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Roots: The Saga of an American Family
by Alex Haley
Anyone who knows me knows that I hate reading novels that involve slavery. For one, slavery is all we were ever taught concerning black history (outside of MLK Jr.) in school and we all know black history is so much more than slavery and civil rights. And two, it’s just difficult to read/hear about. Despite this, I decided to read it because it was on some list of books that all African Americans should read.
Roots is a total of 729 pages (depending on the version you have) so it will take you a while to get through. Most people have seen the movie so I won’t bore you with too many details…but Roots follows Kunta Kinte, the supposed African ancestor of Alex Haley, who is abducted from the village of Juffure in The Gambia, West Africa and enslaved. It was a good book overall but I am not a fan of Haley’s writing style. It was dull, monotonous, and all over the place. Also, I question the accuracy of this story. Read more here: https://justkeyana.com/roots-the-saga-of-an-american-family/
Roots is a total of 729 pages (depending on the version you have) so it will take you a while to get through. Most people have seen the movie so I won’t bore you with too many details…but Roots follows Kunta Kinte, the supposed African ancestor of Alex Haley, who is abducted from the village of Juffure in The Gambia, West Africa and enslaved. It was a good book overall but I am not a fan of Haley’s writing style. It was dull, monotonous, and all over the place. Also, I question the accuracy of this story. Read more here: https://justkeyana.com/roots-the-saga-of-an-american-family/