Welcome home, Daughter!! I am a proud Gullah woman from the Sea Islands of the SC Low Country, born and bred!
Let me start, by sharing this with you since you mentioned, "Kumbayah": https://medium.com/@scpheonix/think-cultural-appropriations-bad-try-cultural-misappropriation-and-see-how-the-hell-you-feel-7d96d604b52a
I'm ALWAYS here -- if, and when you need me...