South Carolina – African American Culture, Heritage

South Carolina SC African-American History 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 Language - PDF
• Gullah Dictionary
• Gullah Net - children can learn about Gullah culture, language, and traditions from Aunt Pearlie-Sue!
  

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 cuture
  
• From Africa to South Carolina: the Sea Grass Basket Tradition

SC Black Cemeteries

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

More West African Tradition

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