I was black in my eyes. Light complexion hair not so much African American.Hair confused. Did an ancestry dna and found out I’m 70% Portuguese and the rest African , Spaniard Jewish Sephardi . Jewish grandfather (another story) always check black 🤷🏽♀️that’s how I was raised. Still black ❤
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 fiction.
In the 1970s tv show Roots, the slaves have no knowledge of their african heritage but in historical reality that wasn't true. Slaves in the U.S often practiced tribal wedding customs and witch doctor rituals, and other customs.
What a joke. DNA testing would prove the connection between the Haleys and any supposed relatives in Africa. Of course they won’t submit to DNA analysis because that would prove Alex Haley’s fraud. Professional genealogists have already proved that Haley’s claimed ancestry before Chicken George is not supported by the historic record. Haley was a national disgrace and his Pulitzer Prize should be revoked.
Um. This is complete nonsense. Alex Hanes made tbe story up, it was NOT about his ancestors because it was fiction. He said so after being called out in tbe 80s.
My grandfather was born in Free Town Sierra Leone in about 1884, he went to America and settled in England. He married a white woman my grandmother in 1920 you can imagine what peoples reactions were so proud of them 💕
Well that’s interesting because there is absolutely no evidence, apart form Alex Haleys word, that Kunta Kinte was a real person. The book Roots is filled with so much historical misinformation it’s not surprising.
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Poor guys still don't want to except it was fiction. He grandaddy made it all up and the only info that came from Gambia the Gambian government has said came from a village drunk and is lies. Lmao the gullible people
I'm from Manchester and there are lots of Gambian descendants of Kinte here... They all love Hollands pies, barm cakes, chips and gravy and call their children Jaden, Kaden or Jayzee. It's nice that they remember their African roots when they name their children and ask for salt and vinegar on their chips 👍
A lot of commenters are pointing out that Kunta Kinte cannot be the direct ancestor of anyone in Africa, but this is an error in terminology. There are direct ancestors and collateral ancestors. The sibling of your direct ancestor is your collateral ancestor. While Kunta left behind no direct descendants Africa, the descendants of Kunta's siblings are Kunta's collateral descendants. Cheers. ~The Genealogy Lunatic
I don't know why some people after drinking a lot of alcohol continue arguing there was no kunta kinte . Of course "Roots " was a mixture of fiction and facts , but kunta kinte was real .He was born in 1750 in Jufureh village in Gambia .He was captured in 1767 , aged 17 .He died in Spotsylvania County , Virginia .
@@muhammedjanko1233 unless you can produce historical record to prove Kinte existed, then you cannot claim he existed. Remember Haley claimed Kinte was renamed Toby Waller after he was enslaved in America, he stated this was fact. This was easily debunked, and Haley eventually stopped claiming Kinte was a real person.
It was a beautiful story, but pre Chicken George is fictional. I believe that this dude above these comments who is being interviewed is a fraud. Alex did some patchwork research and some white folks exposed him. I wanna believe in it too, as I wanted to believe in perfection and validation of many of my heroes. As a an adult I owe it to myself embrace the truth.
Lamin Jaafa is not a direct descendent of Kunta Kinte but of Omoro Kinte and his daughter. Also, Kunta was not captured and sold. He was just sold. Juffere village actively participated in the slave trade.
Don't distort history .Kunta kinte was captured when he went to fetch wood to make a drum for his brother Lamin.Lamin Jatta is a descendant of kunta kinte's brother , Lamin.
There are direct ancestors and collateral ancestors. The sibling of your direct ancestors is your collateral ancestor. While Kunta had no direct descendants Africa, the descendants of Kunta's siblings left behind are Kunta's collateral descendants.
Okay, a lot of the story itself was fictionalized as like the Christian Bible there were holes in the story and all I can figure is that Alex Haley had to use his imagination on certain events as you can never know what really happened. But the names of his family were true. There was Kunta Kinte and his daughter. I have seen pictures of Chicken George. Granted, Chicken George didn't really look like Ben Vereen. That was where they messed up on their homework. If you have a White father and a Black mother, who are going to look more White than Black.
Not necessarily will he look more White, but he would've had lighter skin. The stories and some of the events about his life as a slave were enactments about how slaves lived during this time. If anything it was a softer version 12 years a slave or the slave stories in the Library of Congress tells more of the brutality directly from former free slaves.
My African grandfather was from Free Town Sierra Leone he came to England in 1900 then went to America and came back to England where he married my grandmother a white woman in 1920 you can imagine the racism
Vraiment! Et ces racines sont plus honorables que les œuvres de fiction des peuples arabes et israéliens que vous avez évoquées et qui se disputent rarement! Kunta est!
I was black in my eyes. Light complexion hair not so much African American.Hair confused. Did an ancestry dna and found out I’m 70% Portuguese and the rest African , Spaniard Jewish Sephardi . Jewish grandfather (another story) always check black 🤷🏽♀️that’s how I was raised. Still black ❤
My ex husband and I watched every week. It was such a powerful message.
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 fiction.
Yes thank you
Yes now Iam 41 kunta kinte Adam
Slavery=Death Life as you once knew it ended.
In the 1970s tv show Roots, the slaves have no knowledge of their african heritage but in historical reality that wasn't true. Slaves in the U.S often practiced tribal wedding customs and witch doctor rituals, and other customs.
May Allah rest him in peace Kunta kinty Son of Umero.
I am a descendent of Alex haley...thank you for sharing
Tell Europe people don't fuck with us ok gambia🇬🇲 an mali🇲🇱 long life ❤❤🙏💯
The whole thing was a fraud. Kunte Kinte could not possibly have been the same person as Tobey. Alex Haley cooked up the books and the whole thing up.
What a joke. DNA testing would prove the connection between the Haleys and any supposed relatives in Africa. Of course they won’t submit to DNA analysis because that would prove Alex Haley’s fraud. Professional genealogists have already proved that Haley’s claimed ancestry before Chicken George is not supported by the historic record. Haley was a national disgrace and his Pulitzer Prize should be revoked.
Black lies matter
Um. This is complete nonsense. Alex Hanes made tbe story up, it was NOT about his ancestors because it was fiction. He said so after being called out in tbe 80s.
My grandfather was born in Free Town Sierra Leone in about 1884, he went to America and settled in England. He married a white woman my grandmother in 1920 you can imagine what peoples reactions were so proud of them 💕
Well that’s interesting because there is absolutely no evidence, apart form Alex Haleys word, that Kunta Kinte was a real person. The book Roots is filled with so much historical misinformation it’s not surprising.
My family believes that the Fiddler in Roots was my ancestor Arch Fiddler Johnson. How do I reach you?
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All us Black Americans have a story! Most just dont know it!💪🏿☝🏿✊🏿👌🏿
Imagine the anxiety after going out to the jungle and getting captured after simply trying to make a drum for you brother😢
Es un descendiente de Jesús 💪💪💪💪💪👍👍👍🌹😢
Proud gambian
Relaie tre nul
Lameen is the name of every first born son in Gambia lmao
Poor guys still don't want to except it was fiction. He grandaddy made it all up and the only info that came from Gambia the Gambian government has said came from a village drunk and is lies. Lmao the gullible people
Junta kings is a fake story
Wat is da name of the film
WOW Can't help but wonder were are the A.A. descendants of the Great Kunta Kinte?
Yeah and you come from wakanda
@@madelinemardigan3386 and you're the spawn of Satan!✌️
Thats my dad
Wow
Kunta kinte na jamais existe cest un personnage de fiction tout est faux
sue the USA for stealing him
Kunta
I'm from Manchester and there are lots of Gambian descendants of Kinte here... They all love Hollands pies, barm cakes, chips and gravy and call their children Jaden, Kaden or Jayzee. It's nice that they remember their African roots when they name their children and ask for salt and vinegar on their chips 👍
No
How do they know they are descendants of Kinte where not a single historical record has been produced to prove Kinte ever existed?
Kunta kinte na jamais existe cest personne de serie
A lot of commenters are pointing out that Kunta Kinte cannot be the direct ancestor of anyone in Africa, but this is an error in terminology. There are direct ancestors and collateral ancestors. The sibling of your direct ancestor is your collateral ancestor. While Kunta left behind no direct descendants Africa, the descendants of Kunta's siblings are Kunta's collateral descendants. Cheers. ~The Genealogy Lunatic
Still have the same blood
The point is there is ZERO historical record that proves Kinte ever existing.
I don't know why some people after drinking a lot of alcohol continue arguing there was no kunta kinte . Of course "Roots " was a mixture of fiction and facts , but kunta kinte was real .He was born in 1750 in Jufureh village in Gambia .He was captured in 1767 , aged 17 .He died in Spotsylvania County , Virginia .
@@muhammedjanko1233 unless you can produce historical record to prove Kinte existed, then you cannot claim he existed. Remember Haley claimed Kinte was renamed Toby Waller after he was enslaved in America, he stated this was fact. This was easily debunked, and Haley eventually stopped claiming Kinte was a real person.
It was a beautiful story, but pre Chicken George is fictional. I believe that this dude above these comments who is being interviewed is a fraud. Alex did some patchwork research and some white folks exposed him. I wanna believe in it too, as I wanted to believe in perfection and validation of many of my heroes. As a an adult I owe it to myself embrace the truth.
hmmm a descendant from Africa? I call BS
Lamin Jaafa is not a direct descendent of Kunta Kinte but of Omoro Kinte and his daughter. Also, Kunta was not captured and sold. He was just sold. Juffere village actively participated in the slave trade.
Don't distort history .Kunta kinte was captured when he went to fetch wood to make a drum for his brother Lamin.Lamin Jatta is a descendant of kunta kinte's brother , Lamin.
OMG
Kunta Kinte did not father children in Africa though .
There are direct ancestors and collateral ancestors. The sibling of your direct ancestors is your collateral ancestor. While Kunta had no direct descendants Africa, the descendants of Kunta's siblings left behind are Kunta's collateral descendants.
@@VeracityLH Thank You for the information. You have taught me something today. Collateral ancestors.
Okay, a lot of the story itself was fictionalized as like the Christian Bible there were holes in the story and all I can figure is that Alex Haley had to use his imagination on certain events as you can never know what really happened. But the names of his family were true. There was Kunta Kinte and his daughter. I have seen pictures of Chicken George. Granted, Chicken George didn't really look like Ben Vereen. That was where they messed up on their homework. If you have a White father and a Black mother, who are going to look more White than Black.
Not necessarily will he look more White, but he would've had lighter skin. The stories and some of the events about his life as a slave were enactments about how slaves lived during this time. If anything it was a softer version 12 years a slave or the slave stories in the Library of Congress tells more of the brutality directly from former free slaves.
You mean Toby.
My African grandfather was from Free Town Sierra Leone he came to England in 1900 then went to America and came back to England where he married my grandmother a white woman in 1920 you can imagine the racism
I wonder if he’s met any of his American relatives that descended from Kunta Kinte. That would be interesting
You are american not born in africa. so quit the bullshit saying you are african american,, it's a lie
He was a messiah from birth
Omg
Racines d'Alex Haley est pour moi aussi important que la Bible ou le Coran
Vraiment! Et ces racines sont plus honorables que les œuvres de fiction des peuples arabes et israéliens que vous avez évoquées et qui se disputent rarement! Kunta est!