Gullah/Geechee Nation

Tune een fa yeddi Queen Quet crak e teet wid Kwame Sha de Co-Founder of de Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival.  The theme for the 11th annual festival is "A Celebration of Self-Determination."  The festival is the culminating event for "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week."   The week is now celebrated by every county, Oyotunji African Village, and numerous towns within the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   The festival will be an opportunity for people that are interesting in learning about the authentic Gullah/Geechee culture to learn from traditions keepers first hand.  It will also be the time of the "Gullah/Geechee Reunion." E gwine be a time!

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Tune een ta "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" wid Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) fa yeddi wha gwine on Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2016!  All the counties of the Gullah/Geechee Nation have proclaimed "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week."  Tune in to hear how this celebration that is in its 5th year began.  Also, learn how you can participate in the continuation of Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage by supporting this annual week of celebration and economic empowerment in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   Disya da "A Celebration of Self-Determination!"

 

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Tune in to the closing edition of the Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio #BlackMusicMonth Celebration for 2016!  On this edition, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio discusses the historical legacy of music in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  She talks about how music has been sustained on the Sea Islands and how this music sustains the people.  Tune in to the celebration of Black Music Month and beat your drums in celebration of the musical legacy of the #GullahGeechee!

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Tune in to the second Black Music Month broadcast of 2016 on Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.   On this edition, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess for the show will discuss the history of Black Music Month and freedom movements in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  She will show how there have not been movements that have not involved the use of Black music and how many focuseed on the adaptation of the Spirituals during these times as well.

Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

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Tune in to "#GullahGeechee Love to Sing About Black Music Month" as Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio launches their annual Black Music Month celebration.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of the broadcast will interview Latrese Bush (@LatreseBush) of Bluffton, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation about her brand new release, "Love That I Can Sing About."  Since the last time Ms. Bush was on the show, she has been traveling the world and she returned to the stage on the Gulf Coast to celebrate the release of her new single at the opening of Black Music Month.  Tune in to the celebration and get something to sing about and a new song to sing along to!

Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

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The month of May is the time of several different health awareness activities and it also opens the door to the season of festivals and celebrations throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Tune een fa yeddi wha gwine on pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!  Queen Quet gwine crak e teet bout asthma, lupus, historic preservation, and Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage celebration!  Tune in so that you are aware of all that is going on during the month of May and how you can participate.

May is also the start of hurricane season.  So, this information is flowing in like a storm.  Tune in and share!

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) chronicles the Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy World Tour and its links to freedom and self-determination.  Queen Quet discusses the impact of several Black historic figures and the links of their stories and their historic sites to the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the journey of freedom and self-determination.

On this episode, Queen Quet and Kwame Sha will discuss this year's "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival 2016."  The theme this year is "A Celebration of Self-Determination."

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Historic preservation is a consistent term used throughout the United States and the Gullah/Geechee Nation, but this term does not necessarily contribute to cultural continuation.   Tune in to hear about this dynamic in the Gullah/Geechee Nation as "Historic Preservation Month" begins.  The "4th Annual Cultural Heritage Conference" was a truly interactive event in which a dialogue around this matter took place.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.QueenQuet.com) has actively spoken out about the difference between these terms in definition and practice for decades.  Tune in to this episode of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" to hear more about the impacts of these differences in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

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Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio fa yeddi "Celebratin de Gullah/Geechee Famlee!"  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will provide updates on the Uniform Heirs Property Partition Act, the Coastal Cultures Conference, Gullah/Geechee Famlee Days and the Gullah/Geechee Reunion (www.gullahgeechee.info).  The Gullah/Geechee Nation is in a season of success!  Cum fa jayn we fa celebrate de famlee pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

This is also the season of festivals and reunions in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Hunnuh gwine yeddi bout disya frum we station!  

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Tune in to this Financial Literacy Month edition of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio with Queen Quet.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will discuss the legacy of several individuals that sought to improve the economic state of people of African descent and how this links to the financial empowerment of Gullah/Geechees today.  She will draw on resources from the Gullah/Geechee Alkebulan Archive and discuss the asset building of Gullah/Geechee families that is often neglected in terms of building multi-generational wealth.

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