3:30 p.m. – Gullah Geechee Community Day https://gullahgeecheeday.com February 21, 2026 | Downtown Conway Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:21:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 3:30 p.m. | Gullah Roots Documentary Screening https://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-gullah-roots-documentary-screening/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=330-p-m-gullah-roots-documentary-screening Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:21:53 +0000 http://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-gullah-roots-documentary-screening/ Continue reading3:30 p.m. | Gullah Roots Documentary Screening

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Part of SCETV’s Carolina Stories series, Gullah Roots (2020) dives deep into South Carolina’s ties with West Africa, educating viewers about Gullah heritage, including spiritual, musical and artistic traditions. A sequel to SCETV’s 1990 documentary Family Across the Sea, this project was produced by Betsy Newman and Xavier Blake, and directed, written and edited by Newman. The film aims to raise awareness about the Gullah Geechee community and its ties to West Africa. It also examines the challenges many in that community face today and the progress they have made since the first homecoming to Sierra Leone 30 years ago.

Length: 60 minutes

]]> 3:30 p.m. | Jazz Combo and Big Band Performance https://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-jazz-combo-and-big-band-performance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=330-p-m-jazz-combo-and-big-band-performance Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:21:51 +0000 http://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-jazz-combo-and-big-band-performance/ Presenters:
CCU Music Department

Length: 60 minutes

]]> 3:30 p.m. | Preserving the Past and Purpose of Spirituals https://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-preserving-the-past-and-purpose-of-spirituals/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=330-p-m-preserving-the-past-and-purpose-of-spirituals Sun, 13 Feb 2022 21:21:51 +0000 http://gullahgeecheeday.com/330-p-m-preserving-the-past-and-purpose-of-spirituals/ Continue reading3:30 p.m. | Preserving the Past and Purpose of Spirituals

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Anthony Sanchez

This presentation concentrates on the ethics behind past and present approaches to ethnography, ethnomusicology and archiving Gullah Geechee and Afro-Latin language, religion, and music. I provide overviews and comparisons of the Gullah Geechee Ring Shout music and religious social customs, versus Afro-Latin syncretic religious practices in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Brazil (Spiritism, Candomblé, and other variants.

Length: 30 minutes

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