1
: a member of a group of Black people inhabiting the sea islands and coastal districts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida
2
: an English-based creole spoken by the Gullahs that is marked by vocabulary and grammatical elements from various African languages
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It’s set in 1902, in a Gullah community on an island off the coast of Georgia, where a large extended family is preparing to move to the North.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Across 100 affordable and approachable recipes, Brown takes new cooking enthusiasts and veteran chefs alike through the legacy of the Gullah Geechee people with a mixture of personal and historical references.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The three of us talked about the Gullah Geechee and the efforts to preserve their history.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
The program also gives their families seeds to start home gardens to cultivate Gullah land connections that have been lost to time, off-island migration, and encroaching development.
—Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Across 100 affordable and approachable recipes, Brown takes new cooking enthusiasts and veteran chefs alike through the legacy of the Gullah Geechee people with a mixture of personal and historical references.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025
The three of us talked about the Gullah Geechee and the efforts to preserve their history.
—Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
The program also gives their families seeds to start home gardens to cultivate Gullah land connections that have been lost to time, off-island migration, and encroaching development.
—Cynthia R. Greenlee, Bon Appétit, 28 Feb. 2025
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“Gullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gullah. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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