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          Kunta Kinte

          Character in Alex Haley's Roots

          For the Keak da Sneak album, see Kunta Kinte (album).

          Fictional character

          Kunta Kinte (KOON-tah KIN-tay; c.&#; – c.&#;) is a fictional character in the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by American author Alex Haley.

          Kunta Kinte was based on family oral tradition accounts of one of Haley's ancestors, a Gambian man who was born around , enslaved, and taken to America where he died around Haley said that his account of Kunta's life in Roots is a mixture of fact and fiction.[1]

          Kunta Kinte's life story figured in two US television series based on the book: the original TV miniseries Roots,[2] and a remake of the same name.

          In the original miniseries, the character was portrayed as a teenager by LeVar Burton and as an adult by John Amos. In the miniseries, he is portrayed by Malachi Kirby.[3] Burton reprised his role in the TV movie Roots: The Gift.

          Biography in Roots novel

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