Melungeon Voices S1 E6 – Sonja Griffin Evans
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- UPDATED: 8.10.2025
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- Melungeons
date:
7.31.2020
length:
17 min
podcast:
presenter:
producer:
Lis Malone (Lis Malone LLC)
host:
Heather Andolina (MHA President)
guest:
Sonja Griffin Evans
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description:
Internationally acclaimed Gullah/Geechee artist, speaker, and Pan African Culture Heritage Fellow, Sonja Griffin Evans, shares her beautiful and unique Gullah/Geechee heritage, and its influence on her artwork. She also discusses what inspires her, and how her cultural roots from the past impacts her work and messages it will send to future generations.
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