Gullah People

It seems the Gullah people have a music culture that is very similar to the music culture of the ewe people we studied earlier this year. A lot of the focus of the music culture is rhythm and created by membranophones or idiophones. The dancing styles also seem similar and the videos promote the music culture as if it focus on group performances in festival style settings. The music is very tribal in nature and seems driven from old roots. Performance is driven mainly by the drums. And it seems that the drums are an integral part of all Gullah music. Dancing is key to the performers which consists of swinging arms wide and jumping around. The audiences in most performances clap along and cheer for the performers while the music is playing. It also seems most performances occur in the daytime at least that is how youtube videos portray it. The music seems like it is derived specifically out of the old ancestors from the slave trade and the repertoires of music seemed to have evaded outside influence. Most of the Gullah lyrics in their music is heavily influenced by the slave trade of the past making the lyrics historically reflective of this time period.