Geechie (and various other spellings, such as Geechy or Geechee) is a word referring to the U.S. Lowcountry ethnocultural group of the descendants of enslaved West Africans who retained their cultural and linguistic history, otherwise known as the Gullah people and Gullah language (aka, Geechie Gullah, or Gullah-Geechee, etc). It has been used as a nickname for persons originating out of this culture and ethnic group. The term derives from the name of the Ogeechee River, an area where many of them settled.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
People with this nickname
edit- Lillie Mae "Geechie" Boone Scott Wiley (1908–1950), country blues musician
- Julies J. "Geechie" Fields (1904–1997), jazz musician
- Norwood "Geechie" Johnson, funk musician, member of the band The Wild Magnolias
- Buford "Geechie" Meredith (1899–1932), Negro league baseball player
- Johnnie "Geechie" Temple (1906–1968), blues musician
- Saladine "Geechi Suede" Wallace, Hip hop artist from the group Camp Lo
Characters
edit- "Geechee" Beatrice, an Oscar-nominated role portrayed by Alfre Woodard from the 1983 film Cross Creek
- Dan "Geechie Dan" Beauford, a character portrayed by Harry Belafonte, in the 1974 film Uptown Saturday Night
- "Geechy" Joe, a character portrayed by Cab Calloway, in the 1943 film Stormy Weather
References
edit- ^ Erin Byers Murray (2018). Grits: A Cultural and Culinary Journey Through the South. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 86. ISBN 9781250116086.
- ^ Jim Edwards (2016). The Final Word. iUniverse. ISBN 9781532010958.
- ^ "Gullah Geechee Tours". Charleston.com. 2019.
- ^ "Gullah/Geechee Nation". gullahgeecheenation.com. WEBE GULLAH/GEECHEE ANOINTED PEEPOL. 2019.
- ^ F. W. Bradley (November 1950). "A Word-List from South Carolina" (PDF). Publications of the American Dialect Society. 14 (14). American Dialect Society: 3–73. doi:10.1215/-14-1-3.
- ^ "GEESHIE WILEY". nts.live. NTS.
See also
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- All pages with titles containing Geechie
- All pages with titles containing Geechee
- All pages with titles containing Geechy
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