Events & Speaking Engagements

Amadu Massally is available for keynote talks, storytelling sessions, panel discussions, educator workshops, and cultural festivals—both in-person and virtual. With deep roots in Sierra Leone and long-standing relationships across the Gullah Geechee corridor, he brings not only research but lived experience and ancestral memory to each engagement.
This is not a lecture. It is a return.

Signature Presentation Topics

The Atlantic Graveyard: Libation, memory, and diasporic reckoning
From the Mane Invasion to "The Hush": Two ruptures, one resilience
Gullah Geechee & Sierra Leone: Rebuilding cultural bridges across the ocean
Language, Land & Legacy: Teaching Gullah history through lived narrative
Black Loyalists, Maroons, and the Return to Freetown: Stories of survival and reconnection

 
Past Appearances Have Included:

United Maroon Indigenous Peoples (UMIP) Conference, Trinidad
Bunce Island Diaspora Summit, Sierra Leone
Gullah Festival, Beaufort, South Carolina
U.S. Embassy Cultural Forum, Freetown
Heritage Days, St. Helena Island
International Gullah Geechee and African Diaspora Conference, Joyner Institute

 
Booking Details

Use the contact form to inquire about:
Guest lectures (universities, schools, libraries)
Cultural panels and roundtables
Faith-based or intergenerational dialogues
Film screenings or book talks
Let us bring the story full circle. Reclaim the narrative together.