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    • Kunta Kinte is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died around 1822. Haley said that his account of Kunta's life in Roots is a mixture of fact and fictio… See more

    Biography in Roots novel

    According to the book Roots, Kunta Kinte was born circa 1750 in the Mandinka village of Jufureh, in the Gambia. He was raised in a Muslim family. In 1767, while Kunta was searching for wood to make a drum for himself, fou… See more

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    Kunta Kinte has inspired a reggae riddim of the same name. This started off life as a track called Beware Of Your Enemies released from Jamaica's Channel One. A dub version, put out in 1976 by Channel One … See more

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    • Kunta Kinteh Island in the Gambia
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    Why is it called Kunta Kinte Island?
    Once known as James Island, Kunta Kinte Island was a holding ground for captured slaves before they were shipped to America. The island is named for its most famous slave, who was later immortalized in the book (and then mini-series) Roots. American writer Alex Haley wrote Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
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    Is Kunta Kinte a real person?
    Kunta Kinte (/ ˈkuːntɑːˈkɪnteɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay; c.1750 – c.1822) is a fictional character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. Kunta Kinte was based on one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around 1750, enslaved, and taken to America where he died around 1822.

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    What is Kunta Kinte famous for?
    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.

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    Why is it called Kunta Kinte Island?
    Once known as James Island, Kunta Kinte Island was a holding ground for captured slaves before they were shipped to America. The island is named for its most famous slave, who was later immortalized in the book (and then mini-series) Roots. American writer Alex Haley wrote Roots: The Saga of an American Family.

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    Where did Kunta Kinte come from?
    According to family history, Kunta Kinte landed with other Gambian Africans in “Naplis” (Annapolis, Maryland) where he was sold into slavery. Alex Haley’s quest to learn more about his family history resulted in his writing the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Roots.

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    How did Alex Haley learn about Kunta Kinte?
    As a young boy, Alex Haley first learned of his African ancestor, Kunta Kinte, by listening to the family stories of his maternal grandparents while spending his summers in Henning, Tennessee. According to family history, Kunta Kinte landed with other Gambian Africans in “Naplis” (Annapolis, Maryland) where he was sold into slavery.

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    What happened in Kunta Kinte?
    Written in 1976, Haley’s novel follows Kunta Kinte from his capture by white slavers in Gambia to his life as a slave in the United States. Notable events in Kunta Kinte’s life are his slave-naming as “Toby,” which becomes a great struggle between him and his white master, and the amputations of half of his foot as punishment for an escape attempt.

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    Kunta Kinte’s World - Boston University

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