![]() ![]() If Sapelo, an island off the coast of Georgia, and Belle Marsh, where she was born and raised, can be said to have a supreme griot, one who could render its history and culture with passion and authenticity, it was Bailey.īorn June 12, 1945, Cornelia Walker Bailey was the daughter of Hicks Walker, who worked at the tobacco heir R.J. ![]() Those memories came flooding back to me the other day when I learned that Cornelia Bailey had died. I got so consumed with the studies on the islands of Wadmalaw and Johns that I never made it to Sapelo. Many years ago, while conducting research on the Gullah-Geechee culture in the small islands off the coast of South Carolina, I had plans to extend this pursuit to Georgia, particularly to Sapelo Island. Black Financial Health Open dropdown menu. ![]()
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