That's amazing! It was such a joy to learn about Gullah-Geechee history and culture during the making of this video, and an honour to connect with the communities. It was surprising to me how many people in the US have never heard of the Gullah-Geechee! I hope more and more people begin to learn about and appreciate the Gullah-Geechee communities.
@@laquonreid293 Nah it stretches down that whole coast down to FL. Gullah Geechee folk are everywhere now. There’s a grip of Geechee folk in almost every state in the south lol
@@nerdycreole4518 how do "you" tell a "Gullah" who is born and raised, and still here about gullahgeechee culture?? Look at my comment and the initial comment I replied too. Stay in context
Freedom Is Mine Official One book I recommend is Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color Book, look up calas which is a rice fritter that the enslaved vendor women sold, famous chef Leah Chase who’s the inspiration for princess & the frogs. Hurricane Katrina that devastated the city of Ne Orleans, Louisiana voodoo queen Marie Laveau, Louisiana Creole food, zydeco music, jazz funerals, second lines, black Mardi Gras traditions, the Louisiana Creole langue called kouri vini, Jazz, tignon head wrap law, & it so much material to look up.
Thank you for the book recommendation and all the detailed cultural references! It's going to make for some fascinating reading. What a wonderful coincidence that you should mention Marie Laveau, I was just reading about her recently! I will definitely look into doing a video on this later in the year, thank you for the recommendation!
Freedom Is Mine Official you are welcome also look up Rose Nicaud she was Calas(rice fritter ball) lady who sold calas to purchased her freedom & her Louisiana chicory Coffee ☕️ & pralines ladies as well who also sold these candies to purchase their freedom. Like the Gullah Geechee Creoles of Louisiana, USA kept a strong hold of their cultural identity. Gumbo, jambalaya, Étouffée, & many delicious cuisines are very important staples of our cuisine & yes very rich flavors & a kick of spice.
They try to say that far in Louisiana the black creoles was added on to the creoles that are french and Spanish and native American.its like saying we accept the black as creoles but they are not real creoles.i believe the Louisiana creole people of color they are connected to Haitian the Haitian was the first African there and they left there mark.same as they did in Chicago
My absolute pleasure! I have so much admiration for you and your platform! Happy Gullah Geechee heritage month! This month is also Black History Month in the UK! 🖤✊🏽🥰
I believe that from a slavery standpoint many of the greater body of African-Americans came from this region and have a lot of back roots to this region. So this is not a distinct difference this is more about a people who kept the traditions and the culture.
Waiting on one for Louisiana. There's much history and culture you can speak on. From the first Black Mayor (Pierre Caliste Landry) to Ferguson vs Plessy to the largest EnSlaved Uprising. Carnaval Masquerades, Zydeco and Trail Rides, Creole Quilters, Creole cooking and language (Kouri Vini) in the Lafayette area You could spend a whole video just in New Orleans about Black Masking Indian culture, The Babydoll culture, Secondline Sunday and funeral traditions, Congo Square, food, music and more.
The strangest thing about the Gullah is most black Americans watched the children's show Gullah Gullah Island as children but most of us never heard of Gullah people until now. It seems they have only been recognized only in the last 5 years. Some are even asked if they are from the Caribbeans by other black Americans. I think it's because social media now provides us with more videos so now we can see individuals making videos about their culture and way of life. It's funny because as black Americans who descend from the slavery in the U.S. we were told that none of us preserved our African heritage with the exception of the creoles of color in Louisiana who have some level of voodoo left in their culture. Even during our childhood our schools really never talked about them. Most of the people who actually identify as African American are those who descend from U.S. slavery other black people whose parents come from Nigeria or Jamaica or DR etc identify with their parent's countries and say they are Nigerian American, Jamaican American, Dominican, Haitian etc.
Wow, what an amazing insight, thank you for sharing! Agreed, it's wonderful that the Gullah Geechee communities are receiving more recognition, both nationally and internationally. And as you say, social media has been a big part of that, as members of the community have created their own educational and cultural platforms. Theirs is a fascinating history!
My momma used to always say someone was speaking Geechee if someone was taking too fast and was hard to understand. I was very familiar with the word and that it suggested a different speech pattern, but i didnt understand it was a culture and was connected to the show until I went to college.
Exactly the definition African American means enslaved Africans brought to USA!! all other African diaspora people who CHOSE to come to USA are immigrants and go by the country origin-American, ex Bahamian American!!
@@OhDatsJaVion actually and you might be surprised to learn this African American really refers enslaved Africans brought to the Americas which include the Carribean and South America
Oh she Don finally crack e teet about we! Tenki Tenki! Also we’re in North Carolina too. Also.... the Gullah diaspora is pretty interesting. We’re in Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico.
Tenki tenki for watching! The Gullah diaspora is fascinating, with a beautiful language and culture. It was an honour to make this video. Thanks again for watching!
Tenki Tenki to YOU for teaching me a word in Gullah! I love learning languages so that's really made me smile. I will have to learn some more words in Gullah. The video was an honour and a pleasure to make. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Freedom Is Mine Official Here are a few: “Nyam, bukra, Tenki, oonah, Gwine, de, tittuh, Krak teet, coota ,enty, and E”. Of course, many of these words are used in other languages in the family tree such as Bahamian Creole, Sierra Leone Krio, Afro-Seminole Creole, Jamaican patois, etc. If you want you can look up the “Geechee Experience” TH-cam channel. They try to teach Gullah geechee slang and the cultural history. We even have a BIBLE written in the Gullah format called De Gullah “Nyew Testament” (with translation). Again thank you so much for teaching this to people because we are a very closed off community that no one has ever really herd of until now. Not even by other African Americans. “Tenk Gawd fa mi ancestas” (thank god for my ancestors) and “Gawd bless hunnuh and hunnuh famlee” (God bless you and your family)🙌🏿
Wow thank you for teaching and sharing! This is fantastic! Yes Chris and Akua from Geechee Experience were wonderfully helpful and supportive during the making of the video, I am in awe of the amazing work they do 💜
I know of Patois because of what I speak in Jamaica now I am learning of Gullah wow we say tenki for thanks also. This is an eye-opener for me, thanks for sharing.
@@yusefnegaoThe earliest imported Africans did include Angolans, so the theory is Gullah was first from ‘Ngola. As agricultural capitalism took off, with slavery as its engine, rice-growing people from West Africa were imported heavily, like the Gola people. Ironically, the Gullah language borrows most of its words from English and most of its syntax from Twi. We all mix up, 😆❤️🌾
Thank you! And yes of course: we used as reference for the thumbnail illustration images of the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters' performance from the Original Gullah Festival, May 2019.
Hey Anthony, thanks for watching! I'd love to learn more about Geechee culture in Mississippi and Louisiana! Can you send me more info? My email is in the video description 🙏🏽
Why do some say gulla geeche african American are of african decent while others blacks say the gullah geeche are of native American decent when its obvious its of more african decent
To my Gullah/Geechees... The name Gullah is in the Strong's Bible dictionary as a Hebrew name on the Hebrew section 1353 (Please look this up for yourselves) . Yah'll (we) are Hebrews. Our names were not mis-pronounced as Angola or Golas although some of our ancestors were from there. Geechees are the Yamasee or Yahmassee (Yah) (Yahweh) who were also Hebrews (Maroons, Guale, Yamacraw, Creek Aborigines) Cum-by-Yah, Ah-ha-Yah, We-Ben-Yah (We Son of Yah), Hallelu-Yah
@@amcm7409 I know you want to remain a slave so bad. I am so sorry, but the so called Gallahs and Geechees had history before slavery. I know, it is a hard thing to swallow, but we were a blessed people before bondage.
The Gullah Geechee culture stretches from Jacksonville, Nc to Jacksonville, Fl. I am Gullah-Geechee from NC. Thank you for sharing.
That's amazing! It was such a joy to learn about Gullah-Geechee history and culture during the making of this video, and an honour to connect with the communities. It was surprising to me how many people in the US have never heard of the Gullah-Geechee! I hope more and more people begin to learn about and appreciate the Gullah-Geechee communities.
@@LADYYATE lol no
😒 actually, it stretches from Charleston south Carolina and Beaufort by way of Sierra Leone and Angola.. I'm gullah!
@@laquonreid293 Nah it stretches down that whole coast down to FL. Gullah Geechee folk are everywhere now. There’s a grip of Geechee folk in almost every state in the south lol
@@nerdycreole4518 how do "you" tell a "Gullah" who is born and raised, and still here about gullahgeechee culture?? Look at my comment and the initial comment I replied too. Stay in context
You should do a show on the Afro Louisiana Creoles (my heritage).
Yes that would be interesting! Do you have any particular recommendations of reading materials?
Freedom Is Mine Official One book I recommend is Creole: The History and Legacy of Louisiana's Free People of Color
Book, look up calas which is a rice fritter that the enslaved vendor women sold, famous chef Leah Chase who’s the inspiration for princess & the frogs. Hurricane Katrina that devastated the city of Ne Orleans, Louisiana voodoo queen Marie Laveau, Louisiana Creole food, zydeco music, jazz funerals, second lines, black Mardi Gras traditions, the Louisiana Creole langue called kouri vini, Jazz, tignon head wrap law, & it so much material to look up.
Thank you for the book recommendation and all the detailed cultural references! It's going to make for some fascinating reading. What a wonderful coincidence that you should mention Marie Laveau, I was just reading about her recently! I will definitely look into doing a video on this later in the year, thank you for the recommendation!
Freedom Is Mine Official you are welcome also look up Rose Nicaud she was Calas(rice fritter ball) lady who sold calas to purchased her freedom & her Louisiana chicory Coffee ☕️ & pralines ladies as well who also sold these candies to purchase their freedom. Like the Gullah Geechee Creoles of Louisiana, USA kept a strong hold of their cultural identity. Gumbo, jambalaya, Étouffée, & many delicious cuisines are very important staples of our cuisine & yes very rich flavors & a kick of spice.
They try to say that far in Louisiana the black creoles was added on to the creoles that are french and Spanish and native American.its like saying we accept the black as creoles but they are not real creoles.i believe the Louisiana creole people of color they are connected to Haitian the Haitian was the first African there and they left there mark.same as they did in Chicago
Why am I just now seeing this 😭😭😭 thank you for showing us love 💚💚💚 This month is Gullah Geechee Heritage Month 💛
My absolute pleasure! I have so much admiration for you and your platform! Happy Gullah Geechee heritage month! This month is also Black History Month in the UK! 🖤✊🏽🥰
I believe that from a slavery standpoint many of the greater body of African-Americans came from this region and have a lot of back roots to this region. So this is not a distinct difference this is more about a people who kept the traditions and the culture.
@Bougie Barb so we been here and gulla/geeche was Imported?
Naw Gullah Geechees have their own culture. There are lot of customs seen in GG culture that isn’t seen in AA culture.
@South Side FACTS LOL
Don't count out Virginia and Maryland
Thank you for sharing, now I can see more!
i honestly did not know about the gullah geechee. i learned something today.
Waiting on one for Louisiana. There's much history and culture you can speak on.
From the first Black Mayor (Pierre Caliste Landry) to Ferguson vs Plessy to the largest EnSlaved Uprising.
Carnaval Masquerades, Zydeco and Trail Rides, Creole Quilters, Creole cooking and language (Kouri Vini) in the Lafayette area
You could spend a whole video just in New Orleans about Black Masking Indian culture, The Babydoll culture, Secondline Sunday and funeral traditions, Congo Square, food, music and more.
Wow, thank you so much for all this rich information! 😍
Thank you for this wonderful video. So proud of my Gullah heritage.
Thank you so much for watching! 🥰
The strangest thing about the Gullah is most black Americans watched the children's show Gullah Gullah Island as children but most of us never heard of Gullah people until now. It seems they have only been recognized only in the last 5 years. Some are even asked if they are from the Caribbeans by other black Americans. I think it's because social media now provides us with more videos so now we can see individuals making videos about their culture and way of life. It's funny because as black Americans who descend from the slavery in the U.S. we were told that none of us preserved our African heritage with the exception of the creoles of color in Louisiana who have some level of voodoo left in their culture. Even during our childhood our schools really never talked about them. Most of the people who actually identify as African American are those who descend from U.S. slavery other black people whose parents come from Nigeria or Jamaica or DR etc identify with their parent's countries and say they are Nigerian American, Jamaican American, Dominican, Haitian etc.
Wow, what an amazing insight, thank you for sharing! Agreed, it's wonderful that the Gullah Geechee communities are receiving more recognition, both nationally and internationally. And as you say, social media has been a big part of that, as members of the community have created their own educational and cultural platforms. Theirs is a fascinating history!
@@FreedomIsMineOfficial Can you Louisiana Creole video? I guess some of the Cajuns also have some African heritage.
My momma used to always say someone was speaking Geechee if someone was taking too fast and was hard to understand. I was very familiar with the word and that it suggested a different speech pattern, but i didnt understand it was a culture and was connected to the show until I went to college.
Exactly the definition African American means enslaved Africans brought to USA!! all other African diaspora people who CHOSE to come to USA are immigrants and go by the country origin-American, ex Bahamian American!!
@@OhDatsJaVion actually and you might be surprised to learn this African American really refers enslaved Africans brought to the Americas which include the Carribean and South America
This was fantastic! Thank you xxx
You should do a video on the wider African Americans like the rest of us outside of the Gullah
I must say I love the way they sing in the beginning of your video its beautiful
Thank you so much! The singer did a great job, I will pass on your feedback! 😊
Oh she Don finally crack e teet about we! Tenki Tenki! Also we’re in North Carolina too. Also.... the Gullah diaspora is pretty interesting. We’re in Oklahoma, Texas, and Mexico.
Tenki tenki for watching! The Gullah diaspora is fascinating, with a beautiful language and culture. It was an honour to make this video. Thanks again for watching!
My maternal grandfather was apparently a Gullah; extended family from South Carolina, Georgia, and Northern Florida.
What a beautiful family history!
Tenki Tenki! (That means thank you in Gullah) for sharing this largely mis understood part of our African American history. ✊🏿
Tenki Tenki to YOU for teaching me a word in Gullah! I love learning languages so that's really made me smile. I will have to learn some more words in Gullah. The video was an honour and a pleasure to make. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Freedom Is Mine Official Here are a few: “Nyam, bukra, Tenki, oonah, Gwine, de, tittuh, Krak teet, coota ,enty, and E”. Of course, many of these words are used in other languages in the family tree such as Bahamian Creole, Sierra Leone Krio, Afro-Seminole Creole, Jamaican patois, etc.
If you want you can look up the “Geechee Experience” TH-cam channel. They try to teach Gullah geechee slang and the cultural history. We even have a BIBLE written in the Gullah format called De Gullah “Nyew Testament” (with translation). Again thank you so much for teaching this to people because we are a very closed off community that no one has ever really herd of until now. Not even by other African Americans.
“Tenk Gawd fa mi ancestas” (thank god for my ancestors) and “Gawd bless hunnuh and hunnuh famlee” (God bless you and your family)🙌🏿
Wow thank you for teaching and sharing! This is fantastic! Yes Chris and Akua from Geechee Experience were wonderfully helpful and supportive during the making of the video, I am in awe of the amazing work they do 💜
I know of Patois because of what I speak in Jamaica now I am learning of Gullah wow we say tenki for thanks also. This is an eye-opener for me, thanks for sharing.
We don't only practice "Christianity "! Ifa, hoodoo has long been our spiritual practices since amerikkkan slavery!
Ifa is new to the U.S. right because we didn't have many Yorubas like in Brazil and Cuba?
the t.v show gullah gullah island where about a gullah geeche family. thanks for telling our story
1:15 they also have some Angolan origins aswell shown by some of their words descending from Kikongo,Umbundu and Kimbundu words.
Yes but it’s minor Angola culture is stronger with the palenqueros in Colombia 🇨🇴
Gullah-Seminole wars and revolts
Gechee's are a Bantu people from what we call Angola today. There is a connection to the Ogechee River in Georgia. It means "People of the river".
Not Angolans
Angola weren’t rice cultivators
@@yusefnegaoThe earliest imported Africans did include Angolans, so the theory is Gullah was first from ‘Ngola. As agricultural capitalism took off, with slavery as its engine, rice-growing people from West Africa were imported heavily, like the Gola people. Ironically, the Gullah language borrows most of its words from English and most of its syntax from Twi. We all mix up, 😆❤️🌾
They were in north Carolina as well
Dass we! 🌴🌴
Geechee kunda ✊🏾 wa kanda 🤔
Beautiful
nice
Nice video, could I ask where the pictures of national dress on the thumbnail are from?
Thank you! And yes of course: we used as reference for the thumbnail illustration images of the Geechee Gullah Ring Shouters' performance from the Original Gullah Festival, May 2019.
How about the Geechee culture and people in Mississippi and Louisiana.
Hey Anthony, thanks for watching! I'd love to learn more about Geechee culture in Mississippi and Louisiana! Can you send me more info? My email is in the video description 🙏🏽
A lot of the people Gullah/Geechee in dem locations migrated from the coastal regions.
Nope it ain’t no Gullah culture over there i heard how y’all talk and I’m Gullah born and raised there is no similarity
If it is i know it’s watered down
There's no Gullah in Louisiana, idk about Mississippi
Gullah and Geechee mean the same thing it's not really much of a difference just more deep-rooted.
False, Gullah is my people, geechee is our language!
@@laquonreid4934 they dont have their own language
@@13579hee yes we do! Gullah is Creole language. Look it up!
Why do some say gulla geeche african American are of african decent while others blacks say the gullah geeche are of native American decent when its obvious its of more african decent
Because of self hate and wanting to feel more connected to this land when they were constantly told they didn’t belong in the past
U are right I'm Cherokee as well
Do yall know that yall are the original Israelites of the Bible
Go create your own channel and share your info there
@@yusefnegao I was simply asking
@@yusefnegao I was putting people on game
To my Gullah/Geechees... The name Gullah is in the Strong's Bible dictionary as a Hebrew name on the Hebrew section 1353 (Please look this up for yourselves)
. Yah'll (we) are Hebrews. Our names were not mis-pronounced as Angola or Golas although some of our ancestors were from there. Geechees are the Yamasee or Yahmassee (Yah) (Yahweh) who were also Hebrews (Maroons, Guale, Yamacraw, Creek Aborigines) Cum-by-Yah, Ah-ha-Yah, We-Ben-Yah (We Son of Yah), Hallelu-Yah
@@amcm7409 I know you want to remain a slave so bad. I am so sorry, but the so called Gallahs and Geechees had history before slavery. I know, it is a hard thing to swallow, but we were a blessed people before bondage.
@@amcm7409 You want me to put the Bible down and believe that all we are are slaves? Never!!!!
@Bougie Barb What did it say the name Gullah mean when you looked it up?
I agree
@@ronaldjohnson783 I agree they are Israelites Deuteromony 28:15-68 show you