Mangoes & Memories Vol. 3: Preserving Culture Through Food
See Something Say Something
Ahmed Ali Akbar
4.8 • 550 Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
We're back with the final installment of our food series! Each episode of Mangoes & Memories explores food through the lens of culture and politics. This week's episode is about the Gullah/Geechee community and their fight to maintain their culture and history. First, BuzzFeed News reporter Hannah Allam discusses her reporting on Sapelo Island, Georgia and how the present-day Gullah community is taking legal action against the state to protect their land. She also introduces us to their ancestor, Bilali Muhammad, who was brought to America as an enslaved person, but was able to maintain some of the earliest traces of Islam in this country. Then, we're joined by Chef B.J. Dennis, a Gullah chef and culinary historian who has dedicated his career to learning about and preserving Gullah cuisine.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, I'm Amadale Yuckber, and this is Mango Meat and Memories. |
| 0:07.8 | Episode three, it's our food miniseries from See Something, where we're talking about politics, |
| 0:12.5 | culture, and food. |
| 0:13.9 | This episode is going to be about the Gullah Ghi people and their fight to preserve their culture. |
| 0:18.8 | You know, I wanted to put out there the culture through food |
| 0:22.6 | and it's also taking me on a journey |
| 0:24.9 | and I've learned so much |
| 0:27.0 | about our foodways |
| 0:28.9 | that I never knew. |
| 0:32.0 | If you see something, |
| 0:36.0 | you better, you better say something. |
| 0:40.3 | Nothing at all. |
| 0:41.3 | Nothing at all. |
| 0:45.3 | So that was chef B.J. Dennis. |
| 0:47.3 | He's a Gullah Chef based in Charleston, South Carolina. |
| 0:50.3 | His work focuses on preserving Gulloggi-eizene and educating people about its loss history. |
| 0:55.8 | But first, you're going to hear from Hannah Alam. |
| 0:57.4 | She's a reporter here at BuzzFeed News, who just did a piece on a Gullogichi community on |
| 1:01.7 | Sappolo Island. |
| 1:03.1 | So, Sappolo Island is a island off the coast of Georgia. |
| 1:06.9 | A lot of the history around Sappolo Island comes from one man, Bilali Muhammad, who was an enslaved |
| 1:12.2 | person who lived through some of the most unimaginable circumstances, and despite it all, |
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