Gullah was developed among Africans as a way to communicate with people from other tribes and Europeans. African-American scholar Lorenzo Dow Turner studied Gullah on the Sea Islands. He determined that this language is made up of English and over 4,000 words from many different African languages.
As part of their culture they tell their story through storytelling, which is a way to share their folklore and history. The storytellers often perform folktales that feature animals as the main characters and get the audience involved by asking them to repeat words.
The link above is very interesting and you can hear some stories told by Aunt Pearlie Sue!
Gullah New Testment
As every language has the bible translation, the Gullah is no exception!
In this website you have the translation of the Bible to the Gullah language.
It may be a little hard to understand in the beginning but keep reading that it gets easier!
It is also very easy to select the part you want to read as it has a very simple navigation system.
Still about GULLAH
If you want to read some books of Gullah see this website.
It has a extensive list of books, about Gullah literature, the list goes from children´s stories to a bibliography of Gullah.
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