Etsy has teamed up with Nest to welcome South Carolina's famous Gullah basket weavers to the Etsy marketplace. Using a combination of sweetgrass, pine needles, bulrush, and palmetto palm, the Gullah ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...

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 dedicated ...

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. THEN SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED ...

One of the strongest traditions in Gullah or Geechee, is basket weaving. One of the strongest traditions in Gullah, also sometimes referred to as Geechee, is basket weaving. Many enslaved West ...

Enslavers intentionally separated captured Africans from the same village or region to reduce the likelihood of rebellion. Lowcountry enslavers kept many captured Africans on the nearby islands.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – While on a two-day bus tour through southeast Georgia, Vice President Harris made a stop to purchase a traditional Gullah sweetgrass basket from a native of Charleston. On ...

I started 2023 off with a trip exploring the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. Excitement was an understatement when I first learned about the trip. I’d known of the Gullah people from ...

You don’t have to go to Charleston or Savannah to see the rich cultural history of the Gullah Geechee community. It’s all around Horry and Georgetown counties, although some of it may be hidden, said ...