Gullah Geechee Cooking: Savannah’s Gina Capers -Willis Keeps Family Traditions Alive

Gullah Geechee Cooking: Savannah’s Gina Capers -Willis Keeps Family Traditions Alive

Photography: Gina Capers-WillisGina Capers-Willis calls herself a Geechee Girl. Her roots come from Daufuskie Island, South Carolina and the Gullah islands off the Georgia coast. But she grew up in Savannah at a time when she says Gullah Geechee culture wasn’t always appreciated.“Our patois language was frowned upon and thought of as broken English. But the Gullah Geechee people were living on islands isolated from the mainland, so they kept mor…