South Carolina – African American Culture, Heritage

SC Black Festivals, Events

• Gullah Festival - Beaufort
  
• MOJA Arts Festival - Charleston - African-American and Caribbean art and culture
  
• Native Islander Gullah Celebration - Hilton Head Island
  

SC Gullah Heritage, Language

• Gullah Creole Language
• Gullah Dialect and Sea Island Culture
• Gullah Dictionary
• A little lesson in Gullah - Gullah phrases
  
• Gullah Prayers

SC Black Music, Dance

• Jenkins' Orphanage Bands
  –  History of the Jenkins Orphanage Band
  –  Charleston Jazz Initiative of Avery
• Dance
• South Carolina Gospel Quartets

SC Black Art, Crafts

• Folk art of the Lowcountry
• Lifestyle of the Mende People of South Carolina - African traditions and crafts retained in Gullah cluture
  
• From Africa to South Carolina: the Sea Grass Basket Tradition

SC Black Churches, cemeteries

• Historically black churches
• Graveyards, cemeteries - also includes information about burial traditions, fellowship societies, and current preservation efforts

SC Black Food

• Benne wafers, cakes, candy - West African origin ... plus recipe!
  

More West African Tradition

• Transatlantic Linkage: The Gullah/Geechee-Sierra Leone Connection

National Heritage Corridor Trails

• Introduction - overview of the trail program as well as the cultural influences and achievements of African-Americans in the SC lowcountry
  – Coastal Trail - highlights the heritage of slaves and freedmen along SC's coast - begins in McClellanville and ends on Edisto Island
  – Folkways and Communities Trail - explores the inland rural and urban communities of Colleton, Dorchester, and Charleston counties