Kunta Kinte (/ ˈkuːntɑː ˈkɪnteɪ / KOON-tah KIN-tay) is the main character from the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley.

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.

Born in 1750 in Juffure, Gambia, Kunta is the eldest son of Binta and Omoro Kinte, part of the respected Mandinka clan.

Roots tells the story of Kunta Kinte -- a young man taken from The Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave -- and seven generations of his descendants in the United States.

3 days ago · In the novel, Kunta Kinte is depicted in heroic fashion, intelligent, resourceful, introspective, and courageous, a Mandinka warrior who never abandons his Islamic faith.

Now known as the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, the festival is a celebration of the perseverance, education, and cultural heritage of Africans, African Americans, and Caribbean people of …

Despite an attempted mutiny, Kunta is captured with his African friends. He sees Jinna, his African crush die after the captain stabs her for trying to escape one more time.

Kunta Kinte is the central figure in Alex Haley's 1976 book Roots. According to Haley's research, Kunta Kinte was a real historical figure who was 17 when he was captured and taken to …

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The Memorial is inspired by Alex Haley’s 1976 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, which explores the lives of Kunta Kinte, an 18th-century African, and his …