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kunta kinte worked as a slave in the book ''roots''
Kunta Kinte spoke the Mandinka language. It is a Mande language spoken in parts of West Africa, primarily in The Gambia, Senegal, Mali, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau.
Kunta Kinte's mentor in the movie "Roots" is Fiddler, who was a fellow slave and a musician. Fiddler played a significant role in supporting Kunta Kinte and helping him adjust to life as a slave on the plantation.
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The name Kunta Kinte is a West African name that means "to be strong" or "the wrestler." The character Kunta Kinte gained recognition through Alex Haley's book "Roots: The Saga of an American Family," which tells the story of Kunta Kinte's enslavement and his descendants.
In the movie Roots, the character Kunta Kinte (Toby) was played by two different actors. LaVar Burton, famous for Star Trek and Reading Rainbow, played young Kunta Kinte. He gets whipped because he refuses to give up his name in favor of the more Anglo-sounding Toby. John Amos, formerly of Good Times who later enjoyed a recurring role on the West Wing, played the adult Kunta Kinte.
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Kunta Kinte was a Gambian-born slave whose story was the basis for the show Roots. Kunta Kinte was not a free slave he tried several times to escape and finally half his right foot was cut off to keep him from running again.
In the miniseries Roots, Kunta Kinte is trapped by slave traders in Africa while foraging for food. They use a net.
Kunta Kinte was the fictional ancestor of author Alex Haley in the quasi-historical novel "Roots". He was a composite character of what Haley imagined slaves brought to the United States from Africa were like. According to the story, Kunta Kinte came from the Mandinka tribe of Northwestern Africa; so would have resembled them.
As a fictional character from the novel "Roots: The Saga of an American Family" by Alex Haley, Kunta Kinte does not have any living descendants. However, Alex Haley traced his own genealogy back to Kunta Kinte and claimed to be his descendant.
In the novel and miniseries "Roots," Kunta Kinte does not make it back to Africa. He remains enslaved in America and passes on his heritage and culture to his descendants.