Corey Alston has been weaving sweetgrass baskets for 23 years. The tradition he carries stretches back through generations of ...

From food, songs and even decor, Gullah-Geechee heritage can be found all across the island. “Put simply, my inspiration and mission is to preserve, share and educate people about the Gullah ...

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

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.

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.

Sweetgrass basket-making is a tradition that is rooted in Africa and has been kept alive by the Gullah people of South Carolina. From simple patterns to intricate works of art, every stitch tells ...

The Gullah Geechee have weaved baskets mainly out of sweetgrass since the 1600s, he said. Buy Now. Lorenzo Washington and Ashley King, visiting from Columbia, ...

Today many baskets continue to be produced by Gullah Geechee descendants like Jackson who still live near where their families were once forced to labor on plantations along the Ashley and Santee ...

Sweetgrass Gullah baskets from Charleston, SC. Gullah people are known for preserving their African linguistic and cultural heritage through words, phrases, foods and song. Courtesy of PxHere The ...