Gullah Geechee program at Guilford Oct. 25-28
Queen Quet (Marquetta L. Goodwine) of the Gullah Geechee Nation is visiting Guilford College this week to lead an educational series called Journey into Blackness that discusses the Gullah Geechee experience, with the troupe, “De Gullah Cunneckshun.”
Events are: Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., documentary “Uprooted,” with viewing, discussion, Q&A, and book/CD signing, Bryan Auditorium; Wednesday, 7-9 p.m., histo-musical lecture, Bryan Auditorium; Thursday, 5-6:30 p.m.,conversation with Queen Quet, Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center; and Friday, 3-6 p.m., closing celebration, Bryan Auditorium.
Goodwine, who is the founder of the Gullah Geechee SeaIsland Coalition, is sponsored by Africana Community. Call Jada Drew at 316-2473 for more information. The Gullah Geechee areAfrican Americans who live in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina and Georgia,which includes both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.
