Tales From the Land of Gullah May 15, 2009

Minnesota Children's Museum is reviving the arts and practices of the Gullah people through a powerful exhibit, 'Tales from the Land of Gullah.' Gullah is a West African culture that survived the hardships of slavery and has remained nearly untouched since the 1600s. During the 1600s - 1800s, millions of West Africans were enslaved throughout the Western Hemisphere. The Gullah people remained relativley isolated from mainland America. They were able to form and maintain a unique way of life that blended their West African heritage with European-American and slave traditions. This became known as the Gullah culture. Tales from the Land of Gullah takes visitors back to the 1940s, long before the existing bridges were built to connect the islands to the mainland and the culture began to blend.