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Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture

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Cornelia Walker Bailey is pictured in the kitchen doorway of her Wallow Lodge before sweeping the front stoop. Bailey, who died Oct. 15, was considered the Geechee "griot," a West African term for storyteller, and fought to keep sacred the community

Bailey, who died Oct. 15, was considered the Geechee "griot," a West African term for storyteller, and fought to keep alive the community's history and way of life, especially its food culture.

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