The brutal American slavery system was no lie. The fact that millions of African Americans are descendants of West African tribes such as the Wolofs, Fulani, Yarubas and Mandingos is no lie.
If you go deep to the slavery history, you will find out that all African Americans are not only from west Africa, but all over Africa. Do your research very well.
As brutal as The Transatlantic and American was, it pales in comparison to the TransSaharan Arab one which would be far more severe, castrations were a thing so that there wouldn't be any descendants, how many bloodlines were wiped out because of the Transaharan which has been going for far longer than the TransAtlantic one by more than a millenia
I've watched This and the series and I must say I am really fascinated by this series. To view a family through the generations of time is so inspiring. I'm getting the DVDs on both.
You want African American people to forget what has happen and to remain cut off from their identity, in order to try and ease your conscious of what your fathers did.
That is a lot of history to sit through, but historians do it. I had two family members write the history of my paternal grandmother and her family. I am sure it took a long time to compile it as my grandmother had a large family. And we still all talk on Facebook and see photos of each other.
@yumiko0017 I'm biracial and no I'm not embarrassed of my heritage & culture. Some of my ancestors were slaves and it's nothing to be ashamed of at all.
i wouldn't be embarrassed either. its just the way he said it. "thank god my ancestors weren't slaves." its like if they would be ashamed or something.
Brings to mind all the lies told to the Native American's. All I can say is, "The love of money is the root of all evil." If we want to blame someone for all the lies let's start with The Father of Lies! " Way to go Lucifer! I am just waiting for this system of things to end, then we can all live like we were supposed to. As one big happy family regardless of skin color! We all bleed red and were created equal.
What you're looking at is the very last scene, but in reality it continued when Tom Harvey & his Family settled in Hennings, TN. As a little boy, Alex remembered his Grandmother Cynthia, His Great Aunt Liz, and a distant Cousin Georgia telling the Family Stories most notably "The Old African who went into the woods to make a drum, got cotched by the Slave Drivers, and bought to Annapolis, MD."
Julie are you my sister (JW)? I believe what you say. I am so sorry for the ignorant ways of our for fathers. But regardless of color we al are Gods children. We all are EQUAL.
Yes, but his estate was in arrears when he died. He committed plagiarism when it was discovered that he embellished Roots from a Story called The African who had to settle after being sued.
i think its very proofable that his aunt liz existed and she did say that ... and on the african side the griots are real , every ethnicity in the world has his own kind of druids that memorize everything major that happened in the village 1 sometimes 2 thousand years back
even if the story is fake .. there are other people with more info then alex haley that found their clans in africa trough griot... people here have no clue of the knowledge of the Djeli(Griots)
The sin is not in being a slave the sin is owning another human being I am glad you know your past. I am proud to be the descendant of African that survived this hell. I took the DNA test I am Igbo paternally a Yoruba Maternally. I would not know much more had they been unmolested by whites. Go in Peace :-)
What u mean? Slavery still exists. I have a few working in my farm now. Plus I bought sum winches off the ivory coast for two watermelons and 50 grapes.
you should put up the full movie because this ruins it for everybody else. someone else on here has movie up and is slowly putting up the parts. but thanks for putting this up...i didnt watch whole thing so movie wouldnt be ruined for me
I agree with you one hundred percent on the comment on the lies from ol lucifer him self all he do is destroy so GODS people need to get on their job .
This initial scene always irritated me. Alex Haley quit with all the questions. Who cares it's 3am. Who cares where you're going. Clearly it's urgent if this dude is knocking like the police at 3. And lastly, the hell you need 5 minutes for? It should take you 45 seconds tops to throw your clothes on and grab ur bag
I'm sorry but my fathers never did any of this. I'm black just like you. I appreciate the story deeply. Loved and felt every second of it. I have little respect for the author though. Claiming this to be his true heritage was unnecessary and cheap. And disrespectful to all who suffered through slavery. I'm sorry, but anyone who tries to cash in from the perils of slavery is callous and shameless
forget all of the past stuff. the real question is, where is my 40 acres and mule? Black men don't want special treatment; black men want fairness. Everyone wants to tell the black American man to forget about the past and move on but they never want to settle issues of the past that were promised. Maybe that is why black men have not moved on. I guess as long as we are never indemnified, the dwelling continues...
@@garanglualm I'm not trying to be negative but it's true. Alex Haley was sued by another writer and won the case in court. Search for yourself. Also most experts say the Kunta Kinte story is false.
@@ivangamez9773maybe fake but some isn’t it’s photos of his ancestors on his mom side up to chicken George who passed 140 years ago but there was slaves named Kizzy and Toby in that time from the states they may have lived in..perhaps his relatives or not whether the story was fake or not people who ancestors did come from Africa most of their stories are damn near the same free in Africa slave in America 🤷🏽♂️
@@courtneywilliams5565Exactly. Alex Haley’s research is the same story and experiences of our generations. It began in Africa and the rest is known history.
the haley family are happy in the united state, because they live well, and in africa today, their cousin kinte are poor, them alex haley must say thank you that kunta is arriving in america, or if not, him too will be very poor !!!!!!!!!!! .
Do you know how many of Alex Haley ascendants were killed, raped , tortured in America by racists before posting your comment unworthy of a reasonable person ?
We werent contesting that. Its one thing to write a fictional account of slavery. It's another to write a fictional account and sell it to people as fact to make money and gain notoriety. And its quite shameful to use the history of slavery to accomplish your goal
......you dont have a clue what you're talking about. I feel bad for you actually. I'm not claiming to know who Haley's ancestors were. I just know that he paid the fee for plagiarizing from the work of *believe it or not* a white author! And he settled the lawsuit by paying. Even Henry Luis Gates, Haley's best friend, says there is no way Haley knew which village his ancestor came from. This is a wonderful work of fiction though, no doubt about that.
That's crazy the old chief remembered a 500 year oral history. I can't remember what I did last Friday. SMH Jah bless
The brutal American slavery system was no lie. The fact that millions of African Americans are descendants of West African tribes such as the Wolofs, Fulani, Yarubas and Mandingos is no lie.
If you go deep to the slavery history, you will find out that all African Americans are not only from west Africa, but all over Africa. Do your research very well.
@@cuteney4730 no just west Africa
@@akosuaayim888 Also western central Africa (parts of the western Congo/northwestern Angola).
As brutal as The Transatlantic and American was, it pales in comparison to the TransSaharan Arab one which would be far more severe, castrations were a thing so that there wouldn't be any descendants, how many bloodlines were wiped out because of the Transaharan which has been going for far longer than the TransAtlantic one by more than a millenia
And the Fulanis were the slave traders
This is so awesome, Alex Haley got to go back to his roots, he did it for his ancestors 🥰😍
It's a great story, but Haley was a fraud, liar and plagiarist. He made it up.
RIP JAMES EARL JONES! YOU WERE THE MAN!
The music from those instruments has a mesmerizing effect on me.😌💛
RIP James Earl Jones "Alex Haley."✝️
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I've watched This and the series and I must say I am really fascinated by this series. To view a family through the generations of time is so inspiring. I'm getting the DVDs on both.
Better still, please read the book
I love James Earl Jones.
You want African American people to forget what has happen and to remain cut off from their identity, in order to try and ease your conscious of what your fathers did.
Hey stupid.. anyone coloured born in america is american. not from africa... so quit saying that bullshit "african american" it's all bullshit
@@MenCanNotBeWomen lie... big lie
I only have one father.
@@MenCanNotBeWomen You aren't black or African so what does it matter to you?
That is a lot of history to sit through, but historians do it. I had two family members write the history of my paternal grandmother and her family. I am sure it took a long time to compile it as my grandmother had a large family. And we still all talk on Facebook and see photos of each other.
Slavery was global, not just in America. In fact only 5% of Africans were brought to US. Most were left in the Carribean and South America.
We all learn together!!!
Thanks for posting this and the following - the scene signifies a beautiful, profound moment of discovery, even in the face of past tragic events.
It's fantastic! That I've ever seen this drama was when I was senior school studnt. I'm glad to meet this drama.
@yumiko0017 I'm biracial and no I'm not embarrassed of my heritage & culture. Some of my ancestors were slaves and it's nothing to be ashamed of at all.
And some of your ancestors were also masters, don’t forget 🤞🏾
@@elijahoye8216 and youre point . They didnt do anything Get over it
I’ve never heard of a race called biracial
i wouldn't be embarrassed either. its just the way he said it. "thank god my ancestors weren't slaves." its like if they would be ashamed or something.
Best tv ever made
you're 100 percent right. Thats what makes it beautiful and inspiring.
The story is representative of our history in general, it is much bigger than Alex Haley.
tHATS THE MAN THAT WANTED TO MARRY tHELMA ON gOOD tIMES
rch1jr no it’s not
@@thomaspryor557 it is too! That was Ibe on Good Times. Read the credits.
Yep Ibe
Yes Ebay
Sure Is
Brings to mind all the lies told to the Native American's. All I can say is, "The love of money is the root of all evil." If we want to blame someone for all the lies let's start with The Father of Lies! " Way to go Lucifer! I am just waiting for this system of things to end, then we can all live like we were supposed to. As one big happy family regardless of skin color! We all bleed red and were created equal.
What you're looking at is the very last scene, but in reality it continued when Tom Harvey & his Family settled in Hennings, TN. As a little boy, Alex remembered his Grandmother Cynthia, His Great Aunt Liz, and a distant Cousin Georgia telling the Family Stories most notably "The Old African who went into the woods to make a drum, got cotched by the Slave Drivers, and bought to Annapolis, MD."
What a touching scene
I remember this and wonder how my stories will be preserved 200 years from now.
That was the point that Alex Haley was attempting to make.
Ilike these American movies
Julie are you my sister (JW)? I believe what you say. I am so sorry for the ignorant ways of our for fathers. But regardless of color we al are Gods children. We all are EQUAL.
Why do you feel the need to apologize for things you never did?
I saw it all from begiining to end and I loved it
@rch1jr No. The woman that portrait J.J.'s girlfriend, was Debbie Allen. The woman that portrait his sister, was Bernadette Stanis.
I kinda think the Old Testament genealogies were originally recorded orally like this before written language.
Those peoples had written languages
I won't forget 1997,when I first watch it
It sure did make him a lot of money.
Yes, but his estate was in arrears when he died. He committed plagiarism when it was discovered that he embellished Roots from a Story called The African who had to settle after being sued.
i think its very proofable that his aunt liz existed and she did say that ... and on the african side the griots are real , every ethnicity in the world has his own kind of druids that memorize everything major that happened in the village 1 sometimes 2 thousand years back
He is only a man,not a filing cabinet, he must from the beginning, I like the way the translator explains
even if the story is fake .. there are other people with more info then alex haley that found their clans in africa trough griot... people here have no clue of the knowledge of the Djeli(Griots)
The dark blk actor on the table with earl jones must be gambian in true life, the jet dark smooth skin gives it off
@rch1jr
YEA, HIS NAME WAS EBAY....
In real life Alex said that when he went to the village that those people were pitch black and he was at Aww looking at them and so were they.
I am sure that's true. I worked with a guy from Africa and he was as black as the ace of spades. No whites ever mixed in to lighten the skin tone.
@@lmdmn1645 There isnt nothing wrong with being mixed or light of course someone being in African will be black AF
@@Lillyxxxo exactly!
That's EBay from Good Times.
Yep
Actually it's spelled "Ibe," but yep.😄
I remember that episode well
The sin is not in being a slave the sin is owning another human being I am glad you know your past. I am proud to be the descendant of African that survived this hell.
I took the DNA test I am Igbo paternally a Yoruba Maternally. I would not know much more had they been unmolested by whites.
Go in Peace :-)
THANK YOU
oh snaps thats dude from my name is earl and grandmas boy,he is funny as hell
MY GOD...
3:54 whats the song name?
I was a less than a month old then
What u mean? Slavery still exists. I have a few working in my farm now. Plus I bought sum winches off the ivory coast for two watermelons and 50 grapes.
and what if they were? would you be embarrassed?
you should put up the full movie because this ruins it for everybody else. someone else on here has movie up and is slowly putting up the parts. but thanks for putting this up...i didnt watch whole thing so movie wouldnt be ruined for me
Cmouzon4 teeys counseloring with creative writing thinking.
Make that three people.
I agree with you one hundred percent on the comment on the lies from ol lucifer him self all he do is destroy so GODS people need to get on their job .
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What matters is that we all come from one common ancestor, Adam. Only the true God can trace back with total accuracy, in His due time.
1 person needs to go find his roots.
Schools i've been too don't even teach that.. So i don't need your sass.
why do you bring this hatred speech here? i dont understand?
SO, what if he did or he didnt is that really the point of the story here.
What do you mean by "nasty" ???
its on youtube
@rch1jr
Yeah, I recognized him immediately! What a sexy guy.;)
ذكريات الثمانيات
You don't say? Why do you think we go to school for?
@Tsuruta1 my bad...I guess I should have checked the spelling before I commented.
why do you say that
Don't be like that
Kunta kinta was my old old desendesnt no body liked him tho.
This initial scene always irritated me. Alex Haley quit with all the questions. Who cares it's 3am. Who cares where you're going. Clearly it's urgent if this dude is knocking like the police at 3. And lastly, the hell you need 5 minutes for? It should take you 45 seconds tops to throw your clothes on and grab ur bag
Next generations separatrds. Melissa reversed backwards singles reversed backwards grand reversed backwards mother reversed backwards Rosetta reversed backwards dingle reversed backwards sally reversed bCkwatds dingle reversed backwards Arthur reversed backwards dingle reversed backwards.
I'm sorry but my fathers never did any of this. I'm black just like you. I appreciate the story deeply. Loved and felt every second of it. I have little respect for the author though. Claiming this to be his true heritage was unnecessary and cheap. And disrespectful to all who suffered through slavery. I'm sorry, but anyone who tries to cash in from the perils of slavery is callous and shameless
if the answer is yes, you should be ashamed.
what language is that ntzy lyk ? old russian lol
تمت المشاهده ١١يونيو ٢٠٢٤
Mine weren't slaves either, but other blacks get mad at me because I don't dwell on the same anger most of them have
forget all of the past stuff. the real question is, where is my 40 acres and mule? Black men don't want special treatment; black men want fairness. Everyone wants to tell the black American man to forget about the past and move on but they never want to settle issues of the past that were promised. Maybe that is why black men have not moved on. I guess as long as we are never indemnified, the dwelling continues...
nosinceinhatin I think I speak for all black people when I say fuck you!
This is Hebrew history
Alex Haley plagiarized much of Roots and most of the Kunta Kinte story is false
How tf would you know?!
@@garanglualm I'm not trying to be negative but it's true. Alex Haley was sued by another writer and won the case in court. Search for yourself. Also most experts say the Kunta Kinte story is false.
@@ivangamez9773maybe fake but some isn’t it’s photos of his ancestors on his mom side up to chicken George who passed 140 years ago but there was slaves named Kizzy and Toby in that time from the states they may have lived in..perhaps his relatives or not whether the story was fake or not people who ancestors did come from Africa most of their stories are damn near the same free in Africa slave in America 🤷🏽♂️
@@courtneywilliams5565Exactly. Alex Haley’s research is the same story and experiences of our generations. It began in Africa and the rest is known history.
the haley family are happy in the united state, because they live well, and in africa today, their cousin kinte are poor, them alex haley must say thank you that kunta is arriving in america, or if not, him too will be very poor !!!!!!!!!!! .
Do you know how many of Alex Haley ascendants were killed, raped , tortured in America by racists before posting your comment unworthy of a reasonable person ?
We werent contesting that. Its one thing to write a fictional account of slavery. It's another to write a fictional account and sell it to people as fact to make money and gain notoriety. And its quite shameful to use the history of slavery to accomplish your goal
......you dont have a clue what you're talking about. I feel bad for you actually. I'm not claiming to know who Haley's ancestors were. I just know that he paid the fee for plagiarizing from the work of *believe it or not* a white author! And he settled the lawsuit by paying. Even Henry Luis Gates, Haley's best friend, says there is no way Haley knew which village his ancestor came from. This is a wonderful work of fiction though, no doubt about that.
Such a good fake ass story
Roots was so phoney slaves having their own cabins with pots and pans furniture 😂 all happy go lucky 😂
What was with the green screen