Down by the Riverside-Stories from the Gullah/Geechee Tradition

The stories that hail from the Gullah/Geechee people from Coastal Georgia and South Carolina are as deep and enduring as the Savannah River.

Master Storyteller Lillian Grant-Baptiste will use the art of storytelling to tell the powerful, yet at times, poignant stories of the Gullah/Geechee people. Savannah is in the middle of the Gullah/Geechee Corridor, and is rich with significant historical happenings, and Grant-Baptiste will soulfully and skillfully highlight and bring to life specific events from Savannah’s history, events like, “The Weeping Time,” “The Proclamation of Forty Acres and a Mule,” and many more. The performance will be exploding and bubbling over with creative and artistic expressions, expressions like African drumming, poetry, and the singing of soulful and melodic songs from the African American tradition. The audience will be both mesmerized and riveted by the magic and movement of the performance, and will be on the edge of their seats, longing for more.

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