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  • Keeper of the Culture | Chef BJ Dennis

    Keeper of the Culture | Chef BJ Dennis
    2025/11/23
    In Gullah culture, the food is deeply rooted in rice and seafood dishes that grew out of the diaspora and its West African influences. Gullah Chef BJ Dennis has built a reputation for not just amazing flavors, but for spreading knowledge about the ingredient's origins. His Gullah cooking may be what he's known for on a national stage but to him, its important to continue to use the techniques of the ancestors when he's blending his ingredients and every plate comes with a serving of the richly significant history of the food. Chef BJ has been featured in local, national and international cooking events including the BB&T Wine+Food Festival, Netflix 'High on the Hog', P.B.S 'Moveable Feast' and Bravo's 'Top Chef' and sharing his story with me.
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    1 時間 6 分
  • Keeper of the Culture | Michael Twitty

    Keeper of the Culture | Michael Twitty
    2025/11/16
    There aren't a lot of Culinary Preservationists out there who have a depth of knowledge on West African food, culinary practices and flavors, especially one who can't break it down like Michael Twitty can. The author of a few incredible culinary based history books, including the Cooking Gene, Michael Twitty captivates as he educates you when he takes you on a culinary tour and shares some fascinating stories and foodways that come from Africa and spans the entire Caribbean, to the east coast, throughout the south and as far away as Louisiana. Get ready for a deep dive into Gullah food history and get a taste of all of the flavors that he's about to cook up.
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    1 時間 15 分
  • The Impact of Gullah Food in America

    The Impact of Gullah Food in America
    2025/11/09
    Every day Americans are using Gullah traditions in what we say and eat. The culture and its foodways can be traced directly back to West Africa for several centuries. Things like one pot meals is just the beginning of some of the cultural flavors, ingredients and Gullah impacts that we enjoy today.
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    21 分
  • So What is Soul Food?

    So What is Soul Food?
    2025/11/02
    Where did the meals that are connected to Black people and culture that we call soul food or southern cooking come from? Yes, some of the dishes came straight out of the Diaspora, but what are the true origins of all of the rich variety of foods and flavors? And how did they become what has influenced the popular foodways of the South that we enjoy today?
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    54 分
  • What Is Hoodoo | Conjure?

    What Is Hoodoo | Conjure?
    2025/10/26
    When we don't know a word or what something is, it's easy to let assumptions, misunderstandings or even misinformation lead us to label it as bad and not to be liked. Well, Hoodoo and Conjure have had a bad rap for exactly those reasons. So, here's a crash course on what this ancient ancestral traditions are from a Priestess who not only practices the religion, but sheds a light on why culturally we do a lot of the things that we do everyday.
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    1 時間 26 分
  • Markings Left Behind

    Markings Left Behind
    2025/10/19
    Everyday, as we move through life, we come across markings that our ancestors left behind for us. From the beautiful kente cloth designs, to the mud cloths to the Adrinka symbols that can be found everywhere; sharing wisdom with us; reassuring us that we're not alone; communicating tribal messages and so much more. The symbols are not just random pictures, they're our history, our identity, our genealogy, our culture and our roots.
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    1 時間
  • Keeper of the Culture | Dr. Jessica Berry

    Keeper of the Culture | Dr. Jessica Berry
    2025/10/12
    Some people say that the Gullah Geechee language is dying. Well, it's not! Finding out how many people are speaking Gullah or Geechee might be difficult because speakers are code switching. So, what is code switching? And why are bi-lingual Gullah's changing how they speak in public if their first language is Gullah? Join me for an energized and educational conversation on language, culture and how the language will be able to sustain itself for future generations.
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    54 分
  • The Cost of Slavery

    The Cost of Slavery
    2025/10/06
    Let's face it. Slavery was all about "the dollar dollar bill ya'll". It offered free labor and an incredible economic growth that we are still seeing today,,,,,,,hundreds of years later. The impact that we don't talk about is the human cargo that was the largest "crop" that was grown out of slavery and the humanity that was affected in order to enable it to thrive.
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    55 分