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• Circle Unbroken

  the Story of a Basket and Its People

  Raven, Margot Theis

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  A grandmother tells the tale of Gullahs and their beautiful sweetgrass baskets that keep their African heritage alive.

• Daughters of the Dust

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  In 1902, the Gullah Peazant family, descendants of slaves, live on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina. Most of the family is moving to the mainland and to the North. Their departure causes upheaval within the family.

• The Water Brought Us

  the Story of the Gullah-speaking People

  Branch, Muriel Miller

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  A portrait of the Gullah-speaking people living in the West Indies and America traces their culture to its roots in the maroons, castles, and forts along the West African coast.

• Bress 'n' Nyam

  Gullah Geechee Recipes From a Sixth-generation Farmer

  Raiford, Matthew,

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  More than 100 heirloom recipes from a dynamic chef and farmer working the lands of his great-great-great grandfather. In this groundbreaking and beautiful cookbook, Matthew Raiford pays homage to this cuisine that nurtured his family for seven…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gullah Geechee Heritage in the Golden Isles

  Roberts, Amy Lotson

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  From the Selden Normal and Industrial Institute to the tabby cabins of Hamilton Plantation, authors Amy Roberts and Patrick Holladay explore the rich history of the Golden Isles and their people.

• The Terrible, Wonderful Tellin' at Hog Hammock

  Siegelson, Kim L.

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  Jonas wants to keep the memory of his beloved Gullah grandfather alive by representing his family at the traditional storytelling contest, even though he feels like a nervous child trying to do a man's job.

• African American Life in the Georgia Lowcountry

  the Atlantic World and the Gullah Geechee

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  The essays, which range in coverage from the founding of the Georgia colony in the early 1700s through the present era, explore a range of topics, all within the larger context of the Atlantic world. Included are essays on the double-edged freedom…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Gullah Geechee Home Cooking

  Recipes From the Matriarch of Edisto Island

  Meggett, Emily,

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  The first major Gullah Geechee cookbook from "the matriarch of Edisto Island," who provides delicious recipes and the history of an overlooked American community.

• The Gathering Table

  Eady, Antwan,

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  A Southern family gathers in their backyard around a special table to celebrate important moments throughout the year, from anniversaries to new births, as they share food, traditions, and love.

• Minnow

  McTeer, James E., II, 1983- ,

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  Minnow is an otherworldly story of a small boy who leaves his dying father's bedside hunting a medicine for a mysterious illness. Sent by his mother to a local druggist in their coastal town, Minnow unexpectedly takes a dark and wondrous journey…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Song of Solomon

  Morrison, Toni, 1931-2019

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  Milkman Dead was born shortly after a neighborhood eccentric hurled himself off a rooftop in a vain attempt at flight. For the rest of his life he, too, will be trying to fly. As Morrison follows Milkman from his rustbelt city to the place of his…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Beauty, Her Basket

  Belton, Sandra

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  While visiting her grandmother in the Sea Islands, a young girl hears about her African heritage and learns to weave a sea grass basket.

• Root Magic

  Royce, Eden,

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  Jez and Jay have always been fascinated by the African American folk magic that has been the legacy of their family for generations--especially the curious potions and powders Doc and Gran would make for the people on their island. But Jez soon…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Gullah People and Their African Heritage

  Pollitzer, William S., 1923-

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  The Gullah people are one of our most distinctive cultural groups. Isolated off the South Carolina-Georgia coast for nearly three centuries, the native black population of the Sea Islands has developed a vibrant way of life that remains, in many…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mama Day

  a Novel

  Naylor, Gloria

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  On the island of Willow Springs, off the Georgia coast, the powers of healer Mama Day are tested by her great niece, Cocoa, a stubbornly emancipated woman endangered by the island's darker forces. A powerful generational saga at once tender and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Come by Here

  a Memoir in Essays From Georgia's Geechee Coast

  Powell-Ingabire, Neesha

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  In this powerful debut memoir, Neesha Powell-Ingabire chips away at coastal Georgia's facade of beaches and golden marshes to recover undertold Black history alongside personal and family stories.