If you make your way to Boone Hall Plantation and Gardens in Mount Pleasant, you can find a unique presentation titled “Exploring the Gullah Culture.” In it, the Gullah Geechee people demonstrate the history of their culture through storytelling, dance and, critically, song.
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a definitive staple of Charleston. The present-day Gullah communities, descendants of enslaved people brought to the Carolinas from Central and Western Africa, stretch from Jacksonville, N.C., to Jacksonville, Fla.
Keeping alive the memory of Gullah music and culture has always been vital, and that mission will continue at Spoleto Festival USA with trumpeter Etienne Charles’ concert “Gullah Roots.” The concert takes place June 4 at the College of Charleston Cistern Yard…