Preserving Recipes: Zine-Making Keeps Gullah Geechee Culture Alive

At an archives in Charleston, South Carolina, one day last month, a group of high school students sat around a table, newspaper clippings scattered before them. The articles, some decades old, described what a legendary…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2571961/preserving-recipes-zine-making-keeps-gullah-geechee-culture-alive/

"A film honors America’s first self-governed town founded by formerly enslaved people"

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/28/mitchelville-south-carolina-gullah-gechee

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https://www.postandcourier.com/beaufort-county/news/st-helena-island-gullah-celebrates/article_0d3ada63-0f06-40b2-950f-ffd6f993876d.html

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WSAV: New app helps visitors experience Gullah Geechee culture. “The Gullah Geechee Historic Neighborhoods Community Development Corporation (GGHNCDC) held a launch event where guests got a first look at the New Experience Gullah website. People who go to the website will learn about the culture, history and Gullah-owned businesses across Hilton Head Island.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/06/wsav-new-app-helps-visitors-experience-gullah-geechee-culture/

"This is the latest fight against gentrification and the minimization of Gullah Geechee culture throughout the South as developers and newcomers see the waterfront properties as valuable.... Most of those areas are near African American burial sites — a sustaining tradition for ancestors of Gullah Geechee folk to be buried near the water."

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Gullah Geechee Sue Over Blocked Access to Sacred Burial Ground - Capital B News

https://capitalbnews.org/gullah-geechee-st-helena-island-cemetery-lawsuit/