In this film Daughter of the Dust, at the turn of the century, the late African captives of Sea Island Gullahs remained isolated from the mainland of South Carolina and Georgia. Due to their isolation, the Gullah created and maintained a distinct American culture. Charleston had a large black population. This is the place where some African slaves were brought and transported during the Atlantic slave trade. The film presents their location, their migration, African spirituality, their family and the role of African women. Diaspora is defined as a group of people who live outside the region in which they have lived for a long time or in which their ancestors lived. As for the film, the Peazant family makes the connection by being located among the Gullah people of the Atlantic Sea islands off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. They were brought to the mainland as slaves from their Ibo landings. They migrated to the islands which were their first stop on the way to the New World. Most left the island because of the misery they faced on the plantation, but some stayed to farm and work. With the is...