queen Quet

“Yeddi We" here we stand - a Head was placed upon the Body. In July 2002 the former Marqueta L. Goodwine was enstooled as Queen Quet Chieftess of the Gullah Geechee Nation. Queen Quet is from Saint Helena Island South Carolina. She created the Gullah Geechee Sea Island Coalition and AKAN - Afrikan Kultural Arts Network.

She was formally known as an Artivist - an artist who is an activist. Now she is known as the foremost leader regarding matters pertaining to Gullah Geechee people in the US. She has traveled the world working on behalf of her people and the culture and she is recognized by various governments.

Queen Quet is the first Gullah Geechee person to address the United Nations. In 1999 she addressed the UN's Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. Since that time she has been invited to address other forums at the UN on behalf of Gullah Geechee people.

Side Note - She has left Savannah and Hilton Head native Jamal Touré in the US while on her travels to Brasil and Panama.