“The #Gullah are directly descended from the slaves who labored on the rice plantations, and their language reflects significant influences from #SierraLeone and the surrounding area.”
glc.yale.edu/gullah-rice-sl…
gullahgeecheecorridor.org/thegullahgeech…
glc.yale.edu/gullah-rice-sl…
NOTE: The “Black American linguist” has a name.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_D…
“Although Jordan Peele is not Gullah, (I’m not sure what his father’s lineage is), his concept of the “sunken place” reminded me of this second sight or this Gullah way of seeing.”
thelivingainteasy.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/bet…
thelivingainteasy.wordpress.com/2017/03/19/bet…
amazon.com/Homecoming-Art…
He is not just a “Black American linguist”.
Lorenzo Dow Turner is the father of Gullah studies.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_D…
magazine.uchicago.edu/1012/features/…
magazine.uchicago.edu/1012/features/…
Dow Turner Symposium