Gullah Leader Heads to Morocco for U.N. Conference on Climate Change

A Queen Quet of the Coast

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n 2000, Queen Quet, Marquetta L. Goodwine, was elected chieftess and head-of-state of the  Gullah/Geechee Nation, which was internationally recognized as a nation that same year. Since then, Queen Quet has worked tirelessly to preserve and protect the Gullah/Geechee people, their culture and way of life, which is under threat from potential seismic airgun blasting and offshore drilling.

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“All aspects of our culture are important,” she said. “Especially the fact that we are inextricably tied to the land and the waters of the Sea Islands and the [Intracoastal] Waterway and Atlantic Ocean.”

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Read more at https://usa.oceana.org/blog/coastal-voices-part-5-queen-coast

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