“Hunnah!”
That’s “Welcome!” in the Gullah language created by African captives brought to the Sea Islands. The cultural traditions that they brought to Americas can still be heard in their ancestors’ lyrical speech, religious worship, songs, cooking and crafts lsuch as quilting, sweetgrass basket sewing and grass doll making.
Stop by the Gullah O’oman Museum and Gift Shop on Pawley’s Island - Home of the Michelle Obama Family History Quilt - to learn more about Gullah culture from Bunny and Andrew Rodrigues, the proprietors.
Located on a quiet street just off U.S. 17, among live oaks draped in Spanish moss, the museum is a place where visitors stop and stay a while. Bunny and Andrew use the Gullah and Low Country crafts, African artifacts and the Black collectibles from the museum gift shop to tell the story of the Gullahs and the part they played in the building of South Carolina and the United States.
