How to Use Gullah in a Sentence

Gullah

noun
  • But the best way to take in Gullah Geechee culture is through its food.
    — Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 2025-01-06
  • The three of us talked about the Gullah Geechee and the efforts to preserve their history.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 2025-04-14
  • Green’s paintings are inspired by his Gullah roots in South Carolina.
    — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 2024-01-30
  • Not all Gullah Geechee, however, identify with the color’s use.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 2025-04-24
  • For the Gullah Geechee people, the color blue—haint blue, specifically—is also meant to keep evil spirits away.
    — Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 2023-05-30
  • There’s so much that Gullah Geechee folks have given to African-American culture, and people are none the wiser.
    — Kaitlyn Greenidge, Harper's BAZAAR, 2023-07-14
  • The shout thrives today as a buoyant finale to worship services in Gullah Geechee and Black faith communities.
    — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 2023-11-23
  • One unique feature of the museum is its gallery dedicated to the history and culture of the Gullah Geechee people.
    — Aaron Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 2023-06-25
  • Benne, or sesame, in the Gullah language, has roots in West Africa, where the seeds are associated with prosperity and good fortune.
    — Gabi De La Rosa, Southern Living, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Shortly afterward, Clyburn had Lincolnville added to a federal program that protects historic stops along the Gullah Geechee trail.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 2023-05-05
  • The Gullah people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved on coastal plantations in the South and retain many of their African cultural traditions and languages.
    — Chandelis Duster, CNN, 2023-09-13
  • Fields-Black, for her part, grew up visiting relatives around the Lowcountry, touring the region with her Gullah Geechee-speaking grandparents.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 2024-06-24
  • It’s set in 1902, in a Gullah community on an island off the coast of Georgia, where a large extended family is preparing to move to the North.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2025-04-18
  • From the language dialect to various art forms, the Gullah Geechee story is one of survival, creativity, and community, a commonality found in our bloodline.
    — Dontaira Terrell, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Those searching for land found easy targets in the Gullah Geechee community, owned by descendants of West Africans who were forced into slavery on rice, indigo, and cotton plantations.
    — James Pollard, BostonGlobe.com, 2023-08-12
  • Lowcountry and Gullah Geechee cuisines are rooted in West African foodways brought over by enslaved people, but the ancestral ties that shaped local culinary identity have yet to shine on the peninsula.
    — Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 2024-09-09
  • Sapelo Island's Gullah Geechee residents are feeling a wave of emotions a week after a gangway collapse during a community celebration left seven people dead.
    — Axios Atlanta, Axios, 2024-10-28
  • Gullah and Geechee communities along the southeastern coast are distinct Freedom Colonies, preserving African cultural and linguistic heritage.
    — Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
  • Following the lives of the fictional Alston family, Gullah Gullah Island taught viewers all about confidence and cooperation as young kids.
    — Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 2024-10-03
  • The incident occurred during the island's annual Cultural Day, a festival that commemorates the island's Gullah Geechee history.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2024-10-23
  • Across 100 affordable and approachable recipes, Brown takes new cooking enthusiasts and veteran chefs alike through the legacy of the Gullah Geechee people with a mixture of personal and historical references.
    — Moná Thomas, People.com, 2025-04-14

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