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Black History Resources: Gullah Culture

Check out the SC State Library's collection of works on Gullah culture

Vibration cooking, or, the travel notes of a Geechee girl

African American life in the Georgia Lowcountry: the Atlantic world and the Gullah Geechee

The legacy of Ibo landing : Gullah roots of African American culture

Reminiscences of Sea Island heritage

The Gullah people and their African heritage

Row upon row: sea grass baskets of the South Carolina lowcountry

Gullah culture in America

Sweetgrass baskets and the Gullah tradition

Gullah branches, West African roots

Coming through: voices of a South Carolina Gullah community from WPA oral histories

Gullah images: the art of Jonathan Green

When roots die: endangered traditions on the Sea Islands

Penn Center: A History Preserved

Hoodoo medicine : Gullah herbal remedies

Daufuskie Island: photographs

Lorenzo Dow Turner: father of Gullah studies

St. Helena Island Gullah : the voice of an island.

Talking to the dead : religion, music, and lived memory among Gullah-Geechee women

Ain't you got a right to the tree of life?: the people of Johns Island, South Carolina

Africanisms in the Gullah Dialect

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Resources on Gullah history and culture in South Carolina

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Search the SCLENDS catalog to find more print books, children's books, CDs, DVDs, and more from participating libraries across the state. Apply for a SC State Library card to borrow these materials.

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