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, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The Gullah lifestyle and traditions flow through so many aspects of life.
    — Michiel Perry, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
  • The three of us talked about the Gullah Geechee and the efforts to preserve their history.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Green’s paintings are inspired by his Gullah roots in South Carolina.
    — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Not all Gullah Geechee, however, identify with the color’s use.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For the Gullah Geechee people, the color blue—haint blue, specifically—is also meant to keep evil spirits away.
    — Latria Graham, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 May 2023
  • There are nuances and layers to the culture here, especially from the influence of the Gullah Geechee.
    — Mark Ellwood, AFAR Media, 19 Mar. 2025
  • 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, 14 July 2023
  • The shout thrives today as a buoyant finale to worship services in Gullah Geechee and Black faith communities.
    — Patricia Leigh Brown, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Walking those grounds, tasting those meals, and witnessing the survival of Gullah culture reminded me that history is alive — in us, through us, and all around us.
    — Dontaira Terrell, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
  • One unique feature of the museum is its gallery dedicated to the history and culture of the Gullah Geechee people.
    — Aaron Morrison, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • 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
  • Seeing the island through their eyes offers a singular view into the Creole Gullah language, traditional foods, music, and more.
    — Terry Ward, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2022
  • Shortly afterward, Clyburn had Lincolnville added to a federal program that protects historic stops along the Gullah Geechee trail.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 5 May 2023
  • 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, 13 Sep. 2023
  • 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, 24 June 2024
  • 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, 18 Apr. 2025
  • 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, 12 Aug. 2023
  • 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, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Truthfully, nowhere is that more evident than in the Gullah Geechee culture that is still thriving on Hilton Head and throughout the Lowcountry since the mid 18th century.
    — Dontaira Terrell, Refinery29, 22 Aug. 2025
  • 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

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