KATE MORGAN READE: PRESERVE the Gullah-Geechie Cultural Heritage Corridor
A deeply spiritual, beautiful part of our Diverse Culture
I urge my readers — both of you who read Armando’s Substack — to luxuriate in the music my ‘Stack friend Kate Morgan Reade linked in today’s post:
The Gullah-Geechie is an endangered Creole Dialect in the Gullah-Geechie Cultural Corridor — a Tri-State area beautifully illustrated in the map from the Gullah Museum of Georgetown, SC, which Kate Morgan Reade included in today’s post.
Do you love the Song, Kumbaya?
Kate Morgan Reade links the reader to the Library of Congress site that preserves recordings of critical historical and cultural importance in America.
The first recording of Kumbaya was on a wax-roll in 1926 by the artist, H. Wylie, and produced by Julian Parks Boyd.
Kate Morgan Reade links the recording, so you can hear the entire original.
The Library of Congress archived an hour-long live performance of The Gullah-Goochie Ring, which enables you to take in the richness of culture created by slaves.
Kate Morgan Reade links this video.
This is as close as we can get to the spirit of beautiful people, enslaved under ante-Bellum tyranny, as they sing spirituals.
Turn from Armando and turn directly to Kate Morgan Reade’s post, today, to experience the breathtaking beauty and depth of dialect, culture and music from these beautiful persons, dating to Ante-Bellum times.
Thank you, friend, Kate Morgan Reade.
Today’s is one of the more beautiful posts on the ‘Stack.
Your very good friend,
Armando
13 July 2025
Thank you so much, my lovely friend, Armand, for spreading the story of knowledge, reverence, pain, wisdom, and beauty of America, as we feel our unity and connection to the broad diversity and history of ALL of us deep in our bones.
I agree that Kate's post is important history we all should remember.