Marquetta Goodwine Explained

Marquetta Goodwine
The Queen Mother, Chieftess of the Gullah Geeche Nation[1] [2] [3]
Succession:Queen of the Gullah
Reign:July 2, 2002 - present[4]
Coronation:July 2, 2002
Regnal Name:Quet
Predecessor:Position established

Marquetta L. Goodwine is a non-sovereign, elected monarch who serves as Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation. She is an author, preservationist, and performance artist.

Biography

Goodwine was a native of St. Helena Island, South Carolina. She attended Fordham College at Lincoln Center and double majored in computer science and mathematics.[5] In 1996 she left Fordham and founded of the Gullah/Geechee Sea Island Coalition.[6] In 1999 she became the first Gullah to speak before the United Nations, giving testimony at an April 1 hearing of the Commission on Human Rights in Switzerland.[7] She participated in the United Nations Forum on Minority Rights which was first established in 2008. At the forum, Queen Quet recorded the human rights struggle of the Gullah/Geechee people for archival by the United Nations.[8]

On 2 July 2002, Goodwine was elected and enstooled as "Queen Quet, chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation."[9] Goodwine also serves as the Chair of the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor General Management Plan and Expert Commissioner for South Carolina. She is a member of the 15-person commission established by the United States Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Act which was passed by the United States Congress.

Goodwine is a public advocate for the Gullah/Geechee Sea Islands in the face of increasing storm damage resulting from the climate crisis[10] as well as ongoing flooding due to overdevelopment and poor infrastructure maintenance.[11] Her work includes advocating and the preservation of Gullah/Geechee cultural traditions and resources that are threatened due to gentrification and climate change.[12]

Goodwine served as a consultant for the 2000 Mel Gibson film The Patriot, which featured scenes set on the South Carolina coast of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. She has been an advisor to several historic documentaries, including This Far by Faith: The African American Religious Experience, The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow, Slavery and the Making of America, Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, and The Will to Survive: The Story of the Gullah/Geechee Nation. She also lectures throughout the world.

She is the founder of a historic presentation troupe "De Gullah Cunneckshun," which has recorded several CDs and been featured on films and film soundtracks.[13] [14]

In 2022, she was awarded the Order of the Palmetto by South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster, who has sought to preserve the Gullah culture in the state.[15]

Books

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: McMaster . Henry . 2023 State of the State Address . governor.sc.gov . Governor of South Carolina . 29 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Gullah/Geechee Nation Constitution Preamble . epa.gov . U.S. Environmental Protection Agency . 29 November 2023.
  3. Web site: Queen Quet Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation . www.congress.gov . United States Congress . 29 November 2023.
  4. Web site: Curry . Lenny . PROCLOMATION . jacksonville.gov . City of Jacksonville . 29 November 2023.
  5. Web site: Gosier. Chris. 18 December 2020. Marquetta L. Goodwine fights to preserve the culture of the Gullah/Geechee people and counteract the impact of climate change on their way of life.. 24 January 2021. news.fordham.edu.
  6. Hargrove . Melissa. Will 'The Fools' Always Live off the 'Damn Fools'? The Politics of 'Lowcountry' Tourism . 2007. Practicing Anthropology. 29. 3. 43–46. 10.17730/praa.29.3.d774548713701l21 . 24782398 . 0888-4552.
  7. Web site: The Gullah Queen. African Soul. https://web.archive.org/web/20010405004936/http://www.blackbusinesslist.com/africansoul.htm. 2001-04-05. 2019-04-01.
  8. Web site: 2020. Queen Quet. 24 January 2021. Smithsonian Conservation Commons.
  9. Book: Finney, Carolyn. . University of North Carolina Press. 2014. 9781469614496. 101.
  10. News: Milman. Oliver. 2019-10-23. Gullah Geechee: distinct US culture risks losing island home to climate crisis. en-GB. The Guardian. 2020-07-24. 0261-3077.
  11. Web site: Voices. I. ❤ Climate. 2020-06-23. Survivors Recount Harrowing Battles Against Flooding. 2020-07-25. Medium. en.
  12. Web site: Griner. Allison. The Gullah Geechee's fight against 'cultural genocide'. 2020-07-25. www.aljazeera.com.
  13. Web site: Sarah Welch. Sarah. Cook. Issac. 1 November 2011. Guilford experiences De Gullah Cunneckshun. 24 January 2021. The Guilford.
  14. Web site: De Gullah Cunneckshun. 24 January 2021. Gullah/Geechee Nation.
  15. Web site: Gullah/Geechee Nation . gullahgeecheenation.com . 28 July 2022 . 19 June 2023.

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