Sallie Ann Robinson

Sallie Ann Robinson is an American cookbook author, celebrity chef, and cultural historian. A native of Daufuskie Island, South Carolina, she is noted for her knowledge of Gullah traditions and history.[1]

Early life

Robinson is one of the last of those African Americans born on Daufuskie Island before natives began selling their ancestral land to private corporations and individuals in the 1960s and began moving inland to surrounding areas in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and elsewhere.[2] While she is an author in her own right, Robinson’s literary debut actually came as the character named Ethel in Pat Conroy’s classic memoir, The Water Is Wide.[3] She was among the students Conroy taught on Daufuskie Island and maintained a friendship with the famous author as an adult. They sometimes make joint appearances at literary events.[4] In addition, members of Robinson’s family are also featured in Daufuskie Island, A Photographic Essay by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe (widow of tennis legend Arthur Ashe).[5] She is based in Hilton Head, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia.[6]

Published works

Robinson’s published titles have been acclaimed for the author’s mixture of authentic Gullah recipes, home remedies, folklore, memoir, and documentation of the Gullah dialect spoken by island natives.[7] To date, they include the following:

References

  1. ↑ Skirt Magazine, “Sallie Ann Robinson Cooks up Culture” 2004
  2. ↑ Robinson, Sallie Ann, "Growing up Gullah...the Daufuskie Way", Lowcountry Living Magazine, Summer 2007
  3. ↑ Southern Living Magazine, "Pat Conroy's Low Country" Sept 2004
  4. ↑ Ellen, "Sallie Ann Robinson on Being Pat Conroy’s Student on Daufuskie Island" (UNC Press Blog and Video, Oct 26, 2012
  5. ↑ Aberjhani, "Dixie Kitchen Diva" Connect Savannah News Weekly, Dec 16, 2008
  6. ↑ The Bluffton Breeze,"A Conversation with Sallie Ann Robinson" interview Feb 2004
  7. ↑ Pathfinders Travel Magazine, "Sallie Ann Robinson Cooking Daufuskie Way" 2004

External links

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