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	Kunta Kinte - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Kunta Kinte is the central character of the first half of the novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley.
		Haley's novel begins with Kunta's birth in the villiage of Juffure in the Gambia of West Africa in 1750.
		Kunta is the first of four sons of the Mandinka warrior Omoro and his wife Binta.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kunta_Kinte (438 words)

	Kunta Kinte — Alex Haley Foundation Roots Kunta Kinte Bio
		According to research done by Alex Haley, Kunta Kinte was an African from The Gambian town of Jufferee.
		Kinte would have been purchased at the ship or in one of the local inns or resturants.
		Kinte's arrival in Annapolis is symbolic of the slave trade era when millions of African men, woman and children were captured and sent to the New World.
	www.kintehaley.org /rootskintebio.html (248 words)

	GradeSaver: Roots Essay: Power Relationships Within Roots
		Under enslavement, Kunta Kinte and Bell's lives are dictated by their status of being owned by Master Waller.
		Kunta tries to physically save his daughter but he "crumpled to his knees"8 after he is hit by the butt of the sheriff's pistol as it "crashed above his ear".9 Both the mother and the father, female and male are rendered powerless in the situation.
		When Kunta arrived at his first plantation "home" he was given a new name, "Massa say your name Toby!".18 Kunta was "flooding with rage...and he wanted to shout 'I am Kunta Kinte, first son of Omoro, who is the son of the holy man Kairaba Kunta Kinte",19 but he could not utter a word.
	www.gradesaver.com /classicnotes/titles/roots/essay1.html (1157 words)

	Accuracy In Media - AIM Report
		Fofana's statement about the date of Kunta Kinte's disappearance was vague-"about the time the king's soldiers came." Haley decided that the date was 1767, but actually the first detachment of English soldiers arrived in Juffure on March 7, 1661, according to Ottaway.
		Kunta is promptly set to work in a cotton field, although virtually no cotton was grown in Virginia at that time.
		Kunta hears of big plantations along the river bottoms in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama at a time when the Spanish owned Louisiana and Alabama and Mississippi were populated only by Indians.
	www.aim.org /publications/aim_report/1977/04b.html (3903 words)

	USATODAY.com - Marriage is great equalizer for blacks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kunta Kinte escaped his master several times only to be caught each time.
		Bell soon gave birth to their first daughter, named Kizzy, an African word for "stay put." Kunta decided that creating a legacy of hope for his family was more important than escape.
		Kinte's dedication to his family is not unique.
	www.usatoday.com /news/opinion/editorials/2006-01-05-warren-edit_x.htm (481 words)

	The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial
		The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial, located at the City Dock in historic Annapolis, portrays in word and symbol the triumph of the human spirit in very difficult times and conveys Alex Haley's vision for national racial reconciliation and healing.
		The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial is the only memorial in the country that commemorates the actual name and place of arrival of an enslaved African.
		The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation is presenting the Memorial to the City of Annapolis as stewards of the Memorial for all the citizens of the world community.
	www.ci.annapolis.md.us /info.asp?page=1717 (593 words)

	Roots: 25th Anniversary Edition (1977)
		Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, whispering the name of Kunta Kinte from one generation to the next until it reached a young boy growing up in Tennessee.
		Kunta excels and soon returns to his village ready to take his place as a young man.
		Starting with Kunta’s birth in 1750, the story goes over about 120 years as we finally conclude with the family’s freedom after the end of the Civil War.
	www.dvdmg.com /roots.shtml (3039 words)

	Kunta Kinte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kidnapped from his native land, Kunta Kinte was sold into a life a slavery.
		In this touching artistic work in front of the visitor's center and across the street from the Ebenezer Baptist Church, Kunta Kinte is performing a Mandinka ceremony for his first-born, Kizzy.
		One of Kunta Kinte's descendants, Alex Haley, wrote the epic book, "Roots", describing the life of this great African and the generations that have followed him.
	www.learningfamily.net /reiser/2kf/faces/k/kinte1.html (122 words)

	CityBeat: Your Negro Tour Guide (2002-09-12)
		BY KATHY Y. Cut to Kunta Kinte, Alex Haley's distant relative and icon for a generation.
		Kunta's loincloth is replaced by a pinstriped, charcoal, custom-tailored Ralph Lauren suit.
		Off the backs of his foreparents, this Kunta Kinte is an Ivy League-educated, elegant and insanely successful young millionaire who doesn't go back to the 'hood much anymore.
	www.citybeat.com /2002-09-12/negrotour.shtml (903 words)

	SurfAnnapolis.com - Annapolis Landmark: The Alex Haley Memorial in Downtown Annapolis
		When this Statue was unveiled, three thousand people participated, including descendants and relatives of Kunta Kinte and Alex Haley, descendants and relatives of John Ridout, the man who sold Kunta Kinte into slavery, Maryland Governor, Parris Glendening and officials from all levels of government.
		The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial, with sculptures by nationally acclaimed sculptor, Ed Dwight, is the only memorial in the country to commemorate the actual name and place of arrival of an enslaved African.
		Adjacent to the statue is a plaque commemorating Kinte's 1767 arrival in Annapolis.
	www.surfannapolis.com /content/HaleyMemorial.cfm (522 words)

	Black Wallers
		The world appears to have accepted Haley’s research showing the Waller family was the original American owner of the slave, Kunta Kinte.
		According to Haley, Kinte arrived in Maryland aboard the vessel Lord Ligonier in 1767.
		Haley shows Kizzy being the daughter of Kunta Kinte and the slave, "Bell".
	www.alleylaw.net /haley.html (537 words)

	Scholarships for Scholars
		A Kunta Kinte scholarship of $2,000 will be awarded to a graduating high school senior.
		The selection of the Kunta Kinte Celebrations, Inc. Scholarship winner will be made by the Kunta Kinte Scholarship Committee with endorsement by Scholarships for Scholars, Inc.
		Immediate family members of the Board of Directors of Kunta Kinte Celebrations, Inc. are not eligible for this scholarship.
	www.aacps.org /AACPS/boe/studt/sfsinc/kunte.htm (156 words)

	Results in
		The memorial dedicated to Haley consists of a new 14-foot diameter granite and bronze "compass rose," lifesize bronzes of Alex Haley reading to three children and a 10-plaque story wall listing values with quotes from the 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning book and popular TV miniseries Roots.
		Kunta Kinte, Haley's main character in the story and African ancestor, is the only enslaved African to have a monument in the U.S. commemorating his name and place of arrival.
		Caption: Actor John Amos, who played the adult Kunte Kinte in the TV miniseries, congratulates Haley during the unveiling of the memorial.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1355/is_2_102/ai_88582469 (179 words)

	Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival
		As we rapidly approach the 20th anniversary of the Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival, we've decided to make a few changes.
		We're moving the festival back to the end of September, as it used to be; so it's closer to the actual commemoration of Kunta Kinte's arrival in Annapolis on Sept. 29th 1767.
		Haley, a descendant of Kunta Kinte, unveiled the power of his family's personal experience when he wrote Roots, his international best seller.
	www.kuntakinte.org (196 words)

	The Kunta Kinte - Alex Haley Memorial
		We are particularly gratified to acknowledge the City of Annapolis' acceptance of the Memorial as a gift from the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation.
		And for us at the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation, now that this fine Memorial has been completed, our work is only beginning.
		Look for us in the future as we take our first step toward setting up a "Friends of the Memorial." We are also busy conducting historical research, helping people find their family connections, and developing educational and cultural awareness programs.
	www.ci.annapolis.md.us /info.asp?page=1726 (360 words)

	"Roots" (1977) (mini) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		It was revealed years later that the reason the network did this was so that they get the show "out of the way" in a hurry because they felt, nobody would watch the story if it aired over a longer period of time.
		Goofs: Anachronisms: When the Slave Doctor is examining Kunta Kinti in Annapolis (in 1767) he is singing and humming the song "Pop goes the Weasel".
		The full lyrics to this song were not published in America until 1850 with the earliest music version first written sometime after 1799.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0075572 (536 words)

	Background
		Heirs kept his heroic defiance alive, whispering the name of Kunta Kinte from one generation to the next until it reached a young, boy growing up in
		Haley completed high school at the age of 15 and attended two years of college, but was uninspired by his studies and left school to join the United States Coast Guard.
		Fourteen years later he returns home as the first of Kunta’s family to be free.
	people.uncw.edu /rohlerl/rohler/Roots.htm (978 words)

	Article (Farooq): Kunta Kinte (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		I don't want to be presumptuous by assuming that he does not know about Alex Haley, The Roots, Kunta Kinte (a Muslim brought to America, not quite walking on the red carpet).
		Instead of Kunta Kinte, I should rather say, in plural, all those Kunta Kintes!
		Sohail would not consider such historical record, lasting all the way up to just a few decades ago spanning the time of slavery to racism even long after slavery was abolished, as among the "tenets of civilised governing, like liberal democracies and physical safety of average citizens" as he wrote.
	www.globalwebpost.com /shetu/archive/article_archive/farooq_kunta.htm (1031 words)

	ABC 7 News - Kunta Kinte, Haley Foundation Founder Dies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Annapolis, Md. (AP) - Leonard Blackshear, a businessman who was the driving force behind Annapolis' annual Kunta Kinte festival and other cultural events commemorating the role of Africans in American history, has died.
		A successful businessman, Blackshear devoted most of his energy to community work after being diagnosed with the cancer in 2000 - most notably to the Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation and the establishment of a Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley memorial at the city dock.
		One of his more challenging projects was promoting a reconciliation and healing walk in Annapolis, featuring whites in symbolic chains and yokes to be released by fls.
	www.wjla.com /news/stories/0306/313954.html (338 words)

	Docket Sheet (full) - State v Windley
		The Office of the Appellate Defender is directed to appoint substitute counsel, and substitute counsel shall notify this Court of the appointment.
		Filed 04/29/2004 [To Be Paid By: AOC] Filed By: Andrew G. Schopler for Defendant-Appellant Kunta Kinte Windley --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/20/04 70.00 0.00 03/04/05 57191 40 For: Printing: Appellant Brief.
		Kunta Kinte Windley [PRIMARY ATTY] Pro Se [D] CENTRAL PRISON 1300 Western Blvd. Raleigh, NC 27606 Mediation - (N/A - Waiting for form) -------------------------------------------------------- [Attorney for Defendant-Appellant Kunta Kinte Windley] Appellate Information Statement Received Ms.
	www.aoc.state.nc.us /www/public/coa/dsheets/040588-1.htm (791 words)

	AM New York: Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Foundation in Annapolis
		The Kunta Kinte -- Alex Haley Foundation was established to foster exploration, rediscovery and preservation of African-American heritage.
		The Foundation grew from Haley's mission to uncover the story of his ancestor, Kunta Kinte, who arrived in Annapolis on a cargo ship in 1767.
		The Foundation's goals include the creation of a lasting memorial to Kinte and Haley in downtown Annapolis.
	www.amny.com /63350,0,2446495.location (288 words)

	Kunta Kinte Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		At dinner (a seafood dinner and more....) you'll socialize and talk to people from Annapolis about the history of the Kunta Kinte Festival.
		After breakfast, we will take a tour of the city of Annapolis including art galleries and "Great Blacks in Wax Museum".
		Then it's on to the Kunta Kinte celebration held on the grounds of St.
	litctours.com /kunta_kinte_fest.htm (152 words)

	"Roots" Quiz, Part 1 - Kunta Kinte - Haley, Alex Quiz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This quiz is about Alex Haley's "Roots." The book is considered "faction," which is a cross between fact and fiction.
		All of the answers are found in the book.
		* In what year was Kunta Kinte born?
	www.funtrivia.com /quizdetails.cfm?quiz=41573 (79 words)

	The Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial \| Museum/Attraction Review \| Annapolis \| Frommers.com
		As if frozen in time, a sculpture of Alex Haley reaches out to the Chesapeake Bay to tell the story of Roots, his best-selling novel, to a group of children sitting on the City Dock.
		This display not only memorializes Haley and his African ancestor Kunta Kinte, it recalls an actual place where enslaved Africans arrived in the new world.
		The sculpture was finished in mid-2002 with a series of engraved plaques that complete the story and the memorial.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/annapolis/A33513.html (178 words)

	The River Gambia \| gambia \| roots tour \| kunta kinte \| west africa \| river tour \| cultural travel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		You will also visit Baobob Island to explore another local village before heading to meet "Root’s" lengendary Kunta Kinteh’s family and later St. James Island.
		Visit the Kunta Kinteh Family and then visit by canoe St. James Island.
		From James Island, back to the mainland and drive on to Sitanunku and then on to Jerreh Camp were lunch will be served.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/10588.html (943 words)

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	www.chud.com /forums/printthread.php?t=57387 (597 words)

	Aloveless grieving man has a Soul Curry Tale - Das Wunderbar Kunta Kinte web blogs, Das Wunderbar Kunta Kinte blogger ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Aloveless grieving man has a Soul Curry Tale - Das Wunderbar Kunta Kinte web blogs, Das Wunderbar Kunta Kinte blogger in India
		Blessings in Disguise; A Syrup for White Wings broken wings
		by: Das Wunderbar Kunta Kinte on Jun 4 2005 11:27PM in Creative
	www.sulekha.com /blogs/blogdisplay.aspx?cid=35059 (174 words)

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