Sherman Pyatt is the former Commissioner of Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, a lecturer and an author.

The Gullah Geechee people created their own language. Here are some common words along with their translations.

The Gullah Geechee descended from Africans enslaved on the rice, indigo and cotton plantations. Efforts are underway to ...

The Gullah Geechee Heritage Corridor stretches from the coast of Florida to the coast of North Carolina. Here's what you need ...

Whenever Nikki Williams’ feet touch the soil on Sapelo Island, Georgia, memories of her youth flood back vividly. Every fall, ...

If we don’t pass these stories down, they won’t know and won’t care and because we don’t enough, is one of the reasons I feel ...

A Riverbanks Botanical Garden workshop explored Gullah sweetgrass basketry, a Lowcountry tradition experts say is at risk due ...

As a native of Hilton Head Island, Lola Campbell grew up with a deep appreciation for her Gullah-Geechee heritage and history. Her family has been on the island for six generations and are ...