Gullah/Geechee Nation

Tune een fa yeddi Queen Quet crak e teet bout how Earth Day ebeeday een de Gullah/Geechee Nation!  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) who is the hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.GullahGeechee.net) will discuss the on-going work to protect the enviroment of the Gullah/Geechee Nation in not only the face of climate change, but also the push back from the current US administration.   Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

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Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio fa yeddi bout Gullah/Geechee cultural sustainability.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) who is the hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio which is sponsored by the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition discusses the numerous ways in which Gullah/Geechee traditionlists are sustaining their culture in the face of climate change and cultural exploitation and attempted cultural appropriation.

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Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio fa yeddi "Gullah/Geechee Seeds" wid Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com).  Queen Quet will discuss the planting season in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the historic regrowth of seeds of agriculture and economics that are springing up in fertile ground throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

On this episode, Queen Quet will also provide info on coming events including the first "Gullah/Geechee Gold Rice Festival" that will take place on histofic St. Helena Island, SC in September 2017.   Many people will be able to gain the knowledge of Gullah/Geechee traditions at these coming events.

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Tune in to Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio as hostess, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation discusses her anniversary of going to the United Nations for the 1st time.  On April 1, 1999, Queen Quet became the first Gullah/Geechee to speak on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Nation before the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Genevé, Switzerland.  Since that time, Queen Quet has continued to advocate for the continuation of Gullah/Geechee culture and is a global human rights defender.  She is also an environmental justice and equity advocate and activist.  

Queen Quet spent her anniversary as part of a Tunis Campbell Day Celebration which is one of many events that are part of #GullahGeechee2020 in celebration of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition's 20th anniversary.  Queen Quet was the visionary that founded the organization before anyone else in the world had any groups established with the two names together.  The Coalition under her leadership has spawned a number of other organizations and they work in collaboration with numerous organization, institutions, and individuals around the world to promote community engagement as well as citizen science and social justice.

Celebrate Queen Quet's anniversaree wid we!  Yeddi we sho-Gullah.Geechee Riddim Radio!

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Tune een wid Queen Quet fa Women's Herstory Month as e crak e teet bout de Gullah/Geechee ooman and e song pun "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!"   Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will discuss the latest music coming from women of the Gullah/Geechee Nation including Candice Glover, Latrese Bush, and GwenYvette.  This songstresses are all from historic Beaufort County, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Tune een fa yeddi wha gwine on wid dees ya ooman roung de world!

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As "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" continues its annual celebration of "Women's Herstory Month," tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) discusses the legacy of Harriet Tubman in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Queen Quet is also WGN's "Underground" Gullah/Geechee consultant.  This season, "Underground" is focused on bringing the lead character further in her journey to freedom with the assistance of Harriet Tubman who is played by Aisha Hines.  

Queen Quet has been presented with several awards bearing Harriet Tubman's name due to fact that many feel she embodies her spirit.  She has had the opportunity to represent Mother Moses in parades and educational institutions over the years.   Queen Quet also worked on the Harriet Tubman Study which led to US federal recognition of the work of Harriet Tubman.  Tune in to learn about the part of her journey that took her southward into the lands of the Gullah/Geechee Nation to which "Underground" has now also RUN!

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) focuses on the women freedom fighters of the Underground in honor of Women's Herstory Month.  Queen Quet is the Gullah/Geechee Consultant for Season 2 of WGN's "Underground."  She also was part of the national team that brought about the existence of the "Underground Railroad Network to Freedom."  She has traveled with her production, "The Underground Railroad: A Geechee Girl's Escape."  In this episode of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio in honor of Women's Herstory Month, she will focus on the women of Underground past and present as she honors the legacy of the warrioress freedom fighters.

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Tune in as "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" continues the online celebration of "Black History Month 2017."  Tune een fa yeddi bout we land legacy!  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.  On this episode she will focus on the history of Gullah/Geechee land ownership and the continuation of this aspect of the Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage legacy.   She will discuss the upcoming inaugural "Black Folks Land Legacy Conference" and the investment into Black land ownership and reclamation.

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Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio wid Queen Quet (www.QueenQuet.com) as e talk bout Black History Month 2017!  Queen Quet will provide updates on the successful programs that have already taken place in the Gullah/Geechee Nation and give out information on what to look forward to next.  Tune in as we take a journey through living Black history.

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Tune een fa open de Kwanzaa celebration een de Gullah/Geechee Nation wid Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.  Learn how the Nguzo Saba are more than principles for one day.  Learn how Gullah/Geechee living traditions are living examples of these principles.  Tune in and then light your own kinara for the week of celebration.  

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