Host to Hidden Treasure – Sapelo Island, GA

Host to Hidden Treasure – Sapelo Island, GA

Sapleo is a sea island off the Atlantic Coast of Georgia. It’s home to the Hog Hammock community, a small Geechee/Gullah community of about 45 people who live and work on the island. They are direct descendants of the enslaved people that worked on the island.  Geechee or Gullah refers to a distinct African-American culture that developed primarily along the Sea Islands of Georgia and South Carolina. The culture is sometimes called “Geechee” in Georgia, and “Gullah” in South Carolina.

Jelly and Yoshi meet J.R. Grovner at the ferry dock, two hours south of Savannah. J.R. is a tour guide and resident on Sapelo Island. Jelly and Yoshi have to board his speed boat in order to get to the sea island.  
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Host to Hidden Treasure is an educational interactive on the transatlantic slave trade. It follows the journey of two rappers, Jelly from Toronto and Yoshi from Atlanta, as they retrace actual slave trading routes across Georgia, USA, Ontario, Canada and Gold Coast, Ghana.

We made this resource for educators to enhance Black history curriculums and to bring more culturally relevant, responsive and engaging content into classrooms.

This video is part of a series of videos included in the resource.
For more info, please visit: www.stolenfromafrica.org/host-to-hidden-treasure.