Intellectual Liberation, and Spiritual Healing. Our programs and activities are offered in that spirit. Some, Mind you, ours is not an interest in culture for culture’s sake. We use culture as a vehicle for Mental Empowerment, because they present mental or physical challenges, are aimed at imbuing participants with greater self-esteem and confidence.
Some seek to equip participants with traditional skills that can be used to establish cottage industries, thereby gaining a measure of self-sufficiency. Others are intended to enhance ones’ understanding and appreciation of the global experience of African people, a necessary step in forming meaningful alliances. Still others are intended to assist participants in realizing full potential, in hope that they will be inspired to return to their home communities and contribute to their cultural and social developement.
About Geechee Kunda
Geechee Kunda is one of the most impactful and meaningful cultural education facilities in the south, a true lifetime experience. Geechee Kunda was founded as an effort to dispel the non-sense that ours is a "dying, faltering culture." Our plight is to help insure that the lives and journeys of Africans/ African-Americans/ Geechees are not written out of history and instead be included in a "true light." At Geechee Kunda are exhibit galleries, a gift shop, a family research center, and most importantly, an ongoing research and documentation effort. Here we use our means of combined contributing efforts to preserve and perpetuate the knowledge of important elements of African Culture that exists in the United States. We are also interested in assisting in nurturing and perpetuating threatened cultural traditions elsewhere in the Americas and Africa itself.
Because of the scope of our vision, our offerings are varied. In addition to permanent and rotating exhibits, our year-round program of activities includes classes, workshops, demonstrations, and lectures covering a broad spectrum of traditional and innovative subjects allowing all to explore various aspects of continental and diaspora African culture that they are interested in. Our presenters include scholars, and most importantly the real experts, the people who are the keepers of the culture of the culture.
