New Testament in the gullah language
Last week I traveled to Gullah Gee Chee, South Carolina. Remember that cute black programming Gullah-Gullah Island? Yea, that’s where I went. The black race is definitely a community that has been deprived of our identity. Going to the Gullah Islands made me realize how much I did not know. Charleston was the first place where enslaved Africans were brought to America. This ethnographic community has been able to preserve their African heritage and build a subculture outside of the typical black-American culture. I hate reading long paragraphs so here are a few things that make the Gullah culture fascinating.
Oldest plantation in the USA, McLeod Plantation
· They believe that the ancestors are constantly among them and they are in constant contact with the spirits.
· Older homes are painted sky blue. The Gullah believe that it tricks the bad spirits from entering into “heaven.”
· The first plantation, McLeod Plantation, is located in Charleston, South Carolina
· Across from the first plantation is an African-burial ground
· The oldest living tree in located in the Gullah islands
· The famous all black opera “Porgy & Bess” was based in the Charleston and was created around a real man named Porgy whose gave is still there.
· They still have bibles translated into the Gullah language. Peep the photo with the 16th verse (John 3:16).
John 3:16 in gullah