![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We have experienced unspeakable suffering along with moments of joy and the heartbreak of four generations, when a six-week-old baby is born in 1921, nearly two centuries after the birth of Kunta Kinte. Based on these few bits of information, Haley began to trace his lineage back to its origins in Africa, a process that would consume twelve years of his life.įor me, one of the most startling sections of the novel comes on page 662 of the hardback version. The old African called a guitar a ko, and a river the Kamby Bolongo. His grandmother told him of an ancestor named Kunta Kinte, who landed in "'Naplis" and was given the slave name Toby. It gripped audiences around the world and broke viewing records, some of which still hold to this day.Īuthor Alex Haley grew up with stories about his family's history. The television miniseries version which first aired in January 1977, received 37 Primetime Emmy Award nominations and won 9. It dramatizes factual events with an emotional resonance that haunts the reader long after closing the book. Comment: As a novel, which has been classified as both fiction and non-fiction, Roots, is a gripping account of the horror of slavery and of the progress of time. ![]()
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