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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
Classic! If you haven't read it, you need to. It was a quick, easy read. I never really got bored with it, though there were some parts that were definitely more intense than others. I did get a bit annoyed with the flow of the chronology sometimes - it felt like the author bounced us ahead in huge chunks from time to time.
The book follows seven generations of an American family. It begins with Kinta Kunte, a Mandingo teenager kidnapped in Africa by slave traders and taken to Virginia. It ends with his great-great-great-great-grandson Alex Haley. The book chronicles the family's century as slaves in Virginia and North Carolina in detail. Though a mix of fact and fiction, the book brought the everyday lives of slaves and slave owners in the South. The entitlement, fear, and bigotry of the White slave owners becomes infuriatingly apparent. So does the unfortunate learned helplessness, fear, humiliation and degradation of the slaves. The book provides a realistic education every American should have.
Next on my list is to see the movie!
The book follows seven generations of an American family. It begins with Kinta Kunte, a Mandingo teenager kidnapped in Africa by slave traders and taken to Virginia. It ends with his great-great-great-great-grandson Alex Haley. The book chronicles the family's century as slaves in Virginia and North Carolina in detail. Though a mix of fact and fiction, the book brought the everyday lives of slaves and slave owners in the South. The entitlement, fear, and bigotry of the White slave owners becomes infuriatingly apparent. So does the unfortunate learned helplessness, fear, humiliation and degradation of the slaves. The book provides a realistic education every American should have.
Next on my list is to see the movie!