Cock Hunnah Yez and Nyam Up de Good Bittles Book

Cock Hunnah Yez and Nyam Up de Good Bittles Book

Between the summers of 2025 and 2026, the Joyner Institute for Gullah and African Diaspora Studies, with its sister institute, The Athenaeum Press at Coastal Carolina University, shepherded a collaborative of students, community members, and faculty to explore Gullah foodways, focusing on Georgetown County and the surrounding region.

The resulting product is this narrative.

Book Chapters:

  • Rice: An Introduction
  • Indigo: Zenobia Harper
  • Okra: Memory
  • Hibiscus: Jacque Williams
  • Peas: Land
  • Peppers: Matthews Family
  • Watermelon: Cultural and Economic Value
  • Cotton: Thomasina Herman Green
  • Collards: Abundance
  • Oysters: Shimshown Ciphrah

This work was generously supported through a pilot grant from the Mellon Foundation, and the latest in a long line of community-university collaborations and storytelling initiatives. This past year, a core group of students and makers collaborated on the narrative and research underpinning this project, supplemented by shorter-term modules from six other courses ranging from photography to user experience design to literature. Each researcher took on a chapter, and the narratives were collectively edited by the leadership team. Each component is dependent on the other, and this draft is living.

Price:

$20.00