Gina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says ...

Gullah Geechee people are descendants of Africans who were enslaved in coastal areas of the southeastern United States. They held onto traditions from Africa and mixed them with new ones, forming ...

Alexander Smalls is Southern through and through. “I’m like Faulkner,” he says. “We put commas, not periods on everything—it’s never over.” This sentiment rings true not only in his storytelling but ...

Bittle fuh tas'e 'e mout' (Food to put a good taste in the mouth: Appetizers) -- Bittle fuh greese 'e mout' (Food to grease the mouth: Meats, stews, and so on) -- Bittle fuh full e' mout' (Food to ...