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The History Of The Gullah: From Africa To America | Circle Unbroken | Timeline
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The History Of The Gullah: From Africa To America | Circle Unbroken | Timeline
Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
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75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist destination, by its unique history is the epicenter of the Gullah culture and the foundation of African American history; the result of the mingling of West African slaves with the plantation culture awaiting them in America.

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HAPI Talks Vodun with Dr. Bayyinah Bello and other African Traditional Religions | 4 June 2021
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HAPI Talks Vodun with Dr. Bayyinah Bello and other African Traditional Religions | 4 June 2021
Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
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HAPI Talks Vodun with Dr. Bayyinah Bello and other African Traditional Religions

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A Vanishing History: Gullah Geechee Nation
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A Vanishing History: Gullah Geechee Nation
Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
7 Views · 4 years ago

On the Sea Islands along the coasts of South Carolina and Georgia, a painful chapter of American history is playing out again. These islands are home to the Gullah or Geechee people, the descendants of enslaved Africans who were brought to work at the plantations that once ran down the southern Atlantic coast. After the Civil War, many former slaves on the Sea Islands bought portions of the land where their descendants have lived and farmed for generations. That property, much of it undeveloped waterfront land, is now some of the most expensive real estate in the country.

But the Gullah are now discovering that land ownership on the Sea Islands isn’t quite what it seemed. Local landowners are struggling to hold on to their ancestral land as resort developers with deep pockets exploit obscure legal loopholes to force the property into court-mandated auctions. These tactics have successfully fueled a tourism boom that now attracts more than 2 million visitors a year. Gullah communities have all but disappeared, replaced by upscale resorts and opulent gated developments that new locals — golfers, tourists, and mostly white retirees — fondly call “plantations.”

Faced with an epic case of déjà vu, the Gullah are scrambling for solutions as their livelihood and culture vanish, one waterfront mansion at a time.

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An Evening with Ngūgĩ wa Thiong'o
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An Evening with Ngūgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
31 Views · 4 years ago

Award-winning author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o presented his recently released publication, "Minutes of Glory And Other Stories." Local high school students read excerpts from his works in Gikuyu and English.

- Noted as a perennial favorite to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is an award-winning, world-renowned Kenyan novelist, scholar and playwright, who has been publishing written works for more than 50 years in more than 32 languages. He is the founder and editor of the first Gikuyu-language journal and is currently a distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine.

For transcript and more information, visit https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8790

Conversation with African Poet and Writer Ali Mazrui
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Conversation with African Poet and Writer Ali Mazrui
Ambakisye-Okang Dukuzumurenyi
9 Views · 4 years ago

Ali Mazrui discussed the state of contemporary African culture and post-independence literary production.

Speaker Biography: Ali Mazrui is an academic and political writer on African and Islamic studies and North-South relations. He is an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at Binghamton University in Binghamton, New York.

For transcript, captions, and more information visit http://www.loc.gov/today/cyber....lc/feature_wdesc.php



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