Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors
Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work the cotton and rice plantations of the South Carolina Sea Islands. It’s a Gullah spiritual, and the 78-year-old singer is one of a growing group […] The post Gullah Geechee elders work to preserve sacred songs passed down by enslaved ancestors appeared first on Unite News.
Minnie “Gracie” Gadson claps her hands and stomps her feet against the floorboards, lifting her voice in a song passed down from her enslaved ancestors who were forced to work the cotton and rice plantations of the South Carolina Sea Islands. It’s a Gullah spiritual, and the 78-year-old singer is one of a growing group […]
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