Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For generations, Gullah families on Hilton Head Island have preserved their language, traditions and deep connection to the land.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — From The Lowcountry to The Ivy Leagues! This Gullah Connections story shares how the Gullah language is breaking barriers in higher education and the man behind it all, Sunn ...

Charleston filmmaker Tony Bell was skeptical when filmmaker Jessica Marcy, then based in Washington, D.C., contacted him about collaborating on a film about trees and the Lowcountry. “Every time ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Performing artists will take the stage, passing down the stories of enslaved Gullah Geechee people through spoken word, songs, drumming, storytelling and more at the Day of ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission hosted its second annual Gullah Convening dedicated to celebrating, preserving, and investing in the living culture ...

The Gullah-Geechee people are descendants of West Africans who settled on coastal islands from North Carolina to Georgia. The Voices of Gullah is a singing group composed of members in their 70s and ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCIV) — Hamlin Beach is one of the Lowcountry’s many Gullah Geechee communities with a rich history dating back to after the Civil War. Those living in the community say they’re ...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND — Southern author William Faulkner famously wrote, “The past is never dead. It’s not even the past.” It’s hard to imagine a story in which the past is as close to the surface as ...

Passionate about the legacy of her artform, master craftswoman and basket maker Jery Bennett Taylor (b.1953) has been honoring her Gullah Geechee heritage for almost seven decades. The Gullah Geechee ...