Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says ...

Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved in coastal areas of the southeastern United States. They held onto traditions from Africa and mixed them with new ones, forming ...

Alexander Smalls is Southern through and through. “I’m like Faulkner,” he says. “We put commas, not periods on everything—it’s never over.” This sentiment rings true not only in his storytelling but ...

On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, I met Benjamin “BJ” Dennis at the James Island Sunday Brunch Farmers Market. We pause in front of the Simmons Farm stand to shake sand out of my shoes — ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Taylor and Curtis Washington closed their 2 Chefs Gullah Geechee Restaurant more than a year ago but you can still sample their cooking through their catering company. Soon, you ...

PORT WENTWORTH, Ga. (WTOC) - Port Wentworth held their first Gullah Geechee Festival Saturday, celebrating the strong culture in the Savannah area with history storytelling and Gullah Geechee inspired ...

Bittle fuh tas'e 'e mout' (Food to put a good taste in the mouth: Appetizers) -- Bittle fuh greese 'e mout' (Food to grease the mouth: Meats, stews, and so on) -- Bittle fuh full e' mout' (Food to ...

Sallie Ann Robinson grew up poor, one of 10 children, on Daufuskie Island, off the coast of South Carolina. She was 10 when author Pat Conroy came in 1969 to teach the island children, an experience ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. To me, crab rice is one of the most underrated, well-kept, and well-loved recipes from out of the Lowcountry, the geographic and cultural region ...

When Kamili Anderson moved to North Carolina in 2009, she was surprised to hear people talking about Gullah Geechee heritage.