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Remnant lingua franca spoken by isolated slaves on several islands off the southern US East Coast, with a higher concentration on Helena Island and in and around Beaufort.




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Butch, a black male in his 80s was born and raised on a farm by his grandparents and it was from his grandfather that he learned his Gullah accent. He talks about the death of Jesus, Pontius Pilot and John the Baptist.

  • ​Black Male
  • 80s
  • Cedar Grove, South Carolina

Jesus, crucifixion, Pontius Pilot, mean, John the Baptist.

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Butch, a black male in his 80s was born and raised on a farm by his grandparents and it was from his grandfather that he learned his Gullah accent. He talks about growing up, hunting, fishing and one of his family members, maybe Grandmother or sister, who worked as a cook and the foods he loved to eat.


  • ​Black Male
  • 80s
  • Cedar Grove, South Carolina

Grandfather, farm, hunting, fishing, growing up, rabbits, school, cook, beans, fish, crab, pork chops.

 
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Black Male  40s, born on St Helena Island.  Charter members of the Sea Island translation of the bible and in 2005 it was published.  Also has books of poetry. Has children, and went to school in Hampton VA.  This recording talks about his poetry and reads "Gulla Cousin to Creole.  Recorded in 2007
 
  • Black Male
  • 40s
  • St Helena Island, SC 
 
language, poetry, gulla, creole, language, 
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Conversation with Ron Daise, a performer and cultural advisor on Nickelodeon’s Gullah Gullah Island, on translating the Bible to Gullah, similarities with Gullah and Creole, the deterrent of speaking Gullah in public, DNA links of heritage, and the effects on communities when films represent their dialect or culture.

  • Male
  • 40s
  • Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, USA

Gullah, Saint Helena Island, South Carolina, Sea Islands, Bible, translation, New Testament, Spirit, Ghost, Creole, Nickelodeon, Binya, Hampton, Virginia, Geechee, Ogeechee River, Daughters of the Dust, Praise House, DNA test, Sierra Leone, West Africa, Bunce Island, rice plantations,

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Man talks about working on the show "Gullah Gullah Island", his accent, and the expectation of what "black" sounds like in Hollywood

  • ​Male, Black
  • 40s
  • St. Helena Island, South Carolina, USA

Black, male, Gullah, Island, accent, hollywood, california, South Carolina, Sea Islands, show, producer, director, culture, Gullah Gullah Island

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