Black landowners from a tiny island community founded by freed slaves are back in a Georgia court fighting to move ahead with ...

With strands of sweetgrass and a bent tip weaving tool, Andrea Cayetano-Jefferson spends several hours weaving intricate sweetgrass baskets from the Gullah culture. From Feb. 21-22, the UConn Black ...

Gullah basket-weaver Nancy White at work . The previous initiative, featuring Gee’s Bend quilters, seems to have yielded positive outcomes, according to testimonials provided by some of the ...

Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of Gullah Geechee heritage, and now he honors and preserves it. A native of ...

A tradition kept alive for generations to remember where they came from When the pandemic hit, Annie Cayetano-Jefferson, a sixth generation Gullah basket weaver, explored how to get their products ...

Cayetano-Jefferson does not embrace everything about The South, but her Gullah Geechee heritage that includes hand weaving baskets is a major exception. The American craft dates back to the 1700s ...

Hemingway, who is Gullah, will be the first to tell you that the Gullah Geechee people are more than sweetgrass baskets that are sold along the side of the road to tourists.

On Saturday, Riverbanks Botanical Garden hosted a Gullah sweetgrass basket class, teaching locals about African American heritage and South Carolina traditions. Skip Navigation.

A sacred tradition with West African roots, a skill woven into the Gullah Geechee culture that descendants of slaves are fighting to preserve: the unique art of basket weaving. On Highway 17, just ...

One obvious Gullah Geechee cultural aspect that remains evident among the African Seminoles in Red Bays is basket sewing. The art of coiling baskets made of sweetgrass began in West Africa.

A tradition kept alive for generations to remember where they came from When the pandemic hit, Annie Cayetano-Jefferson, a sixth generation Gullah basket weaver, explored how to get their products ...