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In the Gambia, West Africa, in 1750, Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte, a Mandinka warrior, and his wife Binta.He is raised in a Muslim family. [5] [6] When Kunta reaches the age of 15, he and other boys undergo a semi-secretive tribal rite of passage, under the Kintango, which includes wrestling, circumcision, philosophy, war-craft, and hunting skills.
Madge Dorita Sinclair CD (née Walters; April 28, 1938 – December 20, 1995) was a Jamaican actress best known for her roles in Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975), Convoy (1978), Coming to America (1988), Trapper John, M.D. (1980–1986), and the ABC TV miniseries Roots (1977).
Kunta Kinte's life story figured in two US television series based on the book: the original 1977 TV miniseries Roots, [2] and a 2016 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 2016 miniseries, he is portrayed by Malachi Kirby. [3]
TV Stars We Lost in 2024. View Gallery 20 Images. Gossett’s TV credits also included the 1979 miniseries Backstairs at the White House (for which he earned an Emmy nomination), the ABC thriller ...
Emmalyn Paulette Moody [citation needed] (born February 17, 1945), [note 1] known professionally as Lynne Moody, is an American film and television actress.Beginning her career in the early 1970s, Moody is best known her roles as Tracy Curtis–Taylor in the ABC television sitcom That's My Mama (1974–1975), Irene Harvey in Roots (1977), Roots: The Next Generations (1979), [6] and Patricia ...
Aricles relating to the television miniseries Roots and its spin-offs. It is based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States. The series first aired on ABC in January 1977 over eight consecutive nights.
TV miniseries (6 episodes) 1985–1995 Murder, She Wrote: Yvette Dauphin/Melinda Coop/Callie Coleman 3 episodes 1987 Big Shots: Mrs. Newton 1987 The Fig Tree: Television Movie 1989 The Women of Brewster Place: Miss Sophie 2 episodes 1989–1993 L.A. Law: Judge Julie McFarlane 3 episodes 1990 Brewster Place: Miss Sophie series regular; 11 ...
Gossett reprised the role of Fiddler in the 1988 television movie “Roots: The Gift.” Image: Louis Gossett Jr., LeVar Burton (ABC Photo Archives / Getty Images) “An Officer and a Gentleman ...