Cornelia Walker Bailey

Cornelia Walker Bailey (12 ga Yuni, 1945 - 15 ga Oktoba, 2017) ta kasance mai ba da labari, marubuciya, kuma masanin tarihi wanda ya yi aiki don adana al'adun Geechee-Gullah na tsibirin Sapelo, Jojiya .

 Rayuwa ta farko 
An haifi Bailey a ranar 12 ga Yuni, 1945, ga Hicks Walker da Hettie Bryant . Ta kasance zuriyar Bilali Muhammad, bawa kuma Musulmi daga Yammacin Afirka, wanda ya yi aiki a gonar Thomas Spalding. An haifi Bilali Muhammad a wani lokaci tsakanin 1760 da 1770s a Timbo, Guinea . Yana da shekaru 14 lokacin da aka kama shi a yakin kabilanci, ya bautar kuma aka kai shi Nassau, Bahamas, inda fararen manomi Thomas Spalding na saya shi kuma ya kai shi tsibirin Sapelo a 1803. A shekara ta 1810, ya kula da duk ayyukan da ke kan gonar, gami da bayi 500. Ya kuma kawo rubutun Musulunci na farko da aka sani zuwa Amurka ta hanyar kama shi, takarda mai shafi 13 na dokar Musulmi da addu'a da aka rubuta a farkon karni na 19.

Mahaifin Bailey, Hicks Walker, sau da yawa yana aiki ga magajin taba RJ Reynolds Jr. a gidan Reynolds a tsibirin Sapelo. Gidan ya kasance tsakiya na gonar Thomas Spalding.

Bailey ta girma ne a cikin ƙauyen Belle Marsh a tsibirin Sapelo, ɗaya daga cikin al'ummomi da yawa waɗanda suka gano al'adunsu ga bayin da aka 'yantar da su waɗanda suka sayi ƙasa a tsibirin da aka ware.

 Ayyuka 
Bailey ta bar tsibirin Sapelo na ɗan lokaci don zama tare da dangi a Tsibirin St. Simons, sannan ta zauna a Hog Hammock a lokacin da ta dawo tsibirin a shekarar 1966. Bailey ta gudanar da gidan baƙi a can, The Wallow Lodge, tare da mijinta Julius "Frank" Bailey da 'ya'yansu bakwai.

Ta yi alfahari da gadonta, wanda ta bayyana musamman da Saltwater Geechee. Ta yi aiki don adanawa da kuma rubuta labaran Geechee-Gullah da hanyoyin rayuwa a gaban raguwar yawan jama'a da kuma karuwar ci gaban gidaje - wani yanayi da ke kawo fararen fata masu arziki gina manyan gidajen hutu a tsibirin baƙar fata na tarihi.  Ta koyar da sana'o'in hannu da kanta ta koya daga mahaifinta: saƙa a kwando, saka raga, tattara ganye, da kuma ungozoma.  An san ta a yankin a matsayin mai fafutuka, mai ba da labari kuma masanin tarihi na Tsibirin Sapelo. 

Bailey ta yi tafiya zuwa Saliyo a shekarar 1989, inda ta binciki alaƙar da ke tsakanin tsibirin Sapelo da al'adun Afirka ta Yamma. Ta lura da irin wannan nau'ikan gine-ginen gargajiya, da kuma irin wannan dabarun noma da salon dafa abinci.

 Manazarta 
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2017
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1945