“If you can’t hold onto the land, you can’t hold onto the culture.”
Jabari Moketsi (jah-bahr-ee moh-ket-see)
publisher Gullah Sentinel newspaper
IMAGE SOURCE: Photo: Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society in “Living Soul of Gullah.” Coastal Heritage Magazine. Spring 2000. | TEXT SOURCE: “Living Soul of Gullah.” Coastal Heritage Magazine. Spring 2000.
QUOTE CONTEXT: “Along the coast, many black-owned land titles are tangled affairs. Extended families often collectively own land as “heirs property.” In many cases, heirs who live far away in New York or New Jersey want to sell off valuable property they never see or use. Meanwhile, other family members desperately want to hold onto land that’s been held for generations.”
QUOTE QUESTION: How are land and culture intertwined for your People?
IMAGE CONTEXT: “Two boys stand on a country road in Lowcountry South Carolina in the 1910s. Only a few generations ago, the Gullah culture thrived along isolated stretches of the coast.”
IMAGE QUESTION: Who do you stand beside as you walk your Peoples’ ancient pathways?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and photo are from a regional magazine.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: What media sources do you trust to faithfully hold up the experience of your People?
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