Gullah/geechee Nation

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation discusses the 20th Anniversary of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition!  The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition is the sponsor of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio and also a co-sponsor of Gullah/Geechee TV.  This is the premiere organization for the advocacy and protection of the rights of Gullah/Geechee worldwide.  The organization was the first one ot exist in the world with "Gullah/Geechee" in their name and had the first website in the world with "Gullah/Geechee" united in it.  They also launched the first online course on Gullah/Geechee culture via NetNoir to ever exist.  They have worked to pass local and federal laws on behalf of the Gullah/Geechee and to have Gullah/Geechee issues represented in international areanas via media and the United Nations. Tune een fa disya 20th anniverschree selbryashun een de Gullah/Geechee Nation pun we sho-GullahGeechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeechee.net www.gullahgeecheenation.com

On this episode of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio entitled "Gullah/Geechee Land & Cultural Legacy: STAND wid WE!," Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will address the recent Gullah/Geechee land battle issues and the ways that you can actively get involved in the things that are being led by Gullah/Geechees themselves to protect their land and their people.  This is the continuation of the discussion that Queen Quet had with Dr. Amir Jamal Toure and Representative Glenda Simmons-Jenkins in regard to Gullah/Geechee Land Retention here on Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Many have read the BBC & LA Times articles and seen VICE news in regard the land grabbing and displacement in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Tune in to learn how to assist the @GullahGeechee retain their land ownership.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) discusses the on-going battle for land and human rights in the Gullah/Geechee Nation from Plantersville to Hilton Head and beyond.  This interactive broadcast will allow those who want to be a part of the solution to ask questions and get directly involved. Yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation update hunnuh bout cultural heritage and crime pun de Gullah/Geechee coastline on Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.  This broadcast will provide updates on the United Nations' COP22 Conference on climate change and the climate change impacts on Gullah/Geechee cultural continuation.  In the midst of this conference, the trials concerning the death of Walter Scott and that of the murder and assassination of the nine Gullah/Geechee at Emanuel AME are both going on in Charleston, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een fa yeddi bout "Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Month 2016" and wha gwine on!  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of the broadcast will provide a recap of the month and details on what is coming up next.  Tune in to learn how the Gullah/Geechee Nation survived two storms and still gwine on!   Learn how you can assist in supporting the continuation of Gullah/Geechee traditons on the Sea Islands and in the Lowcountry from Jacksonville, NC to Jacksonville, FL. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) discusses the upcoming "Gullah/Geechee Seafood Festival & Famlee Day."  The Gullah/Geechee Fishing Association hosts this event every even year.  Due to the damage done to Hunting Island by Hurricane Matthew, the event will take place on historic St. Helena Island, SC where it all began.  The Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition, All Mobile Productions (AMP™) and the Martin Luther King Park Beautification Committee will all gather together at the Dr. Marting L. King Park to host the celebration which will also provide the community with information on rebuilding and restoration. Yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in as Queen Quet (www.QueenQuet.com) comes to you live from the Gullah/Geechee Nation in the midst of Hurricane Matthew preparation.  This special broadcast of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" also launches the online celebration of "Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month."   The entire Gullah/Geechee Nation's coast is currently under a state of emergency and some areas have evacuations underway as Hurricane Matthew makes it way through the Caribbean to Florida and then parallels the Gullah/Geechee Nation's coast line.  Queen Quet will discuss the Gullah/Geechee survival story and the preparation for the storms. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" presents the historic journey of Africans to Savannah, GA via the Middle Passage and the continuing Gullah/Geechee legacy.  September is "Middle Passage Month" in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   Queen Quet led a historic libation ceremony on River Street in Savannah, GA to launch the first "Gullah/Geechee Unity in the Community" event on the historic Riverwalk which was also the site of enslavement auctions during the TransAtlantic Slave Trade and chattle enslavement era. Tune een ta we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in to the annual Labor Day broadcast of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" to hear the Labor Day story and its relationship to the Gullah/Geechee legacy.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) who is the founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.gullahgeechee.net) and hostess of the broadcast will discuss the history of Asa Phillip Randolph and Labor Day.  She will go into how Labor Day is celebrated on many of the Sea Islands and why this holiday is connected to the Gullah/Geechee legacy. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation recaps "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week!"  She will also address the on-going efforts to hold on to Gullah/Geechee land and waters.  The human rights issues of the Gullah/Geechee Nation were celebrated throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation and caused many more around the world to take notice.  Now it is time for folks to step forward and take charge of what is happening on the gorund and the waterways of the Gullah/Geechee Nation coast! Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een fa yeddi Queen Quet crak e teet wid Kwame Sha de Co-Founder of de Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival.  The theme for the 11th annual festival is "A Celebration of Self-Determination."  The festival is the culminating event for "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week."   The week is now celebrated by every county, Oyotunji African Village, and numerous towns within the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   The festival will be an opportunity for people that are interesting in learning about the authentic Gullah/Geechee culture to learn from traditions keepers first hand.  It will also be the time of the "Gullah/Geechee Reunion." E gwine be a time! Yeddi mo pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een ta "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" wid Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) fa yeddi wha gwine on Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week 2016!  All the counties of the Gullah/Geechee Nation have proclaimed "Gullah/Geechee Nation Appreciation Week."  Tune in to hear how this celebration that is in its 5th year began.  Also, learn how you can participate in the continuation of Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage by supporting this annual week of celebration and economic empowerment in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.   Disya da "A Celebration of Self-Determination!"   www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in to the closing edition of the Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio #BlackMusicMonth Celebration for 2016!  On this edition, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio discusses the historical legacy of music in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  She talks about how music has been sustained on the Sea Islands and how this music sustains the people.  Tune in to the celebration of Black Music Month and beat your drums in celebration of the musical legacy of the #GullahGeechee! Disya da we sho-Gullah/Gechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in to the second Black Music Month broadcast of 2016 on Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio.   On this edition, Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess for the show will discuss the history of Black Music Month and freedom movements in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  She will show how there have not been movements that have not involved the use of Black music and how many focuseed on the adaptation of the Spirituals during these times as well. Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in to "#GullahGeechee Love to Sing About Black Music Month" as Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio launches their annual Black Music Month celebration.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) and hostess of the broadcast will interview Latrese Bush (@LatreseBush) of Bluffton, SC in the Gullah/Geechee Nation about her brand new release, "Love That I Can Sing About."  Since the last time Ms. Bush was on the show, she has been traveling the world and she returned to the stage on the Gulf Coast to celebrate the release of her new single at the opening of Black Music Month.  Tune in to the celebration and get something to sing about and a new song to sing along to! Disya da we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com  

The month of May is the time of several different health awareness activities and it also opens the door to the season of festivals and celebrations throughout the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Tune een fa yeddi wha gwine on pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio!  Queen Quet gwine crak e teet bout asthma, lupus, historic preservation, and Gullah/Geechee cultural heritage celebration!  Tune in so that you are aware of all that is going on during the month of May and how you can participate. May is also the start of hurricane season.  So, this information is flowing in like a storm.  Tune in and share!

Tune in as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) chronicles the Gullah/Geechee Land & Legacy World Tour and its links to freedom and self-determination.  Queen Quet discusses the impact of several Black historic figures and the links of their stories and their historic sites to the Gullah/Geechee Nation and the journey of freedom and self-determination. On this episode, Queen Quet and Kwame Sha will discuss this year's "Gullah/Geechee Nation International Music & Movement Festival 2016."  The theme this year is "A Celebration of Self-Determination." Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Historic preservation is a consistent term used throughout the United States and the Gullah/Geechee Nation, but this term does not necessarily contribute to cultural continuation.   Tune in to hear about this dynamic in the Gullah/Geechee Nation as "Historic Preservation Month" begins.  The "4th Annual Cultural Heritage Conference" was a truly interactive event in which a dialogue around this matter took place.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation and Founder of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition (www.QueenQuet.com) has actively spoken out about the difference between these terms in definition and practice for decades.  Tune in to this episode of "Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio" to hear more about the impacts of these differences in the Gullah/Geechee Nation. www.gullahgeechee.net www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune een ta Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio fa yeddi "Celebratin de Gullah/Geechee Famlee!"  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will provide updates on the Uniform Heirs Property Partition Act, the Coastal Cultures Conference, Gullah/Geechee Famlee Days and the Gullah/Geechee Reunion (www.gullahgeechee.info).  The Gullah/Geechee Nation is in a season of success!  Cum fa jayn we fa celebrate de famlee pun we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! This is also the season of festivals and reunions in the Gullah/Geechee Nation.  Hunnuh gwine yeddi bout disya frum we station!   www.gullahgeecheenation.com

Tune in to this Financial Literacy Month edition of Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio with Queen Quet.  Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) will discuss the legacy of several individuals that sought to improve the economic state of people of African descent and how this links to the financial empowerment of Gullah/Geechees today.  She will draw on resources from the Gullah/Geechee Alkebulan Archive and discuss the asset building of Gullah/Geechee families that is often neglected in terms of building multi-generational wealth. Tune een fa yeddi we sho-Gullah/Geechee Riddim Radio! www.gullahgeecheenation.com