One of Campbell’s favorite items in the store are the sweetgrass baskets. A Gullah tradition dating back to the 1600s, these ...
Whenever Nikki Williams’ feet touch the soil on Sapelo Island, Georgia, memories of her youth flood back vividly. Every fall, ...
Today, she owns her own boutique business, Binya, where she sells cultural-themed items with a side hustle teaching others about the significance and impact of the Gullah-Geechee history.
Many municipalities across the Lowcountry celebrate Black History Month by teaching the heritage and rich culture of African ...
If we don’t pass these stories down, they won’t know and won’t care and because we don’t enough, is one of the reasons I feel ...
Locals learned about the history of sweetgrass in South Carolina and how to use it to make traditional Gullah baskets. One instructor, Mary Graham-Grant, said it's called sewing sweetgrass ...
As part of Black History Month, South Carolina State Museum is taking its Harvesting Heritage series to the Lowcountry.