Gullah/Geechee Nation

Tune in as hostess, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) provides updates on issues that are being faced in South Carolina on the islands of Daufuskie and Johns.  Learn how you can assist these communities so that the Gullah/Geechee culture will remain alive and be respected and acknowledged.

Also, coming together for the "Gullah/Geechee Jubilee" that culminates "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week" will be a topic on this week's broadcast.  Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geehee Riddim Radio!

The show is sponsored by the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition www.gullahgeechee.net.

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation will provide details and updates on celebrations taking place in the Gullah/Geechee Nation on this episode of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio."   The show is sponsored by the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).   Yeddi disya we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation was enstooled as the first elected Chieftess and Head-of-State for the Gullah/Geechee Nation on July 2, 2000.  July 2 was also the date on which Denmark Vesey had been hung.  Both historic events in the lives and story of Gullah/Geechees took place in Charleston County, SC.   On the date that commemorates both of these events, tune in and hear about this on-going Gullah/Geechee legacy of resistance and rights from Queen Quet herself.

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).  On this episode, she will discuss the environmental movement and the involvement of the Gullah/Geechees.  She will also talk about the Rio+20 and issues of sustainability of land, sea, and culture and how this is balanced within Gullah/Geechee cosmology and traditional life.

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).   On this episode, Queen Quet discusses the Toyota Audubon Together Green Fellowship program, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor, and the coming events in the Gullah/Geechee Nation that will allow people that are interested in living representations of the culture to take part.

Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).   On this episode, Queen Quet focuses on the history of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer Regiment and the soldiers that stood and fought for rights of their people.   Tune een fa disya Decoration Day episode!  Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) host "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).  On this episode, Queen Quet focuses on the heirs property and fishing industry as they relate to Gullah/Geechees.  She will also provide information on the Gullah Festival, the Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival™, the Sankofa Festival, and the Gullah/Geechee Celebration of the Sea that are all coming up this summer.   

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net).   On this episode, Queen Quet will discuss the sesquientennial of Robert Smalls taking of the Confederate ship, "The Planter" and the commemoration of that historic event.  She will also provide details on "De Gullah/Geechee Land & Sea" heirs property workshop and celebration of the Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association that will be held at Hunting Island on Saturday, May 19th and the 2012 Gullah Festival activities that are fast approaching!

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Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition.   On this episode, she interviews film producer, Jeff Liberman.  Liberman's film, "Re-Emerging: The Jews of Nigeria" focuses on not only the Jewish people in Nigeria, but on their historic connections to the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) is the host of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" on behalf of the "Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition" (www.gullahgeechee.net).  Tune in as she discusses international connections to the Gullah/Geechee Nation and how these will be highlighted in coming Gullah/Geechee celebrations.   Disya we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!