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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Beauty, her basket Beauty, her basket Sandra Belton While visiting her grandmother in the Sea Islands, a young girl hears about her African heritage and learns to weave a sea grass basket. OL15851635W
New year be coming! New year be coming! Katharine Boling Verses written in the Gullah dialect of the southeastern seacoast describe the months of the year and activities that characterize each. OL16049568W
The terrible, wonderful tellin' at Hog Hammock The terrible, wonderful tellin' at Hog Hammock Kim L. Siegelson Jonas wants to keep the memory of his beloved Gullah grandfather alive by representing his family at the traditional storytelling contest, even though he feels like a nervous child trying to do a man… OL545455W
Africanisms in the Gullah dialect Africanisms in the Gullah dialect Lorenzo Dow Turner "A unique creole language spoken on the coastal islands and adjacent mainland of South Carolina and Georgia, Gullah existed as an isolated and largely ignored linguistic phenomenon until the publicat… OL5962528W
The Knees Of Gullah Island The Knees Of Gullah Island Dwight Fryer Gillam Hale was born to free parents, and his life was untouched by slavery until his preacher father took him on a trip to minister to the Virginia slaves. Gillam wants beautiful Queen Esther from t… OL8945951W