Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? Kunta Kinte. View source. History Talk 0. At its height, an estimated one in six West Africans slaves came from this area.
The island is also famous for its namesake: Kunta Kinte. Kinte was a character in Alex Haley's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots, and later of a miniseries by the same name. Haley claimed his book was based on a real-life man who was captured into slavery in the nearby village of Juffureh, and that he himself was Kinte's great, great, great, great grandson.
In Haley's story, Kinte, who was sold to an American slave owner, resisted both his enslavement and the name "Toby" that his owner imposed on him.
After his fourth attempt at escape, the slave catchers gave him a choice: Be castrated, or lose half a foot. Kinte chose the latter a fortunate choice for the descendants who would later immortalize him.
There have been disputes over Haley's claims of descendancy and his account of Kinte's life, which he claimed were gleaned from research and his family's oral tradition. Expert genealogists have pointed to records that show "Toby" died at least five years prior to the birth of Kizzy, Haley's great, great, great grandmother.
More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. A saga of African-American life, based on Alex Haley's family history. Kunta Kinte is abducted from his African village, sold into slavery, and taken to America.
He makes several escape attempts until he is finally caught and maimed. He marries Bell, his plantation's cook, and they have a daughter, Kizzy, who is eventually sold away from them. Kizzy has a son by her new master, and the boy grows up to become Chicken George. He's a legendary cock fighter who leads his family into freedom.
Throughout the series, the family observes notable events in U. The Saga of an American Family. Biography Drama History War. Did you know Edit. Trivia Author Harold Courlander successfully sued author Alex Haley for plagiarizing works which led to the book that served as the basis for this miniseries.
Goofs Kizzy, a slave who works in the fields, has long, beautifully manicured fingernails. Quotes Omoro, Kunta's father : [holding his infant son up to starry sky] Kunta Kinte, behold the only thing greater than yourself! The Roots Mural was the same, but when the title Roots was shown on-screen it was over a dark blue background. The cover of the novel rises up from a horizontal to a vertical position.
Also, the end credits have been changed considerably. In the original, there were eight sets of end credits one for each episode. When the show was re-edited to six episodes, names were combined for different hours and some of the end credit sequences with a still from that episode are missing, including one featuring Kizzy and Missy Anne having a picnic.
Soundtracks Oluwa by Quincy Jones. Toby and John Waller get into a fight but William Waller slaps John for trying to mess around with his property. He passes on the Mandinka ways to Kizzy but its pretty difficult. During a hurricane, Kizzy writes a written road pass that she forged.
As a result, Kizzy is sold. Belle yells at Toby that Kizzy's name mean stay put. She wants to kill herself now that she lost 3 children. Toby sees a Mandinkan and realizes he was on the ship with Kunta when he was The African is bought by William Waller and Toby explains how life was. Kunta, now 67 years old, is alone and prays to Allah to bring him home in the Gambia. In , Kunta dies of a broken heart. Kunta was a warrior, he was enslaved and travled across the world and lived to start a new family in America.
The Kinte dynasty will be asembled for many years. Kunta will always be a Mandinka Warrior. Roots Wiki Explore.
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