142K views · 845 reactions | Kunta Kinte is the slave who fought back. This is his story. #Roots | SBS Australia | Facebook

5.3K views · 91 reactions | You may have heard of Kunta Kinte a slave taken captive in the 1700s but his story lives on. The Island where he was held captive in the Gambia has fallen prey to nature due to neglect, Historians are now calling on the new administration to protect and promote the Island adding that it was neglected by the former president Yahya Jammeh, who allegedly pushed for tours visiting his home village instead. | CGTN Africa | Facebook

KUNTA KINTE: 20 years old in 1977 &68 years old in 2025. Kunta Kinte is a brave character in the 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley. According to Haley, Kunta Kinte is based on a true life story of one of his ancestors: a Gambian 🇬🇲 man born in 1750, enslaved and taken to America and dièd in 1822.Guys kındly clıck on the lınk to subscrıbe to our YøuTube channēl (YT: Historıcal Afrıca) to learn about Afrıcan and Black history. https://youtube.com/c/Hi