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First published August 17, 1976
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Alex Haley
93听books1,193听followersAlexander Murray Palmer Haley was an American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family, and of The Autobiography of Malcolm X, the latter of which he wrote in collaboration with Malcolm X.
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May 1, 2016
I read this book long, long ago: came across it while going through a book list here on 欧宝娱乐, and suddenly felt the urge to post a review.
Dear Kunta Kinte,
We are separated by time, space and culture. Throughout your largely tragic life, you would never have imagined that your story would ever be written, let alone read by a bookish teenager in far-away India, for whom slavery till that day was only a fact learned from school textbooks, mucked up to pass hated history exams. However, Mr. Kinte, you would be pleased to know that reading your story, penned by your descendant Mr. Alex Haley, changed his whole outlook. He suffered with you, Mr.Kinte, as you lay chained up in the dark and dank hold of the slaving vessel: he felt the searing pain as your foot was cut off as punishment for trying to run away: he choked back the bitter disappointment, along with you, when your master told you that the money you had saved up was not enough to buy you freedom (namely, that you were too poor to pay for what you were worth!)and he suffered the agony of separation with you as your daughter was sold off. And that teenager hung his head in shame as he thought of similar atrocities perperated by his forefathers in the name of caste.
Mr.Kinte, that day the boy took a vow never ever to insult the dignity of another human being; also not forget these crimes against humanity, lest they be repeated.
Mr.Kinte, I am that boy. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the lessons your story taught me.
Yours sincerely,
Nandakishore Varma.
Dear Kunta Kinte,
We are separated by time, space and culture. Throughout your largely tragic life, you would never have imagined that your story would ever be written, let alone read by a bookish teenager in far-away India, for whom slavery till that day was only a fact learned from school textbooks, mucked up to pass hated history exams. However, Mr. Kinte, you would be pleased to know that reading your story, penned by your descendant Mr. Alex Haley, changed his whole outlook. He suffered with you, Mr.Kinte, as you lay chained up in the dark and dank hold of the slaving vessel: he felt the searing pain as your foot was cut off as punishment for trying to run away: he choked back the bitter disappointment, along with you, when your master told you that the money you had saved up was not enough to buy you freedom (namely, that you were too poor to pay for what you were worth!)and he suffered the agony of separation with you as your daughter was sold off. And that teenager hung his head in shame as he thought of similar atrocities perperated by his forefathers in the name of caste.
Mr.Kinte, that day the boy took a vow never ever to insult the dignity of another human being; also not forget these crimes against humanity, lest they be repeated.
Mr.Kinte, I am that boy. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for the lessons your story taught me.
Yours sincerely,
Nandakishore Varma.
December 31, 2023
This book was astonishing to me - particularly the narrative of Kunta Kinte's life. This is why I read! What an amazing description of African culture and the rights of manhood. Then, the horrible violation of slavery and the cross-cultural experience of an African joining slaves who were predominately born in the United States. Sounds silly, but though I've read many books on slavery, none have dealt with the differences among slaves themselves and how growing up as a slave shaped how African Americans thought and interacted both with whites and with newly arrived Africans. I could understand why Alex Haley is the best-selling African-American author to date.
I wanted to give this book a 5. But, two things prevented me from giving it the highest rating.
First, when the book moves away from Kunte Kinte into successive generations, while it has engaging moments, something of the brilliance was lost. This was strange to me. After reading the book, I did some research on Alex Haley and Roots, and discovered that there were allegations that Haley plagiarized from Harold Courlander's "The African", published nine years before Roots (It seems the passages in question were concentrated in the life of Kunta Kinte); after Courlander sued Haley an out of court monetary settlement from Haley to Courlander was made, though Haley seems to have maintained innocence in the matter. Could it be that the brilliance of the book came from Courlander's work? I don't know and have requested "The African" from inter-library loan in order to investigate further. Margaret Walker Alexander filed a similar suit, but hers was dismissed. The legal actions of both Courlander and Walker were resolved in 1978. This was two years after the publication of Roots in 1976, and one year after a national television miniseries boosted sales and interest in 1977. I will also hunt down Walker's book.
Secondly, the genealogical work behind the book has come into question. This wouldn't be a problem, except that the final chapters present the genealogy as factually verified by the author in an attempt to place the work firmly in the historical fiction genre. In addition, these final chapters uphold Haley's lineage as a kind of beacon for all of African descent who "don't know who they are." This could have been done in the realm of fiction, without the assertion of fact, but it wasn't.
I was very disappointed by these revelations. I felt mislead, even betrayed, by Alex Haley. However, I must concede that even with these faults, the book is a wonderful read that opened up new doors of thought to me and shaped my thinking in new ways. For that, I am grateful.
--
As a follow up, I have also confirmed that Haley plagiarized from Margaret Walker's book, Jubilee, an absolutely fabulous book written by the first African American woman to earn a PhD. I would highly recommend this book. In addition, reading both "The African" and "Jubilee" helped me to see a little more of what Haley was getting at with writing Roots.
Now that I understand his perspective better, I can see that Roots definitely had an agenda. Black Power connected with "Africanism" and Islam, which is probably also represented in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Note the following when you read it:
1) The extremely compelling portions on Africa have been criticized as current social anthropology as opposed to history.
2) There is an emphasis (lacking in Courlander's "The African") on Islamic belief, as opposed to voodoo/ various animistic beliefs being the religious and cultural grounding of the African community. The conquest of Northern Africa by Arab Muslims is completely ignored by Haley as if Islam was indigenous to Africa which it was not. There is also complete disregard for the prevalence of Christianity in Africa from shortly after the life of Jesus Christ (including, for example the Church Father, Saint Augustine (of Berber origin). The spread of Christianity was through conversion, not conquest, and it far pre-dated the transatlantic slave trade.
3) Christianity is covertly proclaimed as the "white man religion," used by slave traders to stomp out cultural identity and practices that might lead blacks to gather up enough confidence to start a successful rebellion. While this idea may have had some acceptance by the uneducated of the time, it is non-sensical given the historical record.
4) Apparently, the book kicked off a ton of travel to Africa, during which African Americans found they were not embraced as Haley alludes they would be. Also, many believe Haley's documentation of his trip to Africa is entirely false and that the groit he met and all the officials involved were coached and eager to see Haley be successful in generating interest in their country.
5) All of these things would be forgivable IF Haley had merely written a work of fiction. We would suspect authors had their own ideas, agendas and perspectives. But, the intro and those last chapters are horrifically misleading. It's almost like he believed his own press! And the IDEA that he was going for is powerful, that Africans were stripped of their roots by the slave industry and that this has been harmful to them. But how this played out in the events around the book reveals the strong motives he had for both personal gain and promoting these false perspectives (and African Islam/ Black Power as the logical fulfillment/ salvation to such a paradigm) to facilitate growth of these movements.
6) Some of the quotes, references to Haley lead me to believe he wasn't a very nice person... not that anyone wants to say that outright, but it's there. It certainly appears he was looking to a black Muslim identity for wholeness, salvation, and power. Hopefully, he found peace with God and others before he died.
Also, regarding Jubilee specifically, I recognized one paragraph in the first chapter that I'm pretty sure was copied verbatim. The main character, Vyry (and her mother, Sis Hetta whose death opens the book) seem to have 'inspired' Haley's character Kizzy. But, as obvious as that was, perhaps the biggest thing Haley lifted from Jubilee was the idea to write about one's descendants and that such knowledge was important for the coming generations. Walker's dedication communicates this intention with less dramatic flair than Haley's claims about flying the globe, roaming through records, and finding groits who harbor verbal testimony of his ancestors, all while the oldest and last of his relatives is dying.
I would still recommend Roots, but I thought these observations might be helpful in positioning the work within its proper historical context. For more information on my investigations pertaining to Roots, please see the conversation in comments on this review. Although many of those that originally discussed the book with me are no longer on 欧宝娱乐, I think you can follow the discussion and track my primary sources if you would like to know more. Enjoy!
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley, 1965
Jubilee, Margaret Walker, 1966
/review/show...
The African, Harold Courlander, 1967
/review/show...
Also from 欧宝娱乐 discussion below this review:
Roots: Philip Nobile 鈥淭he Village Voice鈥� February 23, 1993
After Haley鈥檚 death, his private papers were released and reviewed by Philip Nobile, who published a definitive article in 1993. Nobile鈥檚 article details specific problems with Haley鈥檚 account and includes numerous primary sources. I was able to order this article via the periodicals department at my library. It was photocopied by a library that owned the magazine copy and sent to my library. It cost me $1.
Also from 欧宝娱乐 discussion below this review:
10 Big Lies about America, Medved, 2008
Big Lie #2: The United States is Uniquely Guilty for the Crime of Slavery, and Based Its Wealth on Stolen African Labor
/review/show...
A new book has been written that I prefer to Roots. A generational narrative that spans from Africa to America and back, see
Homegoing, Gyasi, 2016
/review/show...
I wanted to give this book a 5. But, two things prevented me from giving it the highest rating.
First, when the book moves away from Kunte Kinte into successive generations, while it has engaging moments, something of the brilliance was lost. This was strange to me. After reading the book, I did some research on Alex Haley and Roots, and discovered that there were allegations that Haley plagiarized from Harold Courlander's "The African", published nine years before Roots (It seems the passages in question were concentrated in the life of Kunta Kinte); after Courlander sued Haley an out of court monetary settlement from Haley to Courlander was made, though Haley seems to have maintained innocence in the matter. Could it be that the brilliance of the book came from Courlander's work? I don't know and have requested "The African" from inter-library loan in order to investigate further. Margaret Walker Alexander filed a similar suit, but hers was dismissed. The legal actions of both Courlander and Walker were resolved in 1978. This was two years after the publication of Roots in 1976, and one year after a national television miniseries boosted sales and interest in 1977. I will also hunt down Walker's book.
Secondly, the genealogical work behind the book has come into question. This wouldn't be a problem, except that the final chapters present the genealogy as factually verified by the author in an attempt to place the work firmly in the historical fiction genre. In addition, these final chapters uphold Haley's lineage as a kind of beacon for all of African descent who "don't know who they are." This could have been done in the realm of fiction, without the assertion of fact, but it wasn't.
I was very disappointed by these revelations. I felt mislead, even betrayed, by Alex Haley. However, I must concede that even with these faults, the book is a wonderful read that opened up new doors of thought to me and shaped my thinking in new ways. For that, I am grateful.
--
As a follow up, I have also confirmed that Haley plagiarized from Margaret Walker's book, Jubilee, an absolutely fabulous book written by the first African American woman to earn a PhD. I would highly recommend this book. In addition, reading both "The African" and "Jubilee" helped me to see a little more of what Haley was getting at with writing Roots.
Now that I understand his perspective better, I can see that Roots definitely had an agenda. Black Power connected with "Africanism" and Islam, which is probably also represented in "The Autobiography of Malcolm X". Note the following when you read it:
1) The extremely compelling portions on Africa have been criticized as current social anthropology as opposed to history.
2) There is an emphasis (lacking in Courlander's "The African") on Islamic belief, as opposed to voodoo/ various animistic beliefs being the religious and cultural grounding of the African community. The conquest of Northern Africa by Arab Muslims is completely ignored by Haley as if Islam was indigenous to Africa which it was not. There is also complete disregard for the prevalence of Christianity in Africa from shortly after the life of Jesus Christ (including, for example the Church Father, Saint Augustine (of Berber origin). The spread of Christianity was through conversion, not conquest, and it far pre-dated the transatlantic slave trade.
3) Christianity is covertly proclaimed as the "white man religion," used by slave traders to stomp out cultural identity and practices that might lead blacks to gather up enough confidence to start a successful rebellion. While this idea may have had some acceptance by the uneducated of the time, it is non-sensical given the historical record.
4) Apparently, the book kicked off a ton of travel to Africa, during which African Americans found they were not embraced as Haley alludes they would be. Also, many believe Haley's documentation of his trip to Africa is entirely false and that the groit he met and all the officials involved were coached and eager to see Haley be successful in generating interest in their country.
5) All of these things would be forgivable IF Haley had merely written a work of fiction. We would suspect authors had their own ideas, agendas and perspectives. But, the intro and those last chapters are horrifically misleading. It's almost like he believed his own press! And the IDEA that he was going for is powerful, that Africans were stripped of their roots by the slave industry and that this has been harmful to them. But how this played out in the events around the book reveals the strong motives he had for both personal gain and promoting these false perspectives (and African Islam/ Black Power as the logical fulfillment/ salvation to such a paradigm) to facilitate growth of these movements.
6) Some of the quotes, references to Haley lead me to believe he wasn't a very nice person... not that anyone wants to say that outright, but it's there. It certainly appears he was looking to a black Muslim identity for wholeness, salvation, and power. Hopefully, he found peace with God and others before he died.
Also, regarding Jubilee specifically, I recognized one paragraph in the first chapter that I'm pretty sure was copied verbatim. The main character, Vyry (and her mother, Sis Hetta whose death opens the book) seem to have 'inspired' Haley's character Kizzy. But, as obvious as that was, perhaps the biggest thing Haley lifted from Jubilee was the idea to write about one's descendants and that such knowledge was important for the coming generations. Walker's dedication communicates this intention with less dramatic flair than Haley's claims about flying the globe, roaming through records, and finding groits who harbor verbal testimony of his ancestors, all while the oldest and last of his relatives is dying.
I would still recommend Roots, but I thought these observations might be helpful in positioning the work within its proper historical context. For more information on my investigations pertaining to Roots, please see the conversation in comments on this review. Although many of those that originally discussed the book with me are no longer on 欧宝娱乐, I think you can follow the discussion and track my primary sources if you would like to know more. Enjoy!
The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Alex Haley, 1965
Jubilee, Margaret Walker, 1966
/review/show...
The African, Harold Courlander, 1967
/review/show...
Also from 欧宝娱乐 discussion below this review:
Roots: Philip Nobile 鈥淭he Village Voice鈥� February 23, 1993
After Haley鈥檚 death, his private papers were released and reviewed by Philip Nobile, who published a definitive article in 1993. Nobile鈥檚 article details specific problems with Haley鈥檚 account and includes numerous primary sources. I was able to order this article via the periodicals department at my library. It was photocopied by a library that owned the magazine copy and sent to my library. It cost me $1.
Also from 欧宝娱乐 discussion below this review:
10 Big Lies about America, Medved, 2008
Big Lie #2: The United States is Uniquely Guilty for the Crime of Slavery, and Based Its Wealth on Stolen African Labor
/review/show...
A new book has been written that I prefer to Roots. A generational narrative that spans from Africa to America and back, see
Homegoing, Gyasi, 2016
/review/show...
September 28, 2021
Roots: The Saga of an American Family = Roots, Alex Haley
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. Roots tells the story of Kunta Kinte鈥攁 young man taken from the Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave鈥攁nd seven generations of his descendants in the United States.
Kunta, a Mandinka living by the River Gambia, has a difficult but free childhood in his village, Juffure. His village subsists on farming, and sometimes they lack enough food, as the climate is harsh.
Kunta is surrounded by love and traditions. Ominously, the village had heard of the recent arrival of toubob, men with white skins who smell like wet chickens. Kunta is excited to see the world. At one point, Kunta sees men in hoods taking away some of the children.
This confuses Kunta, but is eager to learn his father, Omoro, will take him outside Juffure. Omoro and Kunta set off, learning much more about their surroundings. When they return, Kunta brags to all his friends about the journey, but does not pay attention to his family's goats, which fall prey to a panther.
Later on, Kunta is taken off from manhood training, with other children of his kafo (division or grade). Kunta learns even more about the Gambia, but fears the slave trade, which he learns is closer to home than he thinks.
Kunta passes his training, and learns more about Juffure's court system. One day, he witnesses the case of a young girl, who was kidnapped by the toubob, and came back pregnant. She gives birth to a mixed-raced child, and the case is unresolved.
One morning when Kunta is cutting wood to make a drum, he is ambushed by slatees, black slave traders, and is knocked unconscious. He awakens in the brig of a ship, naked and chained. After a nightmarish journey across the Atlantic on board the British slave ship Lord Ligonier, he is landed in Annapolis in the British colony of Maryland.
John Waller of Spotsylvania County, Virginia purchases Kunta at an auction and gives him the name Toby. However, Kunta is headstrong and tries to run away four times. When he is captured for the last time, slave hunters cut off part of his right foot to cripple him.
Kunta is then bought by his master's brother, Dr. William Waller. He becomes a gardener and eventually his master's buggy driver. Kunta also befriends a musician slave named Fiddler. In the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, Kunta marries Bell, Waller's cook, and together they have a daughter, Kizzy.
Kizzy's childhood as a slave is as happy as her parents can make it. She is close friends with John Waller's daughter "Missy" Anne, and she rarely experiences cruelty. Her life changes when she forges a traveling pass for her beau Noah, a field hand.
When he is caught and confesses, she is sold away from her family at the age of sixteen. Kizzy is bought by Tom Lea, a farmer and chicken fighter who rose from poor beginnings. He rapes and impregnates her, and she gives birth to George, who later becomes known as "Chicken George" when he becomes his father's cockfighting trainer.
Chicken George is a philanderer known for expensive taste and alcohol, as much as for his iconic bowler hat and green scarf. He marries Matilda and they have six sons and two daughters, including Tom, who becomes a very good blacksmith. Tom marries Irene, a woman originally owned by the Holt family. ...
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 29/08/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 05/07/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a novel written by Alex Haley and first published in 1976. Roots tells the story of Kunta Kinte鈥攁 young man taken from the Gambia when he was seventeen and sold as a slave鈥攁nd seven generations of his descendants in the United States.
Kunta, a Mandinka living by the River Gambia, has a difficult but free childhood in his village, Juffure. His village subsists on farming, and sometimes they lack enough food, as the climate is harsh.
Kunta is surrounded by love and traditions. Ominously, the village had heard of the recent arrival of toubob, men with white skins who smell like wet chickens. Kunta is excited to see the world. At one point, Kunta sees men in hoods taking away some of the children.
This confuses Kunta, but is eager to learn his father, Omoro, will take him outside Juffure. Omoro and Kunta set off, learning much more about their surroundings. When they return, Kunta brags to all his friends about the journey, but does not pay attention to his family's goats, which fall prey to a panther.
Later on, Kunta is taken off from manhood training, with other children of his kafo (division or grade). Kunta learns even more about the Gambia, but fears the slave trade, which he learns is closer to home than he thinks.
Kunta passes his training, and learns more about Juffure's court system. One day, he witnesses the case of a young girl, who was kidnapped by the toubob, and came back pregnant. She gives birth to a mixed-raced child, and the case is unresolved.
One morning when Kunta is cutting wood to make a drum, he is ambushed by slatees, black slave traders, and is knocked unconscious. He awakens in the brig of a ship, naked and chained. After a nightmarish journey across the Atlantic on board the British slave ship Lord Ligonier, he is landed in Annapolis in the British colony of Maryland.
John Waller of Spotsylvania County, Virginia purchases Kunta at an auction and gives him the name Toby. However, Kunta is headstrong and tries to run away four times. When he is captured for the last time, slave hunters cut off part of his right foot to cripple him.
Kunta is then bought by his master's brother, Dr. William Waller. He becomes a gardener and eventually his master's buggy driver. Kunta also befriends a musician slave named Fiddler. In the aftermath of the American Revolutionary War, Kunta marries Bell, Waller's cook, and together they have a daughter, Kizzy.
Kizzy's childhood as a slave is as happy as her parents can make it. She is close friends with John Waller's daughter "Missy" Anne, and she rarely experiences cruelty. Her life changes when she forges a traveling pass for her beau Noah, a field hand.
When he is caught and confesses, she is sold away from her family at the age of sixteen. Kizzy is bought by Tom Lea, a farmer and chicken fighter who rose from poor beginnings. He rapes and impregnates her, and she gives birth to George, who later becomes known as "Chicken George" when he becomes his father's cockfighting trainer.
Chicken George is a philanderer known for expensive taste and alcohol, as much as for his iconic bowler hat and green scarf. He marries Matilda and they have six sons and two daughters, including Tom, who becomes a very good blacksmith. Tom marries Irene, a woman originally owned by the Holt family. ...
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郾鄢酃鄹/鄣/郾鄣
February 1, 2021
I was only 8 when Roots came out and my family being of the average, racist variety in Florida at the time, we did not watch it on TV in 1977. In the meantime, I did a lot of work to unroot that racism I was brought up with and read widely: Alice Walker, Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambara, Zora Neale Hurston, Malcolm X, Ralph Ellison, etc. but until now, some 43 years later, I read Roots by Alex Haley. It was a moving experience, particularly the middle passage of Kunta Kinta from La Gambia to 'Napolis which I found particularly horrifying. In the coda, Chapter 120, Alex Haley says that he purposefully took a freighter along that same route, sleeping in the hold, nearly naked on a wooden plank. Hardcore. Now, there were several lawsuits, one of which Haley lost, for plagiarism of parts of Roots. This did bother me a little bit, but it didn't take away from the narrative.
Roots is the story of Alex Haley's family from his ancestor Kunta Kinte who was captured in The Gambia in West Africa and enslaved in Virginia. It is grueling and violent and definitely a critical read for understanding the history of slavery and the horrors of being considered less than human. The first third of the book is a gorgeous description of life in Africa for the young Kunta. Then we follow his life in America as a slave followed by that of his daughter Kizzy, her son Chicken George and his son Tom - all ancestors of author Alex Haley. The horrors of slavery are laid out in plain view and anyone that reads this and does not come away with a sick feeling in their soul and a total lack of sympathy for "rebels" and other mythology panderers for the "lost Confederacy" has not really read the book. There was absolutely nothing redeemably about slavery and no moral reason whatsoever to defend its many, many waves of abuse. The Civil War was indeed about slavery at its core regardless of what the racist revisionists wish to say.
I felt that the 1977 Roots was a bit dated watching a bit of it now 43 years later. However, I would highly, highly recommend the 2016 version from the History Channel. It was riveting and beautifully shot. It takes some liberties with the text, but they are interesting diversions and interpretations and do not detract or demean Haley's work. My French-born son who was largely unfamiliar with the history of slavery other than the recent George Floyd outcry was moved deeply by this show which he also admitted was education. His statement "Slavery was really shit, dad" pretty much sums it up.
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Roots is the story of Alex Haley's family from his ancestor Kunta Kinte who was captured in The Gambia in West Africa and enslaved in Virginia. It is grueling and violent and definitely a critical read for understanding the history of slavery and the horrors of being considered less than human. The first third of the book is a gorgeous description of life in Africa for the young Kunta. Then we follow his life in America as a slave followed by that of his daughter Kizzy, her son Chicken George and his son Tom - all ancestors of author Alex Haley. The horrors of slavery are laid out in plain view and anyone that reads this and does not come away with a sick feeling in their soul and a total lack of sympathy for "rebels" and other mythology panderers for the "lost Confederacy" has not really read the book. There was absolutely nothing redeemably about slavery and no moral reason whatsoever to defend its many, many waves of abuse. The Civil War was indeed about slavery at its core regardless of what the racist revisionists wish to say.
I felt that the 1977 Roots was a bit dated watching a bit of it now 43 years later. However, I would highly, highly recommend the 2016 version from the History Channel. It was riveting and beautifully shot. It takes some liberties with the text, but they are interesting diversions and interpretations and do not detract or demean Haley's work. My French-born son who was largely unfamiliar with the history of slavery other than the recent George Floyd outcry was moved deeply by this show which he also admitted was education. His statement "Slavery was really shit, dad" pretty much sums it up.
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December 4, 2024
I remember watching the mini series of this book on TV around the same time we were studying about early American history in school. I finally got my hands on this book a few years back when a friend lent it to me and since she was clearing her bookshelf I was more than happy to keep the copy...I still have it! A gripping and gritting portrayal of the story of a tribal prince, Kunta Kinte, who is snatched from his homeland of Africa and thrown into a nightmare of slavery in America and how not only he, but his subsequent generation of descendants fight against odds to keep their identity as well as the story of Kunta Kinte alive. A must read!!!
May 15, 2017
Magnificent. The epic chronicle of a family through many generations of cruelty, hardship and suffering. But it's much more than that really; it's the history of slavery in America. What happened to the characters in this book happened to millions of others and it's a story that needed to be told and Alex Haley did a masterful job of telling it. Roots should be required reading in high schools because all of us, regardless of age, race, or gender should understand this history. You can't tell the history of America without telling the history of slavery. We can still feel it's impact on our society still today.
4.5 stars
4.5 stars
March 6, 2021
I opened the cover of this book with eagerness and excitement. In fact, I informed my family I was finally reading Roots and I would be out of commission for the week!
I was then greeted by 192 pages of some of the dullest prose I have ever encountered.
Dull and monotonous writing. Zero character development. The exotic locale of Africa reduced to sand and thorns, with a few cardboard cut-outs of Africans standing around.
Then, on page 192 (out of 900), conflict finally creates the true beginnings of a story. It is here, despite the conflict being the horror of abduction leading into a lifetime of slavery, where I finally realized I needed to let go of my desire to experience any character development and submit instead to Haley's true gifts, which are research and story-telling.
The story, from roughly pages 192 to 853, is often compelling. I have read many works of fiction and some non-fiction from this time period, and this book obviously contributes a completely unique perspective. In particular, I appreciated Haley showing slavery as not only an evil and despicable practice, but an absurd one as well. And, Kunta Kinte's observations, as an educated and Muslim African amongst slaves who had lost their heritage, their religions, and their families were absolutely thought-provoking and often heart-breaking.
Yet, when the finally-interesting story shifts again, to the first-person narrator at the end, I felt it was really the final blow for me. Left in the hands of a more capable writer, the ending, where Haley reveals his process and research, could have been fascinating. It was not, and the final pages, where he discusses the death of his father, made no cogent sense to me and had no connection to the rest of the story.
I applaud the incredible scope of this book and its huge cultural, ancestral, social and spiritual contributions, but I really struggled with the writing. If you happen to be reading this and feel similarly, I would highly recommend both Margaret Walker's Jubilee and Toni Morrison's Beloved as far more literary works which deal with slavery and its lasting impact on fully developed characters.
I was then greeted by 192 pages of some of the dullest prose I have ever encountered.
Dull and monotonous writing. Zero character development. The exotic locale of Africa reduced to sand and thorns, with a few cardboard cut-outs of Africans standing around.
Then, on page 192 (out of 900), conflict finally creates the true beginnings of a story. It is here, despite the conflict being the horror of abduction leading into a lifetime of slavery, where I finally realized I needed to let go of my desire to experience any character development and submit instead to Haley's true gifts, which are research and story-telling.
The story, from roughly pages 192 to 853, is often compelling. I have read many works of fiction and some non-fiction from this time period, and this book obviously contributes a completely unique perspective. In particular, I appreciated Haley showing slavery as not only an evil and despicable practice, but an absurd one as well. And, Kunta Kinte's observations, as an educated and Muslim African amongst slaves who had lost their heritage, their religions, and their families were absolutely thought-provoking and often heart-breaking.
Yet, when the finally-interesting story shifts again, to the first-person narrator at the end, I felt it was really the final blow for me. Left in the hands of a more capable writer, the ending, where Haley reveals his process and research, could have been fascinating. It was not, and the final pages, where he discusses the death of his father, made no cogent sense to me and had no connection to the rest of the story.
I applaud the incredible scope of this book and its huge cultural, ancestral, social and spiritual contributions, but I really struggled with the writing. If you happen to be reading this and feel similarly, I would highly recommend both Margaret Walker's Jubilee and Toni Morrison's Beloved as far more literary works which deal with slavery and its lasting impact on fully developed characters.
April 18, 2020
*亘丿賱蹖賱 倬蹖卮诏蹖乇蹖 丕夭 賯丕胤蹖 卮丿賳 乇丕爻鬲 趩蹖賳 賵 趩倬 趩蹖賳 丕夭 诏匕丕卮鬲賳 賳賯胤賴 賵 賵蹖乇诏賵賱 賲毓匕賵乇賲*
胤賱爻賲 卮讴爻鬲賴 卮丿 賵 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 鬲賲賵賲 讴乇丿賲
亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖賵蹖賵 賳賵卮鬲賳 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕蹖丿 禺蹖賱蹖 賵爻賵丕爻 亘賴 禺乇噩 丿丕丿 趩賵賳 讴賵趩讴 鬲乇蹖賳 睾賮賱鬲蹖 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 丨賯 讴鬲丕亘 賳丕賲乇丿蹖 氐賵乇鬲 亘诏蹖乇賴
禺蹖賱蹖 爻乇亘爻鬲賴 賵 亘丿賵賳 丕爻倬賵蹖賱 丕诏乇 亘禺賵丕賲 亘賳賵蹖爻賲
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 丕夭 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖蹖 鬲亘丕乇 賴爻鬲
讴賴 賲爻蹖乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕夭 禺賵丿 丕賮乇蹖賯丕 丌睾丕夭 賵 丿乇 丕賲乇蹖讴丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賴
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 丨賵賱 賲丨賵乇 亘乇丿賴 丿丕乇蹖 賵 賮乇賵卮 亘乇丿賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 噩賳诏 丿丕禺賱蹖 丕賲乇蹖讴丕 賵 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕賵賱 賵 丨鬲蹖 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 賴賲 丕卮丕乇賴 賴丕蹖蹖 卮丿賴
賴乇趩賳丿 讴賲
丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 趩賵賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 亘乇丕蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賯丕賳賵賳 亘乇丿賴 丿丕乇蹖
匕乇賴 匕乇賴 诏購乇 诏乇賮鬲賳 丌鬲蹖卮 噩賳诏 丿丕禺賱蹖 丕賲乇蹖讴丕
賵 卮丕蹖丿 丿賴 賴丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲賴賲 丿蹖诏賴 讴賴 丕賱丕賳 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 賳丿丕乇賲
亘乇禺賱丕賮 丕讴孬乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕 讴賴 卮乇賵毓 噩匕丕亘 賵 蹖丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵賱蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 囟毓蹖賮 賴爻鬲賳
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘
亘丕 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 賴乇 賮氐賱 賴賲趩賳丕賳 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 亘賴 卮讴賱蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 夭賳丿賴 賳诏賴 賲蹖丿丕乇賴
倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖丕丿 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴爻丕賱鬲 賵 蹖丕 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 讴賳賴
讴鬲丕亘 丕賳诏丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 賴乇 爻賱蹖賯賴 丕蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丌爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丿卮 丿丕乇賴
丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴卮 賳賲蹖丿賲
賮賯胤 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘禺賵賳蹖賳
亘乇丕蹖 丿丕卮鬲賳 丿乇讴 亘賴鬲乇 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 爻蹖丕賴 鬲乇蹖賳 丿賵乇丕賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘卮乇蹖鬲
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 夭賵乇诏賵蹖蹖
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 睾賲
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖
賵 丕夭 賴賲賴 賲賴賲 鬲乇 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 丌夭丕丿蹖..............................
胤賱爻賲 卮讴爻鬲賴 卮丿 賵 賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 鬲賲賵賲 讴乇丿賲
亘乇丕蹖 乇蹖賵蹖賵 賳賵卮鬲賳 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 亘丕蹖丿 禺蹖賱蹖 賵爻賵丕爻 亘賴 禺乇噩 丿丕丿 趩賵賳 讴賵趩讴 鬲乇蹖賳 睾賮賱鬲蹖 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖卮賴 丿乇 丨賯 讴鬲丕亘 賳丕賲乇丿蹖 氐賵乇鬲 亘诏蹖乇賴
禺蹖賱蹖 爻乇亘爻鬲賴 賵 亘丿賵賳 丕爻倬賵蹖賱 丕诏乇 亘禺賵丕賲 亘賳賵蹖爻賲
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 丕夭 蹖讴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖蹖 鬲亘丕乇 賴爻鬲
讴賴 賲爻蹖乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕蹖賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕夭 禺賵丿 丕賮乇蹖賯丕 丌睾丕夭 賵 丿乇 丕賲乇蹖讴丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖讴賳賴
亘丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 丨賵賱 賲丨賵乇 亘乇丿賴 丿丕乇蹖 賵 賮乇賵卮 亘乇丿賴 賳賵卮鬲賴 卮丿賴 賵賱蹖
丿乇 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 賲賵囟賵毓丕鬲蹖 賴賲趩賵賳 噩賳诏 丿丕禺賱蹖 丕賲乇蹖讴丕 賵 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丕賵賱 賵 丨鬲蹖 噩賳诏 噩賴丕賳蹖 丿賵賲 賴賲 丕卮丕乇賴 賴丕蹖蹖 卮丿賴
賴乇趩賳丿 讴賲
丕鬲賮丕賯蹖 趩賵賳 賲亘丕乇夭賴 賱蹖賳讴賱賳 亘乇丕蹖 倬丕蹖丕賳 丿丕丿賳 亘賴 賯丕賳賵賳 亘乇丿賴 丿丕乇蹖
匕乇賴 匕乇賴 诏購乇 诏乇賮鬲賳 丌鬲蹖卮 噩賳诏 丿丕禺賱蹖 丕賲乇蹖讴丕
賵 卮丕蹖丿 丿賴 賴丕 丕鬲賮丕賯 賲賴賲 丿蹖诏賴 讴賴 丕賱丕賳 丨囟賵乇 匕賴賳 賳丿丕乇賲
亘乇禺賱丕賮 丕讴孬乇 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕 讴賴 卮乇賵毓 噩匕丕亘 賵 蹖丕 倬丕蹖丕賳 禺賵亘蹖 丿丕乇賳丿 賵賱蹖 丿乇 賲蹖丕賳賴 賴丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 囟毓蹖賮 賴爻鬲賳
丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘
亘丕 倬蹖卮 亘乇丿賳 賴乇 賮氐賱 賴賲趩賳丕賳 噩匕丕亘蹖鬲 禺賵丿卮 乇賵 亘賴 卮讴賱蹖 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 夭賳丿賴 賳诏賴 賲蹖丿丕乇賴
倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖丕丿 讴賴 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 丕丨爻丕爻 讴爻丕賱鬲 賵 蹖丕 蹖讴賳賵丕禺鬲蹖 讴賳賴
讴鬲丕亘 丕賳诏丕乇 亘乇丕蹖 賴乇 爻賱蹖賯賴 丕蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 丿乇 丌爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丿卮 丿丕乇賴
丕蹖賳 乇蹖賵蹖賵 乇賵 亘蹖卮鬲乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴卮 賳賲蹖丿賲
賮賯胤 鬲賵氐蹖賴 賲蹖讴賳賲 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇賵 亘禺賵賳蹖賳
亘乇丕蹖 丿丕卮鬲賳 丿乇讴 亘賴鬲乇 賳爻亘鬲 亘賴 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 爻蹖丕賴 鬲乇蹖賳 丿賵乇丕賳 鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘卮乇蹖鬲
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 夭賵乇诏賵蹖蹖
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 睾賲
亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 賳丕丕賲蹖丿蹖
賵 丕夭 賴賲賴 賲賴賲 鬲乇 亘乇丕蹖 丿乇讴 丌夭丕丿蹖..............................
May 10, 2013
Knjiga, a potom i serija, koje smo mnogo voleli... Kako bi bilo lepo kad bi se neko setio evergrin naslova i ponovo objavio ovu knjigu... Pre nekoliko godina sam nabavila originalni box set serije pa mogu da u啪ivam u njoj kad god po啪elim... Makar ne拧to... :)
July 21, 2019
One of my top 5 favourite reads!
September 15, 2022
Phenomenal history of seven generations of a black family, from its roots in The Gambia to late 20th century America.
The description of the savagery of the Middle Passage was the subject of a plagiarism lawsuit, by a historian against the author, but the telling of it is so powerful and sorrowful that it should be part of the education around race we need.
Haley moves us through the generations and it鈥檚 painful how the disruptions occur- kidnapping, sales that ripped children from parents, never knowing what happened to those left behind (both family and reader left in the dark).
A fantastic and rich tapestry in the American story.
The description of the savagery of the Middle Passage was the subject of a plagiarism lawsuit, by a historian against the author, but the telling of it is so powerful and sorrowful that it should be part of the education around race we need.
Haley moves us through the generations and it鈥檚 painful how the disruptions occur- kidnapping, sales that ripped children from parents, never knowing what happened to those left behind (both family and reader left in the dark).
A fantastic and rich tapestry in the American story.
June 7, 2021
Read this back in the seventies and haven't re-visited since, but recall it being a very good read.
October 16, 2019
禺胤乇 賮丕卮 卮丿賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳
丨讴丕蹖鬲 毓噩蹖亘蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖丕賳 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖蹖 鬲亘丕乇 賲丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 趩賳丿丕賳 亘賴 丌賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴
丨讴丕蹖鬲 賲乇丿賲丕賳蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賲孬賱丕 丿乇 讴卮賵乇 诏丕賲亘蹖丕 爻乇诏乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 亘賵丿賳 賵 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 賴賲 丕夭 賵囟毓 禺賵丿 乇丕囟蹖 亘賵丿賳丿 . 丿乇 丌賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 倬爻乇丕賳 亘賴 賴賲丕賳 乇賵卮蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 讴賴 倬丿乇丕賳 賵 倬丿乇亘夭乇诏 賴丕蹖 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇賵夭诏丕乇 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖 诏匕乇丕賳丿賳丿 . 丿乇 丌賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賴蹖趩 噩蹖夭 毓賵囟 賳賲蹖 卮丿 . 倬爻乇丕賳 亘賴 賴賲丕賳 爻賳鬲 賵 乇賵卮 倬丿乇丕賳 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖卮丿賳丿 貙 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 貙 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 乇丕 丕賴賱蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 爻賳 亘賱賵睾 貙 丌賲賵夭卮賴丕蹖 賱丕夭賲 亘乇丕蹖 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 卮丿賳 乇丕 賮乇丕 賲蹖 诏乇賮鬲賳丿 賵 倬丕 丿乇 噩丕蹖 倬丿乇丕賳 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏匕丕卮鬲賳丿 貙 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 丨丕賱 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕 賵 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丕賳賯賱丕亘 氐賳毓鬲蹖 丿乇 丨丕賱 诏匕丕乇 亘賵丿 賵 賲夭丕乇毓 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 噩賳賵亘 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 賳蹖乇賵蹖 讴丕乇 丿丕卮鬲賳丿賵 趩賴 讴爻丕賳蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖 賴丕蹖 賯賵蹖 賵爻丕丿賴 責
禺賱丕氐賴 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲丕 丕夭 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 禺賵丿 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵噩賴鬲 丕賳鬲賯丕賱 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 亘賴 讴卮鬲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 讴丕賲賱 丿賵乇丕賳 爻禺鬲 丕爻丕乇鬲 丿乇 讴卮鬲蹖 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 爻禺鬲蹖 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻禺鬲 賵 胤丕賯鬲 賮乇爻丕 爻鬲 貙 卮倬卮 貙 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 貙 丕賳賵丕毓 卮讴賳噩賴 貙 丿乇蹖丕蹖 禺卮賲诏蹖賳 鬲賳賴丕 亘禺卮 讴賵趩讴蹖 丕夭 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖賴丕蹖蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 鬲丨賲賱 讴賳賳丿 鬲丕 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 亘乇爻賳丿 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 賲丕 蹖丕 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 爻倬爻 亘賴 賲夭乇毓賴 丿丕乇 亘蹖 乇丨賲蹖 賮乇賵禺鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕賵 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 丿爻鬲 亘賴 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖 夭賳丿 丕賲丕 賴乇 亘丕乇 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 毓丿丕賱鬲 丕夭 賳賵毓 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌爻丕賳 丕爻鬲 : 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴賮 倬丕蹖 丕賵 乇丕 賲蹖亘乇賳丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 賳鬲賵丕賳丿 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿 .
噩賵丕賳 賳诏賵賳 亘禺鬲 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賲夭乇毓賴 讴丕乇 讴賳丿 賵 賮讴乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 丕夭 爻乇 亘蹖乇賵賳 讴賳丿 貙 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 爻蹖丕賴丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇蹖賯 賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 鬲賵爻胤 丕乇亘丕亘 丕爻鬲孬賲丕乇 蹖丕 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲賵乇丿 亘賴乇賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖 ( 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘賴乇賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖 噩賳爻蹖 賳賴 貙 趩賵賳 丕乇亘丕亘 賲禺丕賱賮 賯丕胤蹖 卮丿賳 禺賵賳 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 賵 爻賮蹖丿 倬賵爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲 ) 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖 诏蹖乇賳丿 . 噩賵丕賳 蹖丕 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 丿丕乇丿 讴賲 讴賲 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙亘賴 噩丕蹖 讴賵爻 讴賵爻 貙 爻丕賳丿賵蹖趩 诏賵卮鬲 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿 賵 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳丿 貙 丿乇 乇丕爻鬲丕蹖 鬲賲丿賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丕賵 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丿禺鬲乇 丕賵 讴賲 讴賲 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丕賲丕 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 賴蹖趩 诏賵賳賴 丨賯 賲丕賱讴蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丨鬲蹖 亘乇 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵蹖卮 . 丕乇亘丕亘 賲丕賱讴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕爻鬲 丿禺鬲乇 乇丕 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 15 爻丕賱賴 丕爻鬲 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲蹖 賮乇賵卮丿 ( 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩丕 亘賴 亘毓丿 卮乇丨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕 丿蹖诏乇 賴蹖趩 丕胤賱丕毓蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 賳丿丕乇蹖賲 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 丕蹖賳 丿禺鬲乇 蹖丕 讴蹖賳夭蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 ) .
丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘賴 禺賵賳 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕賵 丿乇 倬蹖 賱匕鬲 丕爻鬲 賵 賴賲丕賳 卮亘 丕賵賱 亘賴 讴蹖賳夭蹖 鈥� 亘乇丿賴 噩丿蹖丿卮 鬲噩丕賵夭 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇丕 亘丕乇賴丕 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 讴蹖賳夭蹖 丕夭 丕乇亘丕亘 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕爻賲 亘趩賴 丕賵噩乇噩 丕爻鬲 貙 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賴 鬲噩丕賵夭 賲蹖 讴賳丿 丕賲丕 夭蹖丕丿 丌丿賲 亘丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 丕賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 夭蹖乇 亘丕賱 賵 倬乇 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏蹖乇丿 賵 亘賴 噩乇噩 讴賵丿讴 丕噩丕夭賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 毓賱丕賯賴 丕乇亘丕亘 乇丕 丿賳亘丕賱 讴賳丿 : 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭蹖 . 噩乇噩 讴賲 讴賲 蹖讴 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 蹖讴 乇丕亘胤賴 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 亘丕 丕乇亘丕亘 讴賴 倬丿乇卮 賴賲 賴爻鬲 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 噩乇噩 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿 ( 賳爻賱 爻賵賲 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕) 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 ( 賳爻賱 趩賴丕乇賲 ) . 噩乇噩 丿丕乇丿 倬賵賱 噩賲毓 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 丕乇亘丕亘 亘禺乇丿 賵 丌夭丕丿 卮賵賳丿 丕賲丕 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丕乇亘丕亘 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲賴賱讴蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 卮乇胤 亘賳丿蹖 賴乇 丿賵 賲蹖 亘丕夭賳丿 貙 丕乇亘丕亘 賵乇卮讴爻鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 噩乇噩 亘丿亘禺鬲 !
丕乇亘丕亘 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖卮賵丿 噩乇噩 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘賮乇賵卮丿 貙 噩乇噩 亘賴 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 賵 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴賲 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿蹖 賮乇賵禺鬲賴 賵 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴鬲乇 丕夭 賵丕賱丿蹖賳 禺賵丿 噩丿丕 賵 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 賲丕丿乇亘夭乇诏 禺賵丿 倬蹖卮 賴賲丕賳 丕乇亘丕亘 賲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 ( 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵卮 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 乇賵丕噩 丿丕乇丿 鈥� 賲孬賱丕 丿賵賱鬲 鬲乇丕賲倬 賱亘 賲乇夭 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 倬賳丕賴賳丿诏丕賳 睾蹖乇 賯丕賳賵賳蹖 乇丕 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 噩丿丕 賵 亘賴 讴賲倬蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丿 )
.禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 爻乇倬乇爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 丕夭 亘蹖賳 卮卮 賮乇夭賳丿 噩乇噩 貙 鬲丕賲 爻乇倬乇爻鬲 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賵 乇丕亘胤 亘丕 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿亘丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 賲胤丕亘賯 賲毓賲賵賱 鬲丕賲 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲丕 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 倬爻 丕夭 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 丕丿丕賲賴 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 禺賵丿 丌賯丕蹖 丌賱讴爻 賴蹖賱蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲鬲賵賱丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕夭 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘爻鬲诏丕賳 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 噩丿 亘夭乇诏 禺賵丿 (讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 ) 乇丕 賲蹖 卮賳賵丿 貙 亘乇丕蹖 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賲蹖 乇賵丿 貙 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 丿賴讴丿賴 賵 賯亘蹖賱賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 .
丕蹖丿賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿乇禺卮丕賳 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 賳鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 賯賵蹖 賵 丕孬乇 诏匕丕乇 丕噩乇丕 讴賳丿 貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲孬丕賱 卮丕蹖丿 80% 讴鬲丕亘 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 ( 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 賲賴丕乇鬲 賴丕蹖 卮讴丕乇 蹖丕 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 丿乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖 爻賴 賯乇賳 倬蹖卮 ) 賵 賳賵賴 丕賵 鈥� 噩乇噩 ( 噩夭蹖蹖丕鬲 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭蹖 貙 卮乇胤 亘賳丿蹖 貙 賲乇丕賯亘鬲 丕夭 禺乇賵爻賴丕 ) 亘丕卮丿 賵 毓賲賱丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩乇噩 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 亘毓丿 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丕夭 賳爻賱 趩賴丕乇賲 亘賴 亘毓丿 禺賵丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丨賵氐賱賴 丕卮 爻乇 賲蹖 乇賵丿 賵 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕 賵 卮乇丕蹖胤 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌賳賴丕 賳賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿 . 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕 蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賳蹖賲 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 丌賲丿 貙 亘夭乇诏 卮丿 貙 丕夭丿賵丕噩 讴乇丿 貙 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 卮丿 . 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 賲賯賵丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 禺賱賯 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賳卮丿賴 丕賳丿 .
丕賲丕 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 丕賲蹖乇 讴亘蹖乇 賴賲 丿乇 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕賴讴丕乇 夭丿賴 貙 毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 丕蹖賳 讴賴 17 氐賮丨賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 丨匕賮 讴乇丿賴 ( 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 256 鬲丕 273) 貙 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 680 鬲丕 700 乇丕 賴賲 倬爻 賵 倬蹖卮 趩丕倬 讴乇丿賴 鬲丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 趩丕賱卮蹖 卮賵丿 !
丨讴丕蹖鬲 毓噩蹖亘蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 貙 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖丕賳 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖蹖 鬲亘丕乇 賲丕噩乇丕蹖蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 趩賳丿丕賳 亘賴 丌賳 倬乇丿丕禺鬲賴 賳卮丿賴
丨讴丕蹖鬲 賲乇丿賲丕賳蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賲孬賱丕 丿乇 讴卮賵乇 诏丕賲亘蹖丕 爻乇诏乇賲 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 亘賵丿賳 賵 丕丨鬲賲丕賱丕 賴賲 丕夭 賵囟毓 禺賵丿 乇丕囟蹖 亘賵丿賳丿 . 丿乇 丌賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 倬爻乇丕賳 亘賴 賴賲丕賳 乇賵卮蹖 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 讴賴 倬丿乇丕賳 賵 倬丿乇亘夭乇诏 賴丕蹖 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 诏匕卮鬲賴 乇賵夭诏丕乇 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖 诏匕乇丕賳丿賳丿 . 丿乇 丌賳 爻乇夭賲蹖賳 賴蹖趩 賵賯鬲 賴蹖趩 噩蹖夭 毓賵囟 賳賲蹖 卮丿 . 倬爻乇丕賳 亘賴 賴賲丕賳 爻賳鬲 賵 乇賵卮 倬丿乇丕賳 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖卮丿賳丿 貙 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 貙 丨蹖賵丕賳丕鬲 乇丕 丕賴賱蹖 賲蹖 讴乇丿賳丿 賵 賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻蹖丿賳 亘賴 爻賳 亘賱賵睾 貙 丌賲賵夭卮賴丕蹖 賱丕夭賲 亘乇丕蹖 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 卮丿賳 乇丕 賮乇丕 賲蹖 诏乇賮鬲賳丿 賵 倬丕 丿乇 噩丕蹖 倬丿乇丕賳 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏匕丕卮鬲賳丿 貙 丿乇 賴賲蹖賳 丨丕賱 丿乇 丕乇賵倬丕 賵 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 丕賳賯賱丕亘 氐賳毓鬲蹖 丿乇 丨丕賱 诏匕丕乇 亘賵丿 賵 賲夭丕乇毓 亘爻蹖丕乇 亘夭乇诏 丿乇 噩賳賵亘 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 賳蹖乇賵蹖 讴丕乇 丿丕卮鬲賳丿賵 趩賴 讴爻丕賳蹖 亘賴鬲乇 丕夭 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖 賴丕蹖 賯賵蹖 賵爻丕丿賴 責
禺賱丕氐賴 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賲丕 丕夭 乇賵爻鬲丕蹖 禺賵丿 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵噩賴鬲 丕賳鬲賯丕賱 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 亘賴 讴卮鬲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 讴鬲丕亘 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 讴丕賲賱 丿賵乇丕賳 爻禺鬲 丕爻丕乇鬲 丿乇 讴卮鬲蹖 乇丕 亘蹖丕賳 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 爻禺鬲蹖 賴丕 亘乇丕蹖 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻禺鬲 賵 胤丕賯鬲 賮乇爻丕 爻鬲 貙 卮倬卮 貙 亘蹖賲丕乇蹖 貙 丕賳賵丕毓 卮讴賳噩賴 貙 丿乇蹖丕蹖 禺卮賲诏蹖賳 鬲賳賴丕 亘禺卮 讴賵趩讴蹖 丕夭 亘丿亘禺鬲蹖賴丕蹖蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 亘丕蹖丿 鬲丨賲賱 讴賳賳丿 鬲丕 亘賴 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 亘乇爻賳丿 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 賲丕 蹖丕 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 爻倬爻 亘賴 賲夭乇毓賴 丿丕乇 亘蹖 乇丨賲蹖 賮乇賵禺鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕賵 趩賳丿 亘丕乇 丿爻鬲 亘賴 賮乇丕乇 賲蹖 夭賳丿 丕賲丕 賴乇 亘丕乇 丿爻鬲诏蹖乇 賲蹖卮賵丿 貙 毓丿丕賱鬲 丕夭 賳賵毓 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 丌爻丕賳 丕爻鬲 : 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 讴賮 倬丕蹖 丕賵 乇丕 賲蹖亘乇賳丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 賳鬲賵丕賳丿 賮乇丕乇 讴賳丿 .
噩賵丕賳 賳诏賵賳 亘禺鬲 亘丕蹖丿 丿乇 賲夭乇毓賴 讴丕乇 讴賳丿 賵 賮讴乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 丕夭 爻乇 亘蹖乇賵賳 讴賳丿 貙 丿賵爻鬲丕賳 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 爻蹖丕賴丕賳蹖 賴爻鬲賳丿 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇蹖賯 賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 鬲賵爻胤 丕乇亘丕亘 丕爻鬲孬賲丕乇 蹖丕 亘賴 賮丕乇爻蹖 賲賵乇丿 亘賴乇賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖 ( 丕賱亘鬲賴 亘賴乇賴 亘乇丿丕乇蹖 噩賳爻蹖 賳賴 貙 趩賵賳 丕乇亘丕亘 賲禺丕賱賮 賯丕胤蹖 卮丿賳 禺賵賳 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 賵 爻賮蹖丿 倬賵爻鬲丕賳 丕爻鬲 ) 賯乇丕乇 賲蹖 诏蹖乇賳丿 . 噩賵丕賳 蹖丕 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 丿丕乇丿 讴賲 讴賲 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙亘賴 噩丕蹖 讴賵爻 讴賵爻 貙 爻丕賳丿賵蹖趩 诏賵卮鬲 賲蹖 禺賵乇丿 賵 賲蹖 鬲賵丕賳丿 丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖 氐丨亘鬲 讴賳丿 貙 丿乇 乇丕爻鬲丕蹖 鬲賲丿賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖蹖 丕賵 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖讴賳丿 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丿禺鬲乇 丕賵 讴賲 讴賲 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿 丕賲丕 爻蹖丕賴丕賳 賴蹖趩 诏賵賳賴 丨賯 賲丕賱讴蹖鬲蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丨鬲蹖 亘乇 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵蹖卮 . 丕乇亘丕亘 賲丕賱讴 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 丕爻鬲 丿禺鬲乇 乇丕 夭賲丕賳蹖 讴賴 15 爻丕賱賴 丕爻鬲 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘 丿蹖诏乇蹖 賲蹖 賮乇賵卮丿 ( 丕夭 丕蹖賳 噩丕 亘賴 亘毓丿 卮乇丨 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 鬲賲丕賲 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 賲丕 丿蹖诏乇 賴蹖趩 丕胤賱丕毓蹖 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 賳丿丕乇蹖賲 貙 賯賴乇賲丕賳 噩丿蹖丿 讴鬲丕亘 丕蹖賳 丿禺鬲乇 蹖丕 讴蹖賳夭蹖 丕蹖爻鬲 ) .
丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿 丕毓鬲賯丕丿蹖 亘賴 禺賵賳 爻蹖丕賴 賵 爻賮蹖丿 賳丿丕乇丿 貙 丕賵 丿乇 倬蹖 賱匕鬲 丕爻鬲 賵 賴賲丕賳 卮亘 丕賵賱 亘賴 讴蹖賳夭蹖 鈥� 亘乇丿賴 噩丿蹖丿卮 鬲噩丕賵夭 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 丕蹖賳 讴丕乇 乇丕 亘丕乇賴丕 鬲讴乇丕乇 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 讴蹖賳夭蹖 丕夭 丕乇亘丕亘 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕爻賲 亘趩賴 丕賵噩乇噩 丕爻鬲 貙 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賴 鬲噩丕賵夭 賲蹖 讴賳丿 丕賲丕 夭蹖丕丿 丌丿賲 亘丿蹖 賳蹖爻鬲 貙 丕賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 乇丕 夭蹖乇 亘丕賱 賵 倬乇 禺賵丿 賲蹖 诏蹖乇丿 賵 亘賴 噩乇噩 讴賵丿讴 丕噩丕夭賴 賲蹖 丿賴丿 讴賴 毓賱丕賯賴 丕乇亘丕亘 乇丕 丿賳亘丕賱 讴賳丿 : 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭蹖 . 噩乇噩 讴賲 讴賲 蹖讴 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 蹖讴 乇丕亘胤賴 丨乇賮賴 丕蹖 亘丕 丕乇亘丕亘 讴賴 倬丿乇卮 賴賲 賴爻鬲 丕蹖噩丕丿 賲蹖 讴賳丿 貙 噩乇噩 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿 ( 賳爻賱 爻賵賲 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕) 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 ( 賳爻賱 趩賴丕乇賲 ) . 噩乇噩 丿丕乇丿 倬賵賱 噩賲毓 賲蹖 讴賳丿 讴賴 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 丕夭 丕乇亘丕亘 亘禺乇丿 賵 丌夭丕丿 卮賵賳丿 丕賲丕 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 丕乇亘丕亘 丕卮鬲亘丕賴 賲賴賱讴蹖 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 丿乇 蹖讴 卮乇胤 亘賳丿蹖 賴乇 丿賵 賲蹖 亘丕夭賳丿 貙 丕乇亘丕亘 賵乇卮讴爻鬲賴 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 噩乇噩 亘丿亘禺鬲 !
丕乇亘丕亘 賲噩亘賵乇 賲蹖卮賵丿 噩乇噩 賵 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘賮乇賵卮丿 貙 噩乇噩 亘賴 丕賳诏賱爻鬲丕賳 賮乇爻鬲丕丿賴 賲蹖卮賵丿 賵 亘禺卮蹖 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賴賲 亘賴 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿蹖丿蹖 賮乇賵禺鬲賴 賵 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 讴賵趩讴鬲乇 丕夭 賵丕賱丿蹖賳 禺賵丿 噩丿丕 賵 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 賲丕丿乇亘夭乇诏 禺賵丿 倬蹖卮 賴賲丕賳 丕乇亘丕亘 賲蹖 賲丕賳賳丿 ( 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵卮 賴賳賵夭 賴賲 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕 乇賵丕噩 丿丕乇丿 鈥� 賲孬賱丕 丿賵賱鬲 鬲乇丕賲倬 賱亘 賲乇夭 亘趩賴 賴丕蹖 倬賳丕賴賳丿诏丕賳 睾蹖乇 賯丕賳賵賳蹖 乇丕 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 噩丿丕 賵 亘賴 讴賲倬蹖 丿蹖诏乇 賲蹖 賮乇爻鬲丿 )
.禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 爻乇倬乇爻鬲 丿丕乇丿 丕夭 亘蹖賳 卮卮 賮乇夭賳丿 噩乇噩 貙 鬲丕賲 爻乇倬乇爻鬲 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 賵 乇丕亘胤 亘丕 丕乇亘丕亘 噩丿亘丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 賲胤丕亘賯 賲毓賲賵賱 鬲丕賲 丕夭丿賵丕噩 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 賲蹖 卮賵丿 賵 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 鬲丕 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 倬爻 丕夭 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 丕丿丕賲賴 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 鬲丕 禺賵丿 丌賯丕蹖 丌賱讴爻 賴蹖賱蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賲鬲賵賱丿 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 亘夭乇诏 賲蹖 卮賵丿 貙 丕夭 蹖讴蹖 丕夭 亘爻鬲诏丕賳 賲丕噩乇丕蹖 噩丿 亘夭乇诏 禺賵丿 (讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 ) 乇丕 賲蹖 卮賳賵丿 貙 亘乇丕蹖 噩爻鬲噩賵蹖 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵丿 亘賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賲蹖 乇賵丿 貙 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 丿賴讴丿賴 賵 賯亘蹖賱賴 禺賵丿 乇丕 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳丿 .
丕蹖丿賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 讴鬲丕亘 亘爻蹖丕乇 丿乇禺卮丕賳 丕爻鬲 丕賲丕 賳鬲賵丕賳爻鬲賴 丕蹖丿賴 蹖 禺賵丿 乇丕 賯賵蹖 賵 丕孬乇 诏匕丕乇 丕噩乇丕 讴賳丿 貙 亘乇丕蹖 賲孬丕賱 卮丕蹖丿 80% 讴鬲丕亘 賲乇亘賵胤 亘賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 禺賵丿 讴蹖賳賴 讴賵鬲丕 ( 夭賳丿诏蹖 賵 賲賴丕乇鬲 賴丕蹖 卮讴丕乇 蹖丕 讴卮丕賵乇夭蹖 丿乇 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖 爻賴 賯乇賳 倬蹖卮 ) 賵 賳賵賴 丕賵 鈥� 噩乇噩 ( 噩夭蹖蹖丕鬲 禺乇賵爻 亘丕夭蹖 貙 卮乇胤 亘賳丿蹖 貙 賲乇丕賯亘鬲 丕夭 禺乇賵爻賴丕 ) 亘丕卮丿 賵 毓賲賱丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 噩乇噩 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕 亘毓丿 趩賳丿丕賳蹖 賳丿丕乇賳丿 貙 丿乇 丨賯蹖賯鬲 丕夭 賳爻賱 趩賴丕乇賲 亘賴 亘毓丿 禺賵丿 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 丨賵氐賱賴 丕卮 爻乇 賲蹖 乇賵丿 賵 亘賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕 賵 卮乇丕蹖胤 夭賳丿诏蹖 丌賳賴丕 賳賲蹖 倬乇丿丕夭丿 . 亘蹖卮鬲乇蹖賳 噩賲賱賴 丕 蹖 讴賴 丿乇 賯爻賲鬲 賴丕蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賲蹖 禺賵丕賳蹖賲 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳蹖丕 丌賲丿 貙 亘夭乇诏 卮丿 貙 丕夭丿賵丕噩 讴乇丿 貙 亘趩賴 丿丕乇 卮丿 . 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賴丕蹖 賲賯賵丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 禺賱賯 賲蹖 讴賳丿 賵 卮禺氐蹖鬲 倬乇丿丕夭蹖 賳卮丿賴 丕賳丿 .
丕賲丕 丕賳鬲卮丕乇丕鬲 丕賲蹖乇 讴亘蹖乇 賴賲 丿乇 丕賳鬲卮丕乇 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 卮丕賴讴丕乇 夭丿賴 貙 毓賱丕賵賴 亘乇 丕蹖賳 讴賴 17 氐賮丨賴 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 丨匕賮 讴乇丿賴 ( 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 256 鬲丕 273) 貙 丕夭 氐賮丨賴 680 鬲丕 700 乇丕 賴賲 倬爻 賵 倬蹖卮 趩丕倬 讴乇丿賴 鬲丕 禺賵丕賳丿賳 讴鬲丕亘 趩丕賱卮蹖 卮賵丿 !
November 20, 2007
I honestly can't believe how much I enjoyed this book. It's been sitting on my shelf for about half a year now and I've been wanting to read it as soon as I got it. I always just started another book though and always said "next time."
I finally picked it up 6 days ago and finished it about 10 minutes ago.
The beginning was wonderful. I was so enthralled with Africa and Kunta Kinte and his family and the whole works. The way they lived, the culture, the traditions, it was like reading of another world (almost literally). How close of a family they were and the way they were raised is so far-fetched of what it's like today. These people were all about respect and their tight clans and villages. They loved all of each other and they worked hard for what they had even if it was hardly anything. They lived without most of the things we feel we NEED today. It honestly didn't seem that bad of a lifestyle.
To be ripped apart from that after barely just being able to 'live' as they call it was heart-breaking. Just to be Kunta with his aspirations and dreams and then to be ripped from it just in a split second by someone with their own ideas and taken away from the only thing he knows. I can't imagine just being taken away from my famly and my COUNTRY to some strange place where they don't even speak a language I know. The story-telling was so descriptive, I cried, cringed and just felt a weight on my heart.
Following Kinte and seeing how brave he was and how determined he was to find a way back home showed how proud he was and how he really thought if he tried he could make it back. I thought he might have tried a bit too much but I think he would've kept going if they hadn't of done what they did. As the years go on he builds a whole new life. Learns a new language, builds a new home and family and basically start over as a whole nother person. Nothing could've been harder. He never let where he came from die though. He made sure his children knew where he came from and so on.
The only thing I wasn't really too happy about was when the story just all of a sudden went to Kizzy. I mean we never heard about Kunta and Bell again. Half the book was about Kunta and then the next chapter that's it. I didn't really like that.
All in all, I loved how the family kept its tradition and promise to make sure they knew about Kunta and where he came from. It was amazing.
I find it odd too because 3 last names in that book are of my ancestral background. Johnson, being my maiden name. Henning being my grandmother's maiden name and Haley being my great-grandmother's maiden name before becoming a Henning. This is all on my father's side, too. I think that's really amazing. I wonder if those in the book were my ancestors. Hmm. Something to look up.
To know a bit of where you come from and who your ancestors are I think is a wonderful thing to know. For Alex Haley to have been able to actually travel to the place where his great-great-great-great-grandfather came from. That's just amazing. Not many ppl can say that and I'm sure it would give you a sense of PRIDE to be able to say "yes, my so and so was this person or that person."
WONDERFUL BOOK!!
I finally picked it up 6 days ago and finished it about 10 minutes ago.
The beginning was wonderful. I was so enthralled with Africa and Kunta Kinte and his family and the whole works. The way they lived, the culture, the traditions, it was like reading of another world (almost literally). How close of a family they were and the way they were raised is so far-fetched of what it's like today. These people were all about respect and their tight clans and villages. They loved all of each other and they worked hard for what they had even if it was hardly anything. They lived without most of the things we feel we NEED today. It honestly didn't seem that bad of a lifestyle.
To be ripped apart from that after barely just being able to 'live' as they call it was heart-breaking. Just to be Kunta with his aspirations and dreams and then to be ripped from it just in a split second by someone with their own ideas and taken away from the only thing he knows. I can't imagine just being taken away from my famly and my COUNTRY to some strange place where they don't even speak a language I know. The story-telling was so descriptive, I cried, cringed and just felt a weight on my heart.
Following Kinte and seeing how brave he was and how determined he was to find a way back home showed how proud he was and how he really thought if he tried he could make it back. I thought he might have tried a bit too much but I think he would've kept going if they hadn't of done what they did. As the years go on he builds a whole new life. Learns a new language, builds a new home and family and basically start over as a whole nother person. Nothing could've been harder. He never let where he came from die though. He made sure his children knew where he came from and so on.
The only thing I wasn't really too happy about was when the story just all of a sudden went to Kizzy. I mean we never heard about Kunta and Bell again. Half the book was about Kunta and then the next chapter that's it. I didn't really like that.
All in all, I loved how the family kept its tradition and promise to make sure they knew about Kunta and where he came from. It was amazing.
I find it odd too because 3 last names in that book are of my ancestral background. Johnson, being my maiden name. Henning being my grandmother's maiden name and Haley being my great-grandmother's maiden name before becoming a Henning. This is all on my father's side, too. I think that's really amazing. I wonder if those in the book were my ancestors. Hmm. Something to look up.
To know a bit of where you come from and who your ancestors are I think is a wonderful thing to know. For Alex Haley to have been able to actually travel to the place where his great-great-great-great-grandfather came from. That's just amazing. Not many ppl can say that and I'm sure it would give you a sense of PRIDE to be able to say "yes, my so and so was this person or that person."
WONDERFUL BOOK!!
May 16, 2015
丿乇亘丕乇賴 蹖 亘乇丿诏蹖 讴鬲丕亘 賵 賮蹖賱賲 讴賲 賳禺賵賳丿賲 賵 讴賲 賳丿蹖丿賲 丕賲丕 趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 讴鬲丕亘 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕 乇賵 禺丕氐 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 鬲賵氐蹖賮 賵囟毓蹖鬲 芦亘乇丿賴 亘賵丿賳禄 賳蹖爻鬲貙 賵氐賮 賲爻蹖乇 丿乇丿賳丕讴 賵 鬲賱禺 芦亘乇丿賴 卮丿賳禄賴.. 400 氐賮丨賴 丕賵賱 讴鬲丕亘貙 丕夭 夭賳丿诏蹖 讴賵賳鬲丕 讴蹖賳鬲賴 蹖 賲爻賱賲丕賳 丌賮乇蹖賯丕蹖蹖 丿乇 丿賴讴丿賴 丕卮貙 鬲丕 亘乇丿賴 卮丿賳卮 賵 丌賵乇丿賴 卮丿賳卮 亘賴 丕賲乇蹖讴丕貙 亘賴鬲乇蹖賳貙 噩匕丕亘鈥屫臂屬� 賵 鬲兀孬蹖乇诏匕丕乇鬲乇蹖賳 亘禺卮 乇蹖卮賴 賴丕爻..
丕賱讴爻 賴蹖賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 鬲丨賯蹖賯貙 爻賮乇 亘賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賵 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 丿賴讴丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕噩丿丕丿卮 丿乇 丕賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賳貙 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇賵 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕卮 乇賵 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖丿 芦讴賴 丕蹖賳 爻乇诏匕卮鬲貙 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 賲乇丿賲 賲丕貙 丕夭 鬲賱禺蹖 賲蹖乇丕孬 鬲丕乇蹖禺賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賮丕鬲丨丕賳 賳诏丕卮鬲賴 卮丿賴貙 亘讴丕賴丿.禄
丕賱讴爻 賴蹖賱蹖 亘毓丿 丕夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴 爻丕賱 鬲丨賯蹖賯貙 爻賮乇 亘賴 丌賮乇蹖賯丕 賵 倬蹖丿丕 讴乇丿賳 丿賴讴丿賴 丕蹖 讴賴 丕噩丿丕丿卮 丿乇 丕賵賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴乇丿賳貙 讴鬲丕亘蹖 乇賵 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 賴賮鬲 賳爻賱 丕夭 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 丕卮 乇賵 乇賵丕蹖鬲 賲蹖讴賳賴貙 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕賲蹖丿 芦讴賴 丕蹖賳 爻乇诏匕卮鬲貙 爻乇诏匕卮鬲 賲乇丿賲 賲丕貙 丕夭 鬲賱禺蹖 賲蹖乇丕孬 鬲丕乇蹖禺賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 亘蹖卮鬲乇 亘賴 丿爻鬲 賮丕鬲丨丕賳 賳诏丕卮鬲賴 卮丿賴貙 亘讴丕賴丿.禄
September 26, 2023
Mannnnnnn! My feelings about this book are so complicated. Before anyone asks me, I am aware of the plagiarism accusations that have plagued this Pulitzer prize winning book for decades, yet I cannot deny the impact it has made on Black culture and the history of the United States as we know it. While Alex Haley has claimed that this is true to his personal lineage, DNA tests and fact checking that revealed vital information about the griot he encountered, inevitably prove that it can't be true. I've marked this book as "historical fiction" and wish in my heart of hearts that Haley would have done that instead of creating a work that has essentially tarnished his legacy. With that being said, this book is not an easy read and has a list of content warnings that are present in every single chapter, on every single page, and in every paragraph. If you are disturbed by the vivid descriptions of chattel slavery, the middle passage, rape, racial slurs, racism, brutal death, horrific human conditions, extreme violence on page, and more, then I would proceed with caution when picking up this book.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is everything that I love about family sagas; those books that explore the genealogy of a family generation after generation. This story in particular begins with Kunta Kinte as he lives a complicated, yet free life on the River Gambia in Juffure. Unfortunately, after being warned so many times about the possibility of being captured, Kunta finds himself amongst the many that are stolen from their land and forced to take a brutal, dehumanizing, dangerous, inhuman, and tragic journey across the Atlantic ocean to the coast of America. What follows is a detailed exploration of Kunta's experience in the colonies and the experiences of those that are a part of his lineage.
What Worked: This book took me a long time to read. Not only because of it's length, but also the content of the narrative. There were sections of this book that literally turned my stomach and made me feel extremely uncomfortable. However, it was these details that made me really pause and think about what my ancestors experienced at the hands of a system designed to not only break them, but also steal any hope they had. As dark as these descriptions came, I was glad that Haley included them to drive people to truly understand the dark sides of not only chattel slavery, but also the middle passage. It's hard to not acknowledge the amount of people who didn't even make it across the Atlantic. I also enjoyed the interweaving of historical events through the main narrative. Major events such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, slave rebellions, the Emancipation are all covered and discussed by characters. This definitely made the story more robust and although not necessarily real, it was interesting seeing how enslaved people may have reacted to the news of these events.
What Didn't Work Unfortunately, I do believe that we see Haley's writings decline a little as we get into further discussions of Kinte's descendants. The details that are captured in the first half of the book do not hold up in the second half of the book making it feel rushed. The robust descriptions and emotional tensions that are experienced with Kinte are lost as we explore more about Kizzy, George, and Tom. This doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it, but I did notice a difference and a shift in characters. A great portion of this shift has been attributed, by past reviewers, to the accusations and confirmations of plagiarism of the book The African by Harold Courlander. While I have not read that book in particular, it would make sense that the passages related to Kunta Kinte were strikingly different from those of his descendants. There was also a section that detailed the "research" that Haley did for this book and it made me cringe knowing the true story behind his family.
Overall, I truly am glad that I read this book. I've been meaning to pick it up for years and I've never truly invested the time to pick it up until now. It took me about two weeks to finish it and while it was heartbreaking to learn about the plagiarism and lies that tarnished the legacy of this novel, I can't deny the impact that it had on the Black community and the renewed interest that it created in genealogy. So many of us cannot trace our genealogy because of slavery. This book gave people hope and I can't deny how meaningful that has been.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family is everything that I love about family sagas; those books that explore the genealogy of a family generation after generation. This story in particular begins with Kunta Kinte as he lives a complicated, yet free life on the River Gambia in Juffure. Unfortunately, after being warned so many times about the possibility of being captured, Kunta finds himself amongst the many that are stolen from their land and forced to take a brutal, dehumanizing, dangerous, inhuman, and tragic journey across the Atlantic ocean to the coast of America. What follows is a detailed exploration of Kunta's experience in the colonies and the experiences of those that are a part of his lineage.
What Worked: This book took me a long time to read. Not only because of it's length, but also the content of the narrative. There were sections of this book that literally turned my stomach and made me feel extremely uncomfortable. However, it was these details that made me really pause and think about what my ancestors experienced at the hands of a system designed to not only break them, but also steal any hope they had. As dark as these descriptions came, I was glad that Haley included them to drive people to truly understand the dark sides of not only chattel slavery, but also the middle passage. It's hard to not acknowledge the amount of people who didn't even make it across the Atlantic. I also enjoyed the interweaving of historical events through the main narrative. Major events such as the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, slave rebellions, the Emancipation are all covered and discussed by characters. This definitely made the story more robust and although not necessarily real, it was interesting seeing how enslaved people may have reacted to the news of these events.
What Didn't Work Unfortunately, I do believe that we see Haley's writings decline a little as we get into further discussions of Kinte's descendants. The details that are captured in the first half of the book do not hold up in the second half of the book making it feel rushed. The robust descriptions and emotional tensions that are experienced with Kinte are lost as we explore more about Kizzy, George, and Tom. This doesn't mean that I didn't enjoy it, but I did notice a difference and a shift in characters. A great portion of this shift has been attributed, by past reviewers, to the accusations and confirmations of plagiarism of the book The African by Harold Courlander. While I have not read that book in particular, it would make sense that the passages related to Kunta Kinte were strikingly different from those of his descendants. There was also a section that detailed the "research" that Haley did for this book and it made me cringe knowing the true story behind his family.
Overall, I truly am glad that I read this book. I've been meaning to pick it up for years and I've never truly invested the time to pick it up until now. It took me about two weeks to finish it and while it was heartbreaking to learn about the plagiarism and lies that tarnished the legacy of this novel, I can't deny the impact that it had on the Black community and the renewed interest that it created in genealogy. So many of us cannot trace our genealogy because of slavery. This book gave people hope and I can't deny how meaningful that has been.
December 8, 2018
I don't know why I've never read this book before now. It's excellent. Yes, as a Midwestern, middle-aged white person, the repeated use of the N-word was jarring, but definitely necessary to the story. It got a point across that I don't think would have been properly conveyed any other way. I'm going to re-watch the miniseries soon. It came out when I was in grade school, so I don't remember it well. But I highly recommend the book.
September 29, 2019
I loved both the book and movie versions of this powerful, historical saga: I will never forget the indomitable Kunta Kinte. This book changed my very sheltered teenage world view. Decades later, I am now reading Esi Edugyan's Washington Black, and once again I am brought face to face with humanity's truly awful dark side. I have to read these gut-wrenching novels in bits and pieces, because my poor aging heart can no longer take so much horror in one long sitting.
With the perspective of time and and my own life experience, and after reading Roots and many other historical novels, I've come to realize this: We humans constantly abuse POWER, whether it comes in the form of money, position or some other sort of bestowed privilege. There have been rebellions throughout history, attempting to redress the imbalance caused by all the abuses of power in this world. I used to read historical novels almost exclusively during my teens and twenties, but as I entered my thirties and forties, I became jaded, and I turned to historical novels less and less. We don't ever seem to learn our lessons, do we? History just keeps repeating itself in a timeless loop: only the costumes, players and settings seem to change.
Lately, I've been listening to Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence, as performed by the group Disturbed.
"Silence like a cancer grows" - so very true! Our silence - our complacency - allows people like Trump to become our "Neon Gods". Because so many of us are afraid to think for ourselves, we surrender to what is fed to us by the media and other prevailing dogma. We have to examine all the crutches that so many of us need in this life: a religion or philosophy to believe in and blindly follow, stockpiles of money so we can build a false sense of security or create temporary happiness by indulging in luxurious status symbols (phones, cars, "mc-mansions," brand name clothes), and our consumption of food, alcohol and drugs - often to excess. I am just as guilty of all of this.
Those of us who love to retreat into the world of books need to support authors like Esi Edugyan, Alex Hailey and countless others who shine the stark light of truth on man's (historical and ongoing) inhumanity to man. Reading helps us to examine diverse thoughts and viewpoints. Hopefully, we can evolve our own notions of what we need to do to co-exist with tolerance and forgiveness. Keep reading... lest we forget!
With the perspective of time and and my own life experience, and after reading Roots and many other historical novels, I've come to realize this: We humans constantly abuse POWER, whether it comes in the form of money, position or some other sort of bestowed privilege. There have been rebellions throughout history, attempting to redress the imbalance caused by all the abuses of power in this world. I used to read historical novels almost exclusively during my teens and twenties, but as I entered my thirties and forties, I became jaded, and I turned to historical novels less and less. We don't ever seem to learn our lessons, do we? History just keeps repeating itself in a timeless loop: only the costumes, players and settings seem to change.
Lately, I've been listening to Simon and Garfunkel's The Sound of Silence, as performed by the group Disturbed.
"Silence like a cancer grows" - so very true! Our silence - our complacency - allows people like Trump to become our "Neon Gods". Because so many of us are afraid to think for ourselves, we surrender to what is fed to us by the media and other prevailing dogma. We have to examine all the crutches that so many of us need in this life: a religion or philosophy to believe in and blindly follow, stockpiles of money so we can build a false sense of security or create temporary happiness by indulging in luxurious status symbols (phones, cars, "mc-mansions," brand name clothes), and our consumption of food, alcohol and drugs - often to excess. I am just as guilty of all of this.
Those of us who love to retreat into the world of books need to support authors like Esi Edugyan, Alex Hailey and countless others who shine the stark light of truth on man's (historical and ongoing) inhumanity to man. Reading helps us to examine diverse thoughts and viewpoints. Hopefully, we can evolve our own notions of what we need to do to co-exist with tolerance and forgiveness. Keep reading... lest we forget!
June 26, 2021
The first time I read Roots was when I was a teenager. I very into slave narratives and stories involving slavery. I was a weird teenager because I was also obsessed with learning about the Holocaust. I had grim interests and nothing has really changed in all these years.
When I read this as a teenager I just blew through it. I think I read it in a little over 2 days and then I immediately went to the library to check out the miniseries and I loved that too(but why was OJ Simpson in Roots???) A couple years later I discovered the miniseries Queen which is about Alex Haleys father's side of the family and it stars Halle Berry. I loved that miniseries even more than Roots and a couple years ago I read the book which is also fantastic.
I never really planned on rereading Roots despite my love of the story because it's a hard read. But then last spring I decided I would do a reread of Roots in June....If you'll remember what last summer was like in the U.S. then you'll know that, that was a terrible idea. So I sat it aside and I would pick it up from time to time and read a couple pages then put it down again. I didn't force myself to read I knew that I would eventually be in the mood for it.
Last week was that time.
Roots is the story of Alex Haley's mother's side of the family that was passed down through the generations in his family. The story begins with the African, a young Mandinka tribesman who was abducted from Africa and sold into slavery in the U.S. He used the stories he had been told and he combined that with any research he could find and he created a story around it.
I know there has been so "controversy" about if Kunta Kinte existed, but that's ridiculous because it doesn't matter. Every Black person in America and the Caribbean who descended from slavery has a Kunta Kinte in their bloodline. Some African was abducted from Africa and forced into slavery and torture and rape followed. We may not know the name of that first slave in our bloodline but they existed.
Alex Haley gave alot of Black people a glimpse at what our ancestors might have experienced. Most Black people who descended from slavery don't have access to our history because white people destroyed it. We were sold and stripped of our names and then we were sold and given new names and then we were sold and given yet another name. We were stripped of our religions and cultures and had to create new ones and then white people took those too.
I dont really care if everything in this book actually happened because that wasn't the point of the story. The point of the story was FAMILY. White people tried their damndest to destroy Black families and they didn't succeed. Black families may not look like the "Traditional Family" but they are families nevertheless.
I'll probably never know who the Kunta Kinte of my family was but I still thank that brave person for creating my family. I can't speak their name but their spirit is with me at all times.
A Must Read!
A Black Classic!
When I read this as a teenager I just blew through it. I think I read it in a little over 2 days and then I immediately went to the library to check out the miniseries and I loved that too(but why was OJ Simpson in Roots???) A couple years later I discovered the miniseries Queen which is about Alex Haleys father's side of the family and it stars Halle Berry. I loved that miniseries even more than Roots and a couple years ago I read the book which is also fantastic.
I never really planned on rereading Roots despite my love of the story because it's a hard read. But then last spring I decided I would do a reread of Roots in June....If you'll remember what last summer was like in the U.S. then you'll know that, that was a terrible idea. So I sat it aside and I would pick it up from time to time and read a couple pages then put it down again. I didn't force myself to read I knew that I would eventually be in the mood for it.
Last week was that time.
Roots is the story of Alex Haley's mother's side of the family that was passed down through the generations in his family. The story begins with the African, a young Mandinka tribesman who was abducted from Africa and sold into slavery in the U.S. He used the stories he had been told and he combined that with any research he could find and he created a story around it.
I know there has been so "controversy" about if Kunta Kinte existed, but that's ridiculous because it doesn't matter. Every Black person in America and the Caribbean who descended from slavery has a Kunta Kinte in their bloodline. Some African was abducted from Africa and forced into slavery and torture and rape followed. We may not know the name of that first slave in our bloodline but they existed.
Alex Haley gave alot of Black people a glimpse at what our ancestors might have experienced. Most Black people who descended from slavery don't have access to our history because white people destroyed it. We were sold and stripped of our names and then we were sold and given new names and then we were sold and given yet another name. We were stripped of our religions and cultures and had to create new ones and then white people took those too.
I dont really care if everything in this book actually happened because that wasn't the point of the story. The point of the story was FAMILY. White people tried their damndest to destroy Black families and they didn't succeed. Black families may not look like the "Traditional Family" but they are families nevertheless.
I'll probably never know who the Kunta Kinte of my family was but I still thank that brave person for creating my family. I can't speak their name but their spirit is with me at all times.
A Must Read!
A Black Classic!
November 8, 2017
I am at least a fifth generation genealogist. I was ten when this book was first published and made into a miniseries. But, I was allowed to stay up that entire week of January 23 鈥� January 30, 1977 to watch it in its entirety. I thought the cast did an excellent job. To this day, I still believe that the book was much better than the movie. But, as Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. once pointed out, "Most of us feel it's highly unlikely that Alex actually found the village whence his ancestors sprang. Roots is a work of the imagination rather than strict historical scholarship."
December 26, 2024
It鈥檚 easy to distill slavery as purely evil, and no doubt, it was evil. But it鈥檚 also complicated, and this book documents all of it (or at least what I presume is all or most of it). Seven generations of storytelling starting in colonial days, and all the damage and generational trauma stemming from the day Columbus set west.
There is a lot on insistence that some slave owners were 鈥済ood鈥� juxtaposed to how there鈥檚 no such thing, because no matter how kind a white person was to a slave, that could change at any point because the power dynamic was always based on ownership (which I agree with). Part of me wondered if Haley found it necessary to argue both sides in order to get the book printed and the show produced. I mean, this country has never been held accountable for what it did to the Indigenous or the slaves. Many are still reluctant to acknowledge it even happened, and even they do, it often comes with an insistence that many slave owners were 鈥済ood.鈥�
I鈥檝e reluctantly read several books on the Civil War (war history and strategy isn鈥檛 my thing). One thing that I always wondered was how news traveled. Decisions had to be made quickly, often in the absence of critical data. Until this book, I hadn鈥檛 considered the same question about civilians. Haley did a nice job of answering that question.
I get why the book progressed as it did, but given that it all started with Kunta Kinte and that 83 of the 120 chapters are about him, I kind of wish Haley would鈥檝e circled back to storytell the rest of his life.
I hope all descendants of slaves who read this book find some grounding in their souls from it and that the rest of us learn from it. My biggest fear with this book is that many will hold it up as evidence that slave owners were 鈥済ood.鈥� They might鈥檝e been nice sometimes, but you cannot own a slave and be 鈥済ood.鈥� This may be a controversial opinion, but it鈥檚 mine, and I鈥檓 entitled to it.
There is a lot on insistence that some slave owners were 鈥済ood鈥� juxtaposed to how there鈥檚 no such thing, because no matter how kind a white person was to a slave, that could change at any point because the power dynamic was always based on ownership (which I agree with). Part of me wondered if Haley found it necessary to argue both sides in order to get the book printed and the show produced. I mean, this country has never been held accountable for what it did to the Indigenous or the slaves. Many are still reluctant to acknowledge it even happened, and even they do, it often comes with an insistence that many slave owners were 鈥済ood.鈥�
I鈥檝e reluctantly read several books on the Civil War (war history and strategy isn鈥檛 my thing). One thing that I always wondered was how news traveled. Decisions had to be made quickly, often in the absence of critical data. Until this book, I hadn鈥檛 considered the same question about civilians. Haley did a nice job of answering that question.
I get why the book progressed as it did, but given that it all started with Kunta Kinte and that 83 of the 120 chapters are about him, I kind of wish Haley would鈥檝e circled back to storytell the rest of his life.
I hope all descendants of slaves who read this book find some grounding in their souls from it and that the rest of us learn from it. My biggest fear with this book is that many will hold it up as evidence that slave owners were 鈥済ood.鈥� They might鈥檝e been nice sometimes, but you cannot own a slave and be 鈥済ood.鈥� This may be a controversial opinion, but it鈥檚 mine, and I鈥檓 entitled to it.
May 7, 2023
A powerful story on the impact of slavery on one family, Roots has moments of tenderness and joy as well as terror and heartbreak. Haley is at his strongest when repeatedly demonstrating the horror of suddenly never seeing your loved ones again or ever knowing what happened to them. He balances the episodes of sudden violence and brutality with extended periods of quotidian life and relatively good fortune. His primary characters are vivid and memorable. However, he spends far too long idealizing 18th century rural Africa, goes into excessive detail regarding cockfighting, and intersperses historical context in a clunky fashion.
August 4, 2008
I appreciate the author's research of his own roots and the overall message this book has. The problem I had with it was that the writing style was uninteresting. It wasn't bad but it made the characters too two-dimensional for me to enjoy the story overall. They were all empty and I couldn't cheer for them or feel for them. But I understand why the book is important to some and why it has the position it has, I just didn't notice the literary value it supposedly has. Plus the plagiarism accusations can't be good for an author's reputation and respect.
April 20, 2018
African-American writer Haley based this book on the oral stories of his family history, handed down to him as a child by his grandmother, who was part of a chain of family memory-keepers going back to the 18th century, to (and even before) the arrival of their ancestor Kunta Kinte in this country as a kidnapped slave. As an adult, Haley painstakingly researched the historical written records to confirm and amplify these stories, even traveling to West Africa, where a griot --a keeper of tribal genealogies and lore-- provided information that dovetailed with his family's own accounts. This book, in large measure, is based on that research. For this reason, most libraries (including the one where I work) have followed the Library of Congress in classifying and shelving it as nonfiction history. That's not, however, an accurate label. The author makes liberal use, in the accounts of the earlier generations, of imaginative reconstructions, invented dialogue, and ascriptions to various characters of unattested thoughts and motives. These devices are dropped in the much shorter accounts of the later generations, beginning with his grandparents (he was born in 1921), which read more like, and actually are, conventional nonfiction.) But the earlier generations take up the vast majority of the book; so I've classified it accordingly as historical fiction.
However, that's in no way said in derogation. This is an exceptionally well-researched and historically grounded novel about actual people; the way Haley creatively fleshes out and envisions the narrative with the techniques of fiction is a superlative example of the way historical novelists should ply their craft. All of the major events of the plot are attested real-life events that actually happened, and what's reconstructed is true to life. In writing dialogue, like other Realist writers before him, Haley also reproduces the authentic dialect of Southern black (and white) speech. He does not do this in any way to ridicule or put down the speakers, but to express the truth that black dialect is no disgrace to be ashamed of; it's as legitimate a regional/sub-cultural adaptation of the English language as any that ever developed among regional and sub-cultural groups of white people.
Most of the recounted historical experiences were in, and shaped by, the cultural context of slavery, and later segregation. No punches are pulled in accurately bringing to life the unconscionable way the slaves were exploited, the vile injustices and outrages they had to put up with as a matter of course, the racism and discrimination they suffered from even after slavery's end. The overall effect of this, seen through black eyes, is extremely powerful; and indeed this book, and the TV miniseries adaptation (which actually doesn't follow the book very closely in the later generations) was probably the single major cultural influence, in the later 20th century, that actually made much of the white community think seriously about that aspect of the American black experience. But, to Haley's credit, this isn't a pity-party that invites both blacks and whites to see the former as helpless perpetual victims. His ancestors weren't people who let themselves be defined as victims. The book as a whole is a testament to black courage, self-reliance and self-help, determination to forge a culture and a way of life in spite of hindrances, and to the strength of the black family. (He also doesn't demonize all whites as such.) As a practicing Christian himself, the author is also sympathetic in his treatment of the black church. (Kunta Kinte was a Moslem; but he married a Christian, and she raised their daughter as one.) The subtitle says it all: The Saga of an American Family. This family is as American, as much a part of the American fabric, as any other; they claim that heritage as a right, and they deserve to be recognized and treated as such as much as any other.
Earlier this year, when I made a list of my 100 top favorite books, this one was on it. Personally, I consider it one book that every American, of whatever race, ought to read.
However, that's in no way said in derogation. This is an exceptionally well-researched and historically grounded novel about actual people; the way Haley creatively fleshes out and envisions the narrative with the techniques of fiction is a superlative example of the way historical novelists should ply their craft. All of the major events of the plot are attested real-life events that actually happened, and what's reconstructed is true to life. In writing dialogue, like other Realist writers before him, Haley also reproduces the authentic dialect of Southern black (and white) speech. He does not do this in any way to ridicule or put down the speakers, but to express the truth that black dialect is no disgrace to be ashamed of; it's as legitimate a regional/sub-cultural adaptation of the English language as any that ever developed among regional and sub-cultural groups of white people.
Most of the recounted historical experiences were in, and shaped by, the cultural context of slavery, and later segregation. No punches are pulled in accurately bringing to life the unconscionable way the slaves were exploited, the vile injustices and outrages they had to put up with as a matter of course, the racism and discrimination they suffered from even after slavery's end. The overall effect of this, seen through black eyes, is extremely powerful; and indeed this book, and the TV miniseries adaptation (which actually doesn't follow the book very closely in the later generations) was probably the single major cultural influence, in the later 20th century, that actually made much of the white community think seriously about that aspect of the American black experience. But, to Haley's credit, this isn't a pity-party that invites both blacks and whites to see the former as helpless perpetual victims. His ancestors weren't people who let themselves be defined as victims. The book as a whole is a testament to black courage, self-reliance and self-help, determination to forge a culture and a way of life in spite of hindrances, and to the strength of the black family. (He also doesn't demonize all whites as such.) As a practicing Christian himself, the author is also sympathetic in his treatment of the black church. (Kunta Kinte was a Moslem; but he married a Christian, and she raised their daughter as one.) The subtitle says it all: The Saga of an American Family. This family is as American, as much a part of the American fabric, as any other; they claim that heritage as a right, and they deserve to be recognized and treated as such as much as any other.
Earlier this year, when I made a list of my 100 top favorite books, this one was on it. Personally, I consider it one book that every American, of whatever race, ought to read.
May 15, 2013
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賱賯丿 兀氐亘丨賵丕 毓亘賷丿丕賸 毓賳丿賲丕 賱賲 賷賰賵賳賵丕 卮噩毓丕賳丕賸 賱丿乇噩丞 賷賮囟賱賵賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 毓賳 丕賱兀爻乇
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賯丕爻賶 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賵賯丕賵賲 賵賴乇亘 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲乇丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賯胤毓賵丕 賯丿賲賴貙 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 丕賱鬲兀賯賱賲 兀亘丿丕賸 賵丕賳毓夭賱 毓賳 丕賱賳丕爻 賵賱賰賳賴 卮丕亍 兀賵 兀亘賶 卮毓乇 亘丕賱賵丨卮丞貙 賵鬲匕賰乇 賯賵賱 兀亘賷賴 "毓賳丿賲丕 鬲囟賲 賯亘囟鬲賰 賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀丨丿 兀賳 賷囟毓 卮賷卅丕賸 賮賷賴丕 賵賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 賷丿賰 兀賳 鬲賱鬲賯胤 兀賷 卮賷亍" 賵賱匕賱賰 丨丕賵賱 兀賳 賷賳丿賲噩 賲毓 賲丨賷胤賴貙 鬲夭賵噩貙 兀賳噩亘貙 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴 賲乇賰夭 丕賴鬲賲丕賲賴 賱賲 賷購乇丿 兀賳 鬲禺鬲賮賷 兀氐賵賱丞 賲毓 丕賱夭賲賳 賮毓賱賲賴丕 鬲丕乇賷禺賴 賵兀禺匕 賲賳賴丕 丕賱毓賴丿 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賲乇 亘賯氐賴 賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 丨丿孬貙 丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 鬲乇賵賶 賱賰賱 賮乇丿 噩丿賷丿 賷賵賱丿 毓賳 丕賱廿賮乇賷賯賷 丕賱匕賷 賷爻賲賷 丕賱噩賷鬲丕乇 "賰賵" 賵丕賱賳賴乇 "賰賵賲亘賷 亘賵賱賵賳噩賵" 賵兀氐乇 兀賳 丕爻賲賴 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賷
亘毓丿 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 200 毓丕賲 夭丕乇 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲丐賱賮 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "兀賱賷賰爻 賴丕賷賱賷" 丕賱賲鬲丨賮 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 賵賵噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賷賳馗乇 "賱丨噩乇 乇卮賷丿" 匕賱賰 丕賱丨噩乇 丕賱匕賷 賰鬲亘 毓賱賷賴 亘孬賱丕孬 賱睾丕鬲 亘毓囟 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵亘賵丕爻胤丞 丿乇丕爻鬲賴丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 爻乇 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賴賷乇賵睾賱賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賵氐賮 亘兀賳賴丕 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘 亘賴丕 賲毓馗賲 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲 .. .. "賰賵" 賵 "賰賵賲亘賷 亘賵賱賵賳噩賵" 賱賲毓鬲 賮賷 毓賯賱賴 賵兀丨爻 兀賳 賱賴丕 乇丕亘胤 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丨噩乇貙 賱賲丕匕丕 賱丕 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 兀氐賱 噩丿賴 丕賱兀毓馗賲 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賷 亘丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 兀氐賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賯賳鬲賴丕 賱賴 噩丿鬲賴 賱賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賶 鬲賯賱賷丿 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 亘賳賯賱賴丕 賲賳 噩賷賱 賱兀禺乇
賵賲賳 賴賳丕 鬲亘丿兀 乇丨賱丞 "兀賱賷賰爻 賴丕賷賱賷" 亘丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 噩匕賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱賴丕 亘毓丿 賲卮賯丞 賵噩賴丿 賰亘賷乇 賷丿毓賵 賱賱廿毓噩丕亘 鬲賰賱賲 毓賳賴 賮賷 賮氐賵賱 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 賲賳丨賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賳噩賲丞 丕賱禺丕賲爻丞 亘丿賱 丕賱兀乇亘毓 賳噩賲丕鬲
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 "丕賱賰鬲丕亘" 賰鬲丕亘 孬乇賷 噩丿丕賸 亘賲丨鬲賵丕賴 丕賱匕賷 賷爻乇丿 賲賱丨賲丞 毓丕卅賱丞 賱賳賷賱 丨乇賷鬲賴丕貙 賰鬲丕亘 賷爻乇丿 賵賷鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓丕鬲貙 賵丕賱兀噩賳丕爻貙 賵丕賱孬賯丕賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賰賲丕 賴賷 丕賱丌賳貙 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 爻鬲賰賵賳 賱丿賷賳丕 賮賰乇丞 毓賳 丕賱賲禺丕囟 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賱賵賱丕丿丞 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞
賲賱丕丨馗丞:- 鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 爻賷卅丞 賵賱賰賳 賰鬲丕亘 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賶 賷爻鬲丨賯 鬲乇噩賲丞 兀賰孬乇 丕丨鬲乇丕賮賷丞
賱賯丿 兀氐亘丨賵丕 毓亘賷丿丕賸 毓賳丿賲丕 賱賲 賷賰賵賳賵丕 卮噩毓丕賳丕賸 賱丿乇噩丞 賷賮囟賱賵賳 丕賱賲賵鬲 毓賳 丕賱兀爻乇
賴賰匕丕 鬲乇亘賶 "賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賷"貙 兀賳 丕賱毓亘丿 卮禺氐 賷丿毓賵丕 賱賱丕丨鬲賯丕乇貙 賰賷賮 賱丕 賵賴賵 爻賱賷賱 毓丕卅賱鬲賴 丕賱匕丕卅毓丞 丕賱氐賷鬲 亘鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕 賵孬賯丕賮鬲賴丕 .. .. 賵賱賰賳 亘賷賳 賱賷賱丞 賵囟丨丕賴丕 賷氐亘丨 毓亘丿丕賸 兀賷囟丕賸毓賳丿賲丕 賯購亘囟 毓賱賷賴 賲賳 賯賽亘賱 鬲噩丕乇 丕賱毓亘賷丿 賵毓亘乇 丕賱亘丨乇 賲賳 "噩丕賲亘賷丕" 廿賱賶 "賮賷乇噩賷賳丕" 亘賷賳 兀賳丕爻 賷噩賴賱 賱睾鬲賴賲 賵賷爻鬲賳賰乇賴賲 賵賷爻鬲睾乇亘 丕丨鬲賯丕乇賴賲 賱賴 亘爻亘亘 賱賵賳賴
賯丕爻賶 賰孬賷乇丕賸 賵賯丕賵賲 賵賴乇亘 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲乇丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賯胤毓賵丕 賯丿賲賴貙 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 丕賱鬲兀賯賱賲 兀亘丿丕賸 賵丕賳毓夭賱 毓賳 丕賱賳丕爻 賵賱賰賳賴 卮丕亍 兀賵 兀亘賶 卮毓乇 亘丕賱賵丨卮丞貙 賵鬲匕賰乇 賯賵賱 兀亘賷賴 "毓賳丿賲丕 鬲囟賲 賯亘囟鬲賰 賱賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀丨丿 兀賳 賷囟毓 卮賷卅丕賸 賮賷賴丕 賵賱丕 鬲爻鬲胤賷毓 賷丿賰 兀賳 鬲賱鬲賯胤 兀賷 卮賷亍" 賵賱匕賱賰 丨丕賵賱 兀賳 賷賳丿賲噩 賲毓 賲丨賷胤賴貙 鬲夭賵噩貙 兀賳噩亘貙 賵兀氐亘丨鬲 丕亘賳鬲賴 賲乇賰夭 丕賴鬲賲丕賲賴 賱賲 賷購乇丿 兀賳 鬲禺鬲賮賷 兀氐賵賱丞 賲毓 丕賱夭賲賳 賮毓賱賲賴丕 鬲丕乇賷禺賴 賵兀禺匕 賲賳賴丕 丕賱毓賴丿 兀賳 鬲爻鬲賲乇 亘賯氐賴 賱賱兀噩賷丕賱 丕賱賯丕丿賲丞 賵賴匕丕 賲丕 丨丿孬貙 丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 鬲乇賵賶 賱賰賱 賮乇丿 噩丿賷丿 賷賵賱丿 毓賳 丕賱廿賮乇賷賯賷 丕賱匕賷 賷爻賲賷 丕賱噩賷鬲丕乇 "賰賵" 賵丕賱賳賴乇 "賰賵賲亘賷 亘賵賱賵賳噩賵" 賵兀氐乇 兀賳 丕爻賲賴 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賷
亘毓丿 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 200 毓丕賲 夭丕乇 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賲丐賱賮 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 "兀賱賷賰爻 賴丕賷賱賷" 丕賱賲鬲丨賮 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 賵賵噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賷賳馗乇 "賱丨噩乇 乇卮賷丿" 匕賱賰 丕賱丨噩乇 丕賱匕賷 賰鬲亘 毓賱賷賴 亘孬賱丕孬 賱睾丕鬲 亘毓囟 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賵亘賵丕爻胤丞 丿乇丕爻鬲賴丕 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 爻乇 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱賴賷乇賵睾賱賷賮賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賵氐賮 亘兀賳賴丕 丕賱賱睾丞 丕賱鬲賷 賰鬲亘 亘賴丕 賲毓馗賲 鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞 丕賱賯丿賷賲 .. .. "賰賵" 賵 "賰賵賲亘賷 亘賵賱賵賳噩賵" 賱賲毓鬲 賮賷 毓賯賱賴 賵兀丨爻 兀賳 賱賴丕 乇丕亘胤 亘賴匕丕 丕賱丨噩乇貙 賱賲丕匕丕 賱丕 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 兀氐賱 噩丿賴 丕賱兀毓馗賲 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賷 亘丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 兀氐賱 賴匕賴 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賯賳鬲賴丕 賱賴 噩丿鬲賴 賱賱丨賮丕馗 毓賱賶 鬲賯賱賷丿 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 亘賳賯賱賴丕 賲賳 噩賷賱 賱兀禺乇
賵賲賳 賴賳丕 鬲亘丿兀 乇丨賱丞 "兀賱賷賰爻 賴丕賷賱賷" 亘丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 噩匕賵乇賴 丕賱鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱賴丕 亘毓丿 賲卮賯丞 賵噩賴丿 賰亘賷乇 賷丿毓賵 賱賱廿毓噩丕亘 鬲賰賱賲 毓賳賴 賮賷 賮氐賵賱 賮賷 賳賴丕賷丞 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱爻亘亘 賮賷 賲賳丨賷 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 丕賱賳噩賲丞 丕賱禺丕賲爻丞 亘丿賱 丕賱兀乇亘毓 賳噩賲丕鬲
賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 兀賵 "丕賱賰鬲丕亘" 賰鬲丕亘 孬乇賷 噩丿丕賸 亘賲丨鬲賵丕賴 丕賱匕賷 賷爻乇丿 賲賱丨賲丞 毓丕卅賱丞 賱賳賷賱 丨乇賷鬲賴丕貙 賰鬲丕亘 賷爻乇丿 賵賷鬲賰賱賲 毓賳 丕賱氐乇丕毓丕鬲貙 賵丕賱兀噩賳丕爻貙 賵丕賱孬賯丕賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 爻丕賴賲鬲 賮賷 兀賳 鬲賰賵賳 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賰賲丕 賴賷 丕賱丌賳貙 亘毓丿 丕賱丕賳鬲賴丕亍 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 爻鬲賰賵賳 賱丿賷賳丕 賮賰乇丞 毓賳 丕賱賲禺丕囟 丕賱卮丿賷丿 賱賵賱丕丿丞 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞
賲賱丕丨馗丞:- 鬲乇噩賲丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 爻賷卅丞 賵賱賰賳 賰鬲丕亘 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻鬲賵賶 賷爻鬲丨賯 鬲乇噩賲丞 兀賰孬乇 丕丨鬲乇丕賮賷丞
March 19, 2012
兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳 毓丿丿丕賸 賱丕 亘兀爻 亘賴 賲賳 噩賷賱賶 - 賲賵丕賱賷丿 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱孬賲丕賳賷賳賷丕鬲 - 賯丿 卮丕賴丿 丕賱賲爻賱爻賱 丕賱兀噩賳亘賶 丕賱卮賴賷乇 丕賱賲兀禺賵匕 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.賵 賲賳 卮丕賴丿 丕賱賲爻賱爻賱 鬲毓乇賮 賲賳 禺賱丕賱賴 毓賱賶 賮鬲乇丞 賲賳 兀賰孬乇 賮鬲乇丕鬲 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賶 廿賳丨胤丕胤丕賸...賴賶 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賶 丕鬲爻賲鬲 亘鬲噩丕乇丞 丕賱乇賯賷賯 丕賱賲禺鬲胤賮 賲賳 兀賮乇賷賯賷丕.
亘丿兀鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱丿賶 卮賵賯賱廿爻鬲毓丕丿丞 匕賰乇賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻賱爻賱 丕賱匕賶 卮丕賴丿鬲賴 賮賶 胤賮賵賱鬲賶, 賵 賱賰賳賶 兀購禺匕鬲 亘兀爻賱賵亘 兀賱賷賰爻 賴賷賱賶 丕賱賲卮賵賯 賵 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賶 賵氐賮賴....賵 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱 賰賲 丕賱賲噩賴賵丿 丕賱匕賶 亘匕賱賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賷氐賱 廿賱賶 賯氐氐 6 兀噩賷丕賱 爻丕亘賯丞 賲賳 兀爻賱丕賮賴 賲賳匕 丕賱噩丿 丕賱兀賮乇賷賯賶 丕賱賲爻賱賲 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賶 丕賱匕賶 兀禺鬲胤賮 賲賳 賵胤賳賴 (噩丕賲亘賷丕) 賱賷亘丕毓 賮賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕賵 賷馗賱 乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 賷丨賲賱 賯賱亘賴 賵 賱睾鬲賴 賵 毓賵丕卅丿賴 賵 丿賷賳賴 賮賶 賯賱亘賴.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐丕丿乇丞 賮賶 730 氐賮丨丞 賵 賱賰賳 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賶 賵丨丿賴 賷賰丕丿 賷賯丕乇亘 賳氐賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘..賵 賰賱賲丕 鬲賯丿賲 丕賱夭賲賳 賰賱賲丕 賯賱鬲 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱鬲賶 賷毓乇囟賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賱噩賷賱 ....賰賲 兀毓噩亘賳賶 鬲禺賷賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賲卮丕毓乇 賰賵賳鬲丕 賮賶 丕賱賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞, 賮賶 廿禺鬲胤丕賮賴, 賮賶 卮丨賳賴 賮賶 爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱毓亘賷丿, 賮賶 鬲毓乇賮賴 毓賱賶 丕賱噩賳爻 丕賱兀亘賷囟, 賮賶 乇丐賷鬲賴 賱賱夭賳賵噩 丕賱賲丿噩賳賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賵賱丿賵丕 賮賶 兀乇囟 (丕賱胤賵亘賵亘) 丕賱亘賷囟 賵 賱賲 賷毓乇賮賵丕 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賳 兀賮乇賷賯賷丕 賵 賱丕 賷乇賷丿賵賳 兀賳 賷毓乇賮賵丕.
賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賱丨賲丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱氐乇丕毓 丿丕禺賱 兀賳賮爻 鬲賵丕賯丞 賱賱丨乇賷丞....賵 賴賵 毓乇囟 賲賵丕夭 賱賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賶 賲賳匕 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮乇 賵 丨鬲賶 爻亘毓賷賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳...丨賯丕賸 兀賱賰爻 賴賷賱賶 賰丕鬲亘 賲鬲賲賷夭 賵 賯丿 鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷賴 兀賵賱丕賸 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 賱賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賱賲丕賱賰賵賲 廿賰爻 丕賱匕賶 兀氐乇 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲 毓賱賶 鬲乇噩賲丞 廿爻賲賴 (賲丕賱賰賵賲 丕賱毓丕卮乇) 賵 賴賵 丕賱卮賶亍 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱匕賶 (賯賮賱賳賶)賮賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 :)
亘丿兀鬲 賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱丿賶 卮賵賯賱廿爻鬲毓丕丿丞 匕賰乇賶 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻賱爻賱 丕賱匕賶 卮丕賴丿鬲賴 賮賶 胤賮賵賱鬲賶, 賵 賱賰賳賶 兀購禺匕鬲 亘兀爻賱賵亘 兀賱賷賰爻 賴賷賱賶 丕賱賲卮賵賯 賵 丕賱噩賲賷賱 賮賶 賵氐賮賴....賵 胤賵丕賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賰賳鬲 兀鬲禺賷賱 賰賲 丕賱賲噩賴賵丿 丕賱匕賶 亘匕賱賴 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賷氐賱 廿賱賶 賯氐氐 6 兀噩賷丕賱 爻丕亘賯丞 賲賳 兀爻賱丕賮賴 賲賳匕 丕賱噩丿 丕賱兀賮乇賷賯賶 丕賱賲爻賱賲 賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賶 丕賱匕賶 兀禺鬲胤賮 賲賳 賵胤賳賴 (噩丕賲亘賷丕) 賱賷亘丕毓 賮賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕賵 賷馗賱 乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓乇囟 賱賴 賷丨賲賱 賯賱亘賴 賵 賱睾鬲賴 賵 毓賵丕卅丿賴 賵 丿賷賳賴 賮賶 賯賱亘賴.
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐丕丿乇丞 賮賶 730 氐賮丨丞 賵 賱賰賳 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲鬲毓賱賯 亘賰賵賳鬲丕 賰賳鬲賶 賵丨丿賴 賷賰丕丿 賷賯丕乇亘 賳氐賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘..賵 賰賱賲丕 鬲賯丿賲 丕賱夭賲賳 賰賱賲丕 賯賱鬲 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱鬲賶 賷毓乇囟賴丕 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賱噩賷賱 ....賰賲 兀毓噩亘賳賶 鬲禺賷賱 丕賱賰丕鬲亘 賱賲卮丕毓乇 賰賵賳鬲丕 賮賶 丕賱賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞, 賮賶 廿禺鬲胤丕賮賴, 賮賶 卮丨賳賴 賮賶 爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱毓亘賷丿, 賮賶 鬲毓乇賮賴 毓賱賶 丕賱噩賳爻 丕賱兀亘賷囟, 賮賶 乇丐賷鬲賴 賱賱夭賳賵噩 丕賱賲丿噩賳賷賳 丕賱匕賷賳 賵賱丿賵丕 賮賶 兀乇囟 (丕賱胤賵亘賵亘) 丕賱亘賷囟 賵 賱賲 賷毓乇賮賵丕 卮賷卅丕賸 毓賳 兀賮乇賷賯賷丕 賵 賱丕 賷乇賷丿賵賳 兀賳 賷毓乇賮賵丕.
賴匕賴 丕賱賯氐丞 賲賱丨賲丞 廿賳爻丕賳賷丞 賱氐乇丕毓 丿丕禺賱 兀賳賮爻 鬲賵丕賯丞 賱賱丨乇賷丞....賵 賴賵 毓乇囟 賲賵丕夭 賱賱鬲丕乇賷禺 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賶 賲賳匕 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱孬丕賲賳 毓卮乇 賵 丨鬲賶 爻亘毓賷賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳...丨賯丕賸 兀賱賰爻 賴賷賱賶 賰丕鬲亘 賲鬲賲賷夭 賵 賯丿 鬲毓乇賮鬲 毓賱賷賴 兀賵賱丕賸 賮賶 賰鬲丕亘鬲賴 賱賱爻賷乇丞 丕賱匕丕鬲賷丞 賱賲丕賱賰賵賲 廿賰爻 丕賱匕賶 兀氐乇 丕賱賲鬲乇噩賲 毓賱賶 鬲乇噩賲丞 廿爻賲賴 (賲丕賱賰賵賲 丕賱毓丕卮乇) 賵 賴賵 丕賱卮賶亍 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱匕賶 (賯賮賱賳賶)賮賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 :)
August 19, 2021
Popsugar Challenge 2021 - A book featuring three generations (grandparent, parent, child)
Oh my, this is something special.听 I don't think I've ever read anything quite like this before.
This is the true story of the author and his journey in tracing back his family history against all odds.
We meet Kunta Kinte in the 17th century somewhere along the Gambia River. He's just a boy at the time, we follow him through his teen years, manhood training, moving into his own hut, we see him grow and mature throughout his rains until the day he steps into the forest to make a drum for his younger brother and is snatched by the toubob slave traders.
From there we leave the idyllic setting of Africa and the horrific journey of Kunta Kinta begins on the big ship to a place called Naplis, sold to a plantation owner and from there we follow the next seven generations of the family line.
Written mainly in a narrative format (although it does turn into the traditional non fiction format towards the end) this account is material to binge. I couldn't put it down and felt every emotion under the son.
It's accounts like this that remind me that these events are such recent history and while there have been great strides, there's a long long way to go.
A must read, an absolute must read.
Oh my, this is something special.听 I don't think I've ever read anything quite like this before.
This is the true story of the author and his journey in tracing back his family history against all odds.
We meet Kunta Kinte in the 17th century somewhere along the Gambia River. He's just a boy at the time, we follow him through his teen years, manhood training, moving into his own hut, we see him grow and mature throughout his rains until the day he steps into the forest to make a drum for his younger brother and is snatched by the toubob slave traders.
From there we leave the idyllic setting of Africa and the horrific journey of Kunta Kinta begins on the big ship to a place called Naplis, sold to a plantation owner and from there we follow the next seven generations of the family line.
Written mainly in a narrative format (although it does turn into the traditional non fiction format towards the end) this account is material to binge. I couldn't put it down and felt every emotion under the son.
It's accounts like this that remind me that these events are such recent history and while there have been great strides, there's a long long way to go.
A must read, an absolute must read.
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February 24, 2013
The teenage self who first read this book would have given it five stars without hesitation. The conception is brilliant. I don't think there's a better way to really absorb history, and really inspire people to dig deeper, than what this purported to do. To really have you come face to face with history by telling the story of one family, especially in fictional narrative form, where people of the past can be brought vividly to mind as people who bled and sweated and struggled. And Alex Haley had claimed not to be just writing a novel, but telling the story of his family--who he claimed he had traced back to its roots in Africa where his ancestor Kunta Kinte, in what is today Gambia, had been kidnapped into slavery and brought to America. There was nothing quite like that when it was published in 1976, and the miniseries based upon it was a landmark in American television.
But since publication, the book has drawn controversy. First, this was marketed--and is still widely regarded--as factual history, even if told in fictional form. But geneologists who retraced Haley's footsteps found that Haley's pre-Civil War genealogy is not, as he had claimed, substantiated by public records. And the book hangs precisely on the pre-Civil war family--838 of Roots' 888 pages dealt with events from Kunta Kinte's birth in Africa in 1750 to the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Just google Roots and "controversy" or "criticism" and you can read the details of the dispute over the book's historicity yourself. The "griot" Haley supposedly found linking him to an African heritage was no griot, and was reportedly pressured and coached into telling Haley what he wanted to hear. And as a Village Voice article by Philip Nobile detailed, Haley's own notes reveal that Kunta Kinte and Roots is largely a work of Haley's imagination.
All right then, what we're dealing with is a novel. Just Haley's attempts to put it over as history admittedly tarnishes the book for me now, but there's another problem. The 30 Anniversary edition I looked through alluded to the other major issue that has come up since publication: plagiarism. As part of a court settlement, Haley admitted to lifting passages from Harold Courlander's The African. The 30 anniversary edition makes it sound like it was only a few paragraphs, but I've read the court papers charged over 80 different passages were involved. And I can't say I buy Haley's explanation that the work of other researchers made it undifferentiated and unsourced among Haley's notes from where he inadvertently copied it. What was material from a novel doing in research notes? There was also a charge that Haley plagiarized Margaret Walker Alexander's novel, Jubilee--but those charges were dismissed by the court as unsubstantiated. On the other hand, one commentator who actually bothered to read Courlander's The African said he found no real similarities in plot or character with Roots. Maybe so, I haven't read The African. So, giving Haley the benefit of the doubt about the plagiarism being substantial, is Roots still worth reading as a novel in the tradition of Michener and Rutherfurd? I think so, but I admit knowing what I do, the book has slipped quite far down in my esteem.
But since publication, the book has drawn controversy. First, this was marketed--and is still widely regarded--as factual history, even if told in fictional form. But geneologists who retraced Haley's footsteps found that Haley's pre-Civil War genealogy is not, as he had claimed, substantiated by public records. And the book hangs precisely on the pre-Civil war family--838 of Roots' 888 pages dealt with events from Kunta Kinte's birth in Africa in 1750 to the end of the American Civil War in 1865. Just google Roots and "controversy" or "criticism" and you can read the details of the dispute over the book's historicity yourself. The "griot" Haley supposedly found linking him to an African heritage was no griot, and was reportedly pressured and coached into telling Haley what he wanted to hear. And as a Village Voice article by Philip Nobile detailed, Haley's own notes reveal that Kunta Kinte and Roots is largely a work of Haley's imagination.
All right then, what we're dealing with is a novel. Just Haley's attempts to put it over as history admittedly tarnishes the book for me now, but there's another problem. The 30 Anniversary edition I looked through alluded to the other major issue that has come up since publication: plagiarism. As part of a court settlement, Haley admitted to lifting passages from Harold Courlander's The African. The 30 anniversary edition makes it sound like it was only a few paragraphs, but I've read the court papers charged over 80 different passages were involved. And I can't say I buy Haley's explanation that the work of other researchers made it undifferentiated and unsourced among Haley's notes from where he inadvertently copied it. What was material from a novel doing in research notes? There was also a charge that Haley plagiarized Margaret Walker Alexander's novel, Jubilee--but those charges were dismissed by the court as unsubstantiated. On the other hand, one commentator who actually bothered to read Courlander's The African said he found no real similarities in plot or character with Roots. Maybe so, I haven't read The African. So, giving Haley the benefit of the doubt about the plagiarism being substantial, is Roots still worth reading as a novel in the tradition of Michener and Rutherfurd? I think so, but I admit knowing what I do, the book has slipped quite far down in my esteem.
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