this lovely lady
PS: don't forget these Irish scottish people were jacobites. Black Europeans
I love my Israelite brothers, and i do agree that we was here b4 Columbus but... the bible in the KJ version as we rereceived it is has been tampered with. We have other indigenous spiritualties that predate thaose scrolls. Its been proven that it is plagiarism. Google psalms vs the texts of Amenemope. Peace/Shalom.
Smdh
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BHM is about BLACK history!
This is black history
Um...that man pointed to opposite of what he really was referring to for some reason. None of where he pointed to on the island was correct and the Atlantic is on right of Barbados. According to him Bridgetown is in St. Philip. 🤦🏾♀️
No. ALL of Barbados is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean. On that he
is correct!
Protect and secure Black History, it's in the threat of being erased abd altered...
I need to send this video to a number of ADOS adherents who have highly problematic views of Caribbean-Americans.
It goes both ways. African Americans have developed their very own culture and languages on in the continental US, just as our brothers and sisters throughout the Caribbean. However African Americans are often told by other Blacks that we don't have a culture or that we are lost and that is clearly not the truth. Forums such as this one need to be replicated to educate those of us who are not aware of our shared history and connection to each other BOTH in the Caribbean and the US. Just for clarification it was the earlier settlers of South Carolina who came from Barbados. Later settlers came from Virginia, Germany and Ireland and of course they brought the people that they enslaved with them. Let's end the diaspora wars!
ADOS and FBA hating on Caribbean’s like we the ones that enslaved them..
@@randypaul8752 FBA, ADOS, Caribbean, Latin, and Europeans of African descent have all been adversely affected by colonialism and slavery. You're still enslaved if you don't recognize who the true haters are and how it is their goal to divide us.
@@GeeBee212 I know exactly who the real haters are. Their divide and mission has been a success. Now they bout to re conquer if we don’t unite..
@Jay Aleem did you watch the video?
Most African Americans sound not too unlike most White Southerners
Phonetics Edit
The Southern Shift and Southern Drawl: A vowel shift known as the Southern Shift, which largely defines the speech of most of the Southern United States, is the most developed both in Texas English and here in Appalachian English (located in a dialect region which The Atlas of North American English identifies as the "Inland South").[10] This involves several unique vowel changes, in three complex stages:
Stage 1: In the diphthong /aɪ/, the second half of the diphthong is often omitted (referred to as monophthongization), and it is thus pronounced similar to [äː]. (Thus, for example, the word tide in this dialect may sound to outsiders more like Todd or even tad). In extreme instances, words such as "wire," "fire," "tire," and "hired" are pronounced so as to sound completely identical to the words "war," "far," "tar," and "hard" respectively.[11]
Stage 2: The diphthong /eɪ/ begins further back and open in the mouth, so that, for example, fish bait and old lace in this dialect may sound to other English speakers more like fish bite and old lice. The vowel /ɛ/ then moves in the opposite direction and acquires a "drawl" or longer, glide-like sound quality, so that red may be said to sound more like ray-ud or rih-yud. Stage 2 is most common in heavily stressed syllables.[12]
Stage 3: The vowel /ɪ/ is pronounced higher in the mouth and with a drawl, so that hit may be said to sound like hee-it. Conversely, the vowel /i/ lowers and then glides up again, so that feet may sound more like fih-eet or fuh-eet. Stage 3 is most common in heavily stressed syllables.[12]
Lax and tense vowels often neutralize before /l/, making pairs like feel/fill and fail/fell homophones for speakers in some areas. Some speakers may distinguish between the two sets of words by reversing the normal vowel sound, e.g., feel may sound like fill, and vice versa.[13]
Short "i" and short "e" have the same pronunciation when appearing before "n" or "m" (e.g., "pen" and "pin" are both pronounced "pin"). Adjectives are often used to distinguish between the two (e.g., "ink pen", "sewing pin").[14]
Phonemic incidence Edit
Research suggests that the Appalachian dialect is one of the most distinctive and divergent dialects within the United States.[15]
An epenthetic /r/ occurs in some words such as wash, leading to the pronunciation /wɔːrʃ/.[16][17]
An "-er" sound is often used for long "o" at the end of a word. For example, hollow- "a small, sheltered valley"- is pronounced /ˈhɑlər/, homophonous with holler.[18][19] Other examples are "potato" (pronounced "tader"), "tomato" (pronounced "mader")[citation needed], and "tobacco" (pronounced "backer").[20]
H retention occurs at the beginning of certain words. It, in particular, is pronounced hit at the beginning of a sentence and also when emphasized. The word "ain't" is pronounced hain't.[21]
Participles and gerunds such as doing and mining end in /ɪn/ instead of /ɪŋ/. While this occurs to some extent in all dialects of American English, it possibly occurs with greater frequency in Southern Appalachia.[22]
Word final a is sometimes pronounced /i/, as in okra (/ˈo kʰri/).[16] Also see "opera"-->"opry" as in the "Gran' Ol' Opry" and "Dula"-->"Dooley" as in "Tom Dula" (Dooley).
Intervocalic s in greasy is pronounced /z/, as in other Southern American and some British speech. A related matter: The noun "grease" is pronounced with an "s," but this consonant turns into a "z" in the adjective and in the verb "to grease."[23]
People who live in the Appalachian dialect area or elsewhere in the South pronounce the word Appalachia with a short "a" sound (as in "latch") in the third syllable, /ˌæpəˈlætʃə/ or /ˌæpəˈlætʃiə/, while those who live outside of the Appalachian dialect area or at its outer edges tend to pronounce it with a long "a" sound (as in "lay"), /ˌæpəˈleɪʃə/.[24][25]
Phonetics Edit
The Southern Shift and Southern Drawl: A vowel shift known as the Southern Shift, which largely defines the speech of most of the Southern United States, is the most developed both in Texas English and here in Appalachian English (located in a dialect region which The Atlas of North American English identifies as the "Inland South").[10] This involves several unique vowel changes, in three complex stages:
Stage 1: In the diphthong /aɪ/, the second half of the diphthong is often omitted (referred to as monophthongization), and it is thus pronounced similar to [äː]. (Thus, for example, the word tide in this dialect may sound to outsiders more like Todd or even tad). In extreme instances, words such as "wire," "fire," "tire," and "hired" are pronounced so as to sound completely identical to the words "war," "far," "tar," and "hard" respectively.[11]
Stage 2: The diphthong /eɪ/ begins further back and open in the mouth, so that, for example, fish bait and old lace in this dialect may sound to other English speakers more like fish bite and old lice. The vowel /ɛ/ then moves in the opposite direction and acquires a "drawl" or longer, glide-like sound quality, so that red may be said to sound more like ray-ud or rih-yud. Stage 2 is most common in heavily stressed syllables.[12]
Stage 3: The vowel /ɪ/ is pronounced higher in the mouth and with a drawl, so that hit may be said to sound like hee-it. Conversely, the vowel /i/ lowers and then glides up again, so that feet may sound more like fih-eet or fuh-eet. Stage 3 is most common in heavily stressed syllables.[12]
Lax and tense vowels often neutralize before /l/, making pairs like feel/fill and fail/fell homophones for speakers in some areas. Some speakers may distinguish between the two sets of words by reversing the normal vowel sound, e.g., feel may sound like fill, and vice versa.[13]
Short "i" and short "e" have the same pronunciation when appearing before "n" or "m" (e.g., "pen" and "pin" are both pronounced "pin"). Adjectives are often used to distinguish between the two (e.g., "ink pen", "sewing pin").[14]
Phonemic incidence Edit
Research suggests that the Appalachian dialect is one of the most distinctive and divergent dialects within the United States.[15]
An epenthetic /r/ occurs in some words such as wash, leading to the pronunciation /wɔːrʃ/.[16][17]
An "-er" sound is often used for long "o" at the end of a word. For example, hollow- "a small, sheltered valley"- is pronounced /ˈhɑlər/, homophonous with holler.[18][19] Other examples are "potato" (pronounced "tader"), "tomato" (pronounced "mader")[citation needed], and "tobacco" (pronounced "backer").[20]
H retention occurs at the beginning of certain words. It, in particular, is pronounced hit at the beginning of a sentence and also when emphasized. The word "ain't" is pronounced hain't.[21]
Participles and gerunds such as doing and mining end in /ɪn/ instead of /ɪŋ/. While this occurs to some extent in all dialects of American English, it possibly occurs with greater frequency in Southern Appalachia.[22]
Word final a is sometimes pronounced /i/, as in okra (/ˈo kʰri/).[16] Also see "opera"-->"opry" as in the "Gran' Ol' Opry" and "Dula"-->"Dooley" as in "Tom Dula" (Dooley).
Intervocalic s in greasy is pronounced /z/, as in other Southern American and some British speech. A related matter: The noun "grease" is pronounced with an "s," but this consonant turns into a "z" in the adjective and in the verb "to grease."[23]
People who live in the Appalachian dialect area or elsewhere in the South pronounce the word Appalachia with a short "a" sound (as in "latch") in the third syllable, /ˌæpəˈlætʃə/ or /ˌæpəˈlætʃiə/, while those who live outside of the Appalachian dialect area or at its outer edges tend to pronounce it with a long "a" sound (as in "lay"), /ˌæpəˈleɪʃə/.[24][25]
No culture is code for nothing that is distinct from Whites nothing that doesn't either come from white people or from Africa
Example "y'all" is from white people huna,una,unu, is from Africa. Fixin' ta is white. But finna by coincidence seems influenced by Africa but not easy to prove
@@mlungisiwright yall ain't from yt people
Thank you Sista elder!!! I too have ancestry in the Carolinas! I have been searching for my ancestors and I totally agree- stick your chest out and claim those spaces and heal! Bless you and thank you.
I’m Gullah on my mom’s side and I just did 23 and me. They gave me a Barbados region. I wanna visit the Island one day.
Same here, Halifax County NC and 23andme gave me Barbados for my Additional Ancestry Region
Wish I can learn more about Barbados and Trinidad
So...if they(South Carolinians) are called "Gullah Geechee" then the original Afrikan Country where they came from prior to arriving in Barbados must have been Sierra Leone...Yes or No?
There are indigenous Bajans
It's not just in South Carolina it's coastal Georgia and Georgia Sea Islands like St. Simon (Igbos Landing folklore) and parts of Florida. They were not just from Sierra Leone. To be honest they are from the same places other African Americans are from Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, Guinea, Angola (Angola where they got words like guber, gumbo). Gullah's are distinct but most Africans who ended up in the United States were in the caribbeans first. It's just that Gullah's were more isolated so they preserved more of their cutlure. Early colonial slave owners also brought their slaves to Virginia.
@@kikikareema5912 Gullahs are also indigenous Americans and Caribbean Islanders
@@kacie0105 no they aren't even the words they use have African origins "nyam" is a fulani word for eat which is used in Gullah and in other caribbean creoles like Jamaican patio. The word gumbo comes from the word "nki gumbo" which is the bantu word for okra. Even they baskets that they make come from Sierra Leon.
@@kikikareema5912 not true. Only 70-80000 were BROKEN in the Carribean first. Most were directly for Africa. 388,000 to be exactly were directly from Africa.
If you dig deeper you will find that the Native American and native Barbados were black. Blacks people (moors) were the originators of everything that the British empire established. Even the surnames came from the Black ruling classes in Europe.The Moors who originated in North Africa conquered Spain and ruled from 711 to 1492. Overturned in 1492 at the this time Christopher Colombus land in America and saw the copper colored natives with hair texture that was kinky. Some of the moors were captured and enslaved. Some flees to Africa and were later captured and enslaved. Most of black people during slavery did not come from Africa but were already here in America. The European only modeled what blacks had established thousands of years of prior and stole our legacy after we fell. All land on this planet originated with Black people. The history that we have been taught has been corrupted and turned upside down. So don’t just think this part of our history is limited to the Caribbean. We have been deceived into thinking that the European discovered and founded what we see today but in essence they stole and copied what we have done from creation with its peak in Egypt.
Smdh
Gullah and Geechee have nothing to do with each other. Geechee is NOT African like Gullah. Anyone in SC over 50 can explain this. These 2 things got conflated when the state created tourist districts and created the Gullah-Geechee corridor. Before that Gullah and Geechee were never used together or synonymous with each other. Gullah is a dialect & culture. Geechee is an accent very specific to a small part of the SC lowcountry. The 2 most famous people associated with Geechee were white. SC Senator Earnest Fritz Hollings and long time Charleston Mayor Joe Riley.
No they were not associated with Geechee at all. It has always been historically and exclusively a black culture. They didn't even race mix due to being isolated. Stop spreading misinformation!
Thank You SO much for posting.
Gullah, are like she said-from the Caribbean or the current US and combinations thereof
As someone from the U.K. when I think of the architecture, law and things like that I’m don’t think Bajan, I think British. The laws, buildings (built by the Europeans) were pretty much the same no matter what colony you were on. The colonies laws were based on British Laws. I’m surprised it took the Brit so long to realise growing sugarcane was the way to go because the Spanish and Portuguese were growing cane from about the 1500. Interesting talk. Thank you 🙏😏