CNN — Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws. Sapelo Island descendant Josiah “Jazz” Watts, 52, told CNN the county’s zoning plan “shocked us all,” …
The chef preserving Gullah culture through storytelling Dawna Moore Photography/Alamy Gullah cottages, sometimes called "oyster houses", are a vital part of the heritage on Daufuskie Island She's racing against time, development and the island's natural elements to save Gullah homes and cemeteries. Butch Hirsch Photography Robinson shares her stories on tours, and uses profits to help restore Gullah homes and …
