Cornelia Walker Bailey (1945–2017)
Auteur de God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks About Life on Sapelo Island, Georgia
A propos de l'auteur
Cornelia Walker Bailey was born on Sapelo Island, Georgia on June 12, 1945. After the Civil War, former slaves and their descendants bought land on Sapelo Island. The isolation of island life allowed them to retain elements of West African traditions, language, and religion that have become known afficher plus as Gullah-Geechee culture. Bailey was a storyteller who fought to protect that culture. Her memoir, God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks About Life on Sapelo Island, Georgia, was published in 2001. She helped found and was vice president of the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society. She received a Governor's Award in the Humanities for her preservation work in 2004. She died on October 15, 2017 at the age of 72. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Cornelia Walker Bailey
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Date de naissance
- 1945
- Date de décès
- 2017-10-15
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- USA
Membres
Critiques
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 2
- Membres
- 109
- Popularité
- #178,011
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 2