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Welcome to the Gullah Society

Created to preserve, promote, and perpetuate Gullah Geechee culture and traditions
The Gullah Society was established in 2012 by Dr. Ade Ofunniyin, with the aim of providing Gullah Geechee people with skills in identifying and preserving sites, historical data, artifacts, and objects associated with Gullah Geechee people and culture, for the benefit and education of all. We work with communities to raise awareness and to preserve African descendant burial grounds, identity and history.

The Gullah Society is a registered 501c3 (a not-for-profit organization) and is supported via private and corporate donations and grant funds, please visit "SUPPORT US" if you are interested in becoming a donor.

We consult on various projects - including historical and genealogical research, surveying and mapping, exhibition planning and design, education programming and community engagement.  Visit "OUR SERVICES" to learn more.

LATEST NEWS...
Gullah Society Founding Director, Dr. Ade Ofunniyin passed away on Oct 6th, 2020.
Post & Courier article about Ephrath & Trinity Methodist Episcopal burial grounds by Adam Parker.
What is the Gullah Society doing to respond to Covid-19? Learn about our community work here.
ABC News 4 Article about the May 4th reinterment
Post & Courier Article about the Reinterment, May 5th
Post & Courier about the Anson Street African Burials project: honoring our ancestors, Feb 28, 2019.
Woke to Social Justice at the College of Charleston
Anson Street burial project DNA research in the news, Aug 1, 2018
CofC student Adeyemi Oduwole awarded a National Geographic Society grant to analyze genetic diversity among people of African descent living in Charleston today, as part of our Anson Street burials project! Stay tuned for upcoming dates for free DNA testing!
A recent message from Rovena Owens, who visited Zion Cemetery, on Monrovia Street, to find the burials of her great grandfather, his mother-in-law and other relatives, illustrates the importance of this work.

"I am excited that someone has interest in this cemetery. It took me a while to find it and I was so unhappy to see its condition. I have found death certificates that say that they [eight relatives] were buried at Zion Presbyterian Cemetery. I have not found one for Sidney Eckhardt yet. He was my Grandfather's uncle. He was in the state legislature during reconstruction. He was referred to by the family as "The Senator". I did read that he partook in a streetcar sit-in I think during the 1860s. He also held an office in the Segar Makers Association. Sidney died in Florida but I think that he was brought back to be buried in Zion with his wife and family. My mother attended the funeral of her aunt Henrietta Rodrigues in 1952 and said that the cemetery was in bad shape then."
 
"If possible I would like to see these graves for myself. I could not find them when I went into there a few years ago. Thanks so much to you and the Gullah Society for doing this."


(Rovena Owens Aug 6, 2017)
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Team
    • History of The Gullah Society
    • Dr. Ade Ofunniyin (Dr. O)
    • Gullah Geechee Culture
  • Sacred Burial Ground Projects
    • Daniel Island
    • New First Missionary Baptist Church Edisto Island
    • Monrovia Street Cemeteries
    • ANSON STREET BURIALS >
      • Ancient DNA Research
      • African descent DNA Research
      • Arts engagement program
      • Education Program
      • Community and Memorialization
      • REINTERMENT EVENTS
    • Ephrath & Trinity Methodist Episcopal Burial Grounds
  • Art & Exhibitions
    • African Diaspora
    • Sixteen Crowns
    • Dance of the Ancestors: Egungun Masquerade
    • WOKE: Rattling Bones, Conversations, Sacred Rites and Holy Places >
      • Rattling Bones
      • Conversations (part 1)
      • Sacred Rites
      • Holy Places
      • Conversations (Part 2)
    • WOKE to Social Justice
  • Research & Scholarship
    • Conference presentations
    • Ongoing research
  • News & Media Coverage
  • Genealogy
    • African American Resources
    • American Indian Resources
    • Florida Resources
    • Georgia Resources
    • South Carolina Resources
    • Lowcountry Africana
    • South Carolina History Society
  • Community Wellness
  • Our Services
  • SUPPORT US
  • Contact Us