Gullah Culture

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Hi folks,

Just call me Eonduhstan. For those just itching to know what in the WORLD Eonduhstan means, it is Gullah (more on that later) for "I Understand". Get it? Eonduhstan…..I Understand. Well….just say it out loud real slow.

I live in Hot 'Lanta or Atlanta, GA for the Hip Hop illiterate. Atlanta or Black Mecca or Buppie capital of the world is a city with a lot of Black folks who have mega $$$ $$$ floating around.

I was born in sweet, beautiful, moss loving trees, Savannah, Georgia. And Savannah is one of two of my second homes. Wellford, S.C. is my other second home. I know…you're like WHERE? Near Spartanburg, S.C. Still lost? Oh…get a map.

My Dad's family is from a small South Carolina town called Pineland (between Savannah,GA and Hilton Head,SC). And this brings me to Gullah. What is Gullah? A language actually. A culture in general.
Slaves from West Africa were brought to the coast of South Carolina and a large number of them were deposited on the Sea Islands of South Carolina or simply the Low Country. Well the thing about these Sea Islands in the Low Country is that they were isolated. They were ISLANDS. As in….slaves did not migrate much. So the West African culture they brought…they kept.. due to the VERY limited contact they had off the islands. Which meant not much was around to influence them.
This isolation also kept West Africans having children with other West Africans and therefore the BEAUTIFUL African features stayed dominate among the slaves. Even today Gullah folks look like they just stepped off "the boat" from Africa. Including me (just a tad lighter due to the Native American blood lines on mom's and pop's side of the family). I get asked "Are you from Africa?" You should see the shocked look when I say nope….Atlanta.
Well the West African culture with the culture of the Low Country Native Americans and some good ol' fashion southern culture created this hybrid culture that somewhere along the way was given the name Gullah. And for the Gullah savvy folks, you know we are affectionately also called Geechee. Yes. I am a proud Geechee Gurl as my great-grandfather would say to me.

Well, now you know something about Gullah. 50% of my DNA. The other half of my DNA is from Wellford, S.C. and there we are a brown to fair skinned yellow/red people. Native American bloodline kicking in.

Well to bring you to the present moment. After 2 years old, we left Savannah, moved to Hawaii, left Hawaii and at 4 years old moved to Atlanta. At 18, in 1987, I went to college at Hampton Unv. H..I…U. I love it…I love it…I love it. (Sing it with me fellow Pirates!) And in 1990 I moved back to Atlanta and I'm still here.

So that's me! Now check out the links to the left to learn a little more about what has shaped my world.



Two slave cabins from Boone Hall Plantation in Charleston, S.C.
May we never forget the truth.


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