The University of West Georgia Center for Diversity and Inclusion celebrates Black History Month on Wednesday, February 10, with a Gullah Geechee Gathering. The Smithsonian quality exhibit opens at 4:30 p.m. for viewing. A time of gathering, teaching, and remembering begins a 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Ballroom (108.2). This event is free and open to the public.
The public is invited to see the vanishing Gullah Geechee culture brought to life through an engaging and riveting performance of the Gullah Geechee culture, dialect, and traditions by Jim and Pat Bacote, founders and preservationists; the Darien Geechee Rain Shouters; Dr. Amir Jamal Toure, Geechee Kunda resident/living historian; and Greg Grant, Geechee herbalist and genealogist.
“Geechee Kunda was created as our means of contributing to efforts to preserve and perpetuate the knowledge of important elements of African culture that exists in the United States,” the Bacotes said. “We are also interested in assisting in nurturing and perpetuating threatened cultural traditions elsewhere in the Americas and Africa itself.”
The Geechee Kunda Cultural Arts Center and Museum is located in Liberty County, (Riceboro) Georgia and has been in existence since 2003.
The Center for Diversity and Inclusion (CDI) is located on the second floor (east wing) in Row Hall. For more information on CDI, please call 678-839-5400 or visit www.westga.edu/diversity.
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