Marquetta Goodwine

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Marquetta Goodwine
The Queen Mother, Chieftess of the Gullah Geeche Nation [1] [2] [3]
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Queen of the Gullah
ReignJuly 2, 2002 – present [4] [1] [2]
Coronation July 2, 2002
PredecessorPosition established
Born1968 (age 56–57)
St. Helena Island, South Carolina, U.S.
Regnal name
Quet

Marquetta L. Goodwine (born 1968) is a non-sovereign, elected monarch who serves as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation . [2] [1] She is an author, preservationist, and performance artist.

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Biography

Goodwine was a native of St. Helena Island, South Carolina. She attended Fordham College at Lincoln Center and double majored in computer science and mathematics. [5] In 1996 she left Fordham and founded of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition. [5] [6] In 1999 she became the first Gullah to speak before the United Nations, giving testimony at an April 1 hearing of the Commission on Human Rights in Switzerland. [7] She participated in the United Nations Forum on Minority Rights which was first established in 2008. At the forum, Queen Quet recorded the human rights struggle of the Gullah/Geechee people for archival by the United Nations. [8]

On 2 July 2002, Goodwine was elected and enstooled as "Queen Quet, chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation." [5] [9] Goodwine also serves as the Chair of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor General Management Plan and Expert Commissioner for South Carolina. She is a member of the 15-person commission established by the United States Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act which was passed by the United States Congress.

Goodwine is a public advocate for the Gullah/Geechee Sea Islands in the face of increasing storm damage resulting from the climate crisis [10] as well as ongoing flooding due to overdevelopment and poor infrastructure maintenance. [11] Her work includes advocating and the preservation of Gullah/Geechee cultural traditions and resources that are threatened due to gentrification and climate change. [12]

Goodwine served as a consultant for the 2000 Mel Gibson film The Patriot , which featured scenes set on the South Carolina coast of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. She has been an advisor to several historic documentaries, including This Far by Faith: The African American Religious Experience, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, Slavery and the Making of America, Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, and The Will to Survive: The Story of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. She also lectures throughout the world.

She is the founder of a historic presentation troupe "De Gullah Cunneckshun," which has recorded several CDs and been featured on films and film soundtracks. [13] [14]

In 2022, she was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, who has sought to preserve the Gullah culture in the state. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 McMaster, Henry. "2023 State of the State Address". governor.sc.gov. Governor of South Carolina. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Gullah/Geechee Nation Constitution Preamble" (PDF). epa.gov. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Queen Quet Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation" (PDF). www.congress.gov. United States Congress. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Curry, Lenny. "PROCLOMATION". jacksonville.gov. City of Jacksonville. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 Gosier, Chris (18 December 2020). "Marquetta L. Goodwine fights to preserve the culture of the Gullah/Geechee people and counteract the impact of climate change on their way of life". news.fordham.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  6. ↑ Hargrove, Melissa (2007). "Will 'The Fools' Always Live off the 'Damn Fools'? The Politics of 'Lowcountry' Tourism" . Practicing Anthropology. 29 (3): 43–46. doi:10.17730/praa.29.3.d774548713701l21. ISSN   0888-4552. JSTOR   24782398.
  7. ↑ "The Gullah Queen". African Soul. Archived from the original on 2001-04-05. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  8. ↑ "Queen Quet". Smithsonian Conservation Commons. 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  9. ↑ Finney, Carolyn (2014). Black Faces, White Spaces: Reimagining the Relationship of African Americans to the Great Outdoors . University of North Carolina Press. p.  101. ISBN   9781469614496.
  10. ↑ Milman, Oliver (2019-10-23). "Gullah Geechee: distinct US culture risks losing island home to climate crisis". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2020-07-24.
  11. ↑ Voices, I. ❤ Climate (2020-06-23). "Survivors Recount Harrowing Battles Against Flooding". Medium. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  12. ↑ Griner, Allison. "The Gullah Geechee's fight against 'cultural genocide'". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  13. ↑ Sarah Welch, Sarah; Cook, Issac (1 November 2011). "Guilford experiences De Gullah Cunneckshun". The Guilford. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  14. ↑ "De Gullah Cunneckshun". Gullah/Geechee Nation. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  15. ↑ "Gullah/Geechee Nation". gullahgeecheenation.com. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
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