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Goodwine, Marquetta L , 1968-Biblio.com

Gawd Dun Smile Pun We: Beaufort Isles Gullah/Geechee: The Survival of Africa's Seed in the Winds of the Diaspora Volume II.

1997009916Kinship Publications Brooklyn N.Y. ©1997 1997. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Soft cover. Fine. 146 pages ; 22 cm. OCLC 52384403 ; stiff paper wrappers ; Marquetta L. Goodwine born 1968 is a non-sovereign elected monarch who serves as Queen Quet Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation. She is an author preservationist and performance artist. Goodwine was a native of St. Helena Island South Carolina. She attended Fordham College at Lincoln Center and double majored in computer science and mathematics. In 1996 she left Fordham and founded of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition. In 1999 she became the first Gullah to speak before the United Nations giving testimony at an April 1 hearing of the Commission on Human Rights in Switzerland. She participated in the United Nations Forum on Minority Rights which was first established in 2008. At the forum Queen Quet recorded the human rights struggle of the Gullah/Geechee people for archival by the United Nations. On 2 July 2002 Goodwine was elected and enstooled as "Queen Quet chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation." oodwine also serves as the Chair of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor General Management Plan and Expert Commissioner for South Carolina. She is a member of the 15-person commission established by the United States Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act which was passed by the United States Congress. Goodwine is a public advocate for the Gullah/Geechee Sea Islands in the face of increasing storm damage resulting from the climate crisis as well as ongoing flooding due to overdevelopment and poor infrastructure maintenance. Her work includes advocating and the preservation of Gullah/Geechee cultural traditions and resources that are threatened due to gentrification and climate change. She is the founder of a historic presentation troupe "De Gullah Cunneckshun" which has recorded several CDs and been featured on films and film soundtracks. In 2022 she was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster who has sought to preserve the Gullah culture in the state. ; "This literary journey is dedicated to all those who know and understand the words. This is for the Creator that gave me the power of words and the ancestors that guide my steps and my tongue. I pay homage and give thanks to them. Freedom had. Freedom stolen. Freedom fought for. Freedom regained. Freedom voluntarily surrendered. Understanding what freedom is and whether or not it truly exist. These are all of the things that come to mind when I think of home--The Sea Islands." ; FINE <br/> <br/> Kinship Publications, Brooklyn, N.Y., ©1997 paperback

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