Roots "Kunta" Africans Selling Africans

Yes, the Africans participated in the most horrific abuse on humans in the history of the world. Millions of humans being were captured and sold into 400 year of the cruelest and most demeaning conditions. Even today the American government sees unarmed Black men as a creature for hunting.

[@Rescue162]

This is what I loved about Roots. They took their time and developed the characters and the story lines. I distinctly remember much of this clip. The white man shooting at the bird and the gun malfunctioning in his hands was almost certainly a well- researched event, that guns were not as easy and practical to use as they are now.

[@urbanwarrior3470]

lol. is that what you call character development?

[@angelawolfhagen7689]

❤😍

[@angelawolfhagen7689]

@@urbanwarrior3470 what its the past and new

[@kseke25]

Yet, that idiot wasted ammunition shooting at a bird.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

One of things I liked about the original 1977 Roots was how the used a lot of actors from family friendly shows. Like Robert Reed from the Brady Bunch as Master Renyolds, Chuck Conners from the Rifleman as Tom Moore, and so on.

[@Nb-wp4nk]

I’m not black but when the elder tells the young ones to stay on guard against the white man this is very much true today and not just against white people and not just applying to black people. There are people who will take advantage of you and your own people will lead you to them. Get your morals and values straight, realize life is sacred and do not be loyal to people just because they pretend to be your own but be loyal to the ones who are really your own by virtue.

[@kentb6580]

thanks so much

[@section5760]

Remember the b.l.m. Are here when you see smoke that ain’t no barbecue. It’s the towns and cities being burned. Run away has fast has you can. Good luck and help has many you can. They can not be reasoned with. God helps us. 🎼🎼🎷🎼🎺🎺🎼🎻🎸🥁🥁

[@rocafeliz5807]

Nb777... ...and for justice...

[@Wapak95]

@@section5760 Yeah sure

[@frenchy2410]

He said “the white toubab and the black traitors who help them”. That second part…

[@sadem1045]

I love that this is the same guy from "Reading Rainbow"

[@juliofrank83]

Judging from this clip, it looks like something you'd see on #NationalGeographic or Channel 9

[@mmore242]

Don't forget Star trek.

[@juliofrank83]

@@mmore242 _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ was late 80s.

[@willienelson1245]

LeVar Burton.

[@hazemcdanill8336]

@@willienelson1245 yes from reading rainbow

[@laminage]

What the elder tribesman said was true and it still applies. "Never Be Alone When You Can Help It, Never Be Alone At Night When You Can Help It".

[@jacksonheathen2092]

I guess Kunta should have paid more attention. In fact I think the elder tribesmen also said something about not hanging out in tall grass.

[@laminage]

@@jacksonheathen2092 Yes he did. Yet Kunta thought he was a "Man" and knew everything and they got Wrestler too.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@laminage That's right.

[@laminage]

@@jacksonheathen2092 Sadly Kunta was so desperate to be a "Man" he didn't listen at all to anyone. Not to his Father after he lost a Goat to death, then his Mother, then The Elder Tribesman and when he "was" a Man he was a Slave until the day he died.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@laminage I agree.

[@Rdfelic]

I like how they show that everyone is guilty. From the Europeans, the Middle Easterners, and even the Africans.

[@androlibre9661]

People forget that slavery existed THOUSANDS of years before the trans atlantic slave trade. Slavery predated Ancient ROme, Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt. Put ALL the evils on slavery at the feet of Europe and blame the civilizations that ENDED the practice that had existed for THOUSANDS of years is beyond me

[@koba2348]

@@androlibre9661 Can't forget a more recent form of slavery that plagued the United States in it's infancy during the days of the colonies; indentured servitude. Mostly whites enslaved by other whites due to debts.

[@hotties3v3n]

@@koba2348 servitude and chattel SLAVERY for hundreds of YEARS are not the same things!!!!!

[@koba2348]

@@hotties3v3n indentured servitude was very often as severe as slavery

[@micahtshibangu7402]

@@androlibre9661 they ended the practice but not after utilising 4+ million slaves. Blaming the wast for slavery is simply an umbrella saying. What they mean is the trans Atlantic slave trade. Other slave trades are irrelevant to most westerners today.

[@JohnHWelch63]

This originally aired when I was 13. My family was never the kind to all sit in the living room together and watch TV, but we did for Roots. We watched all 7 nights of it together as a family. We all were glued to the TV screen. What a great mini-series! Still love watching it again to this day.

[@tiaramekaylamcdavid]

Where can i get this full movie and whats the correct name?

[@laminage]

I was 11 when it was broadcasted. I couldn't watch it, My Sister and I were terrified when we heard Kunta Kinte being Whipped. We held each other and cried. She was 7. When one of the White Kids said she was watching it, I was stunned.

[@jamiemarybibby]

@@laminage well i finally got it on DvD.. I made 3 copies of it immediately.. This movie/docu wld never leave my family..

[@adeputra5646]

. Bpk. . ,0 .nn ,z,, x

[@adeputra5646]

..nvdd 85 .. .j. mn

[@dailyflash]

Everybody should see Roots. This serious was a major cultural phenomenon when it first aired.

[@MOGGS1942]

But it was a very biased version of events, so not worthy of watching or discussing.

[@atengku9660]

Roots is a fiction movie

[@swanton47]

therandom3591 don’t pay him any mind he’s just talking out of his ass

[@sowhat...]

@@MOGGS1942 how was it biased?

[@sowhat...]

@@atengku9660 how was it fiction?

[@BillieFingers]

My mum bought me the box set when I was a young teen and now 15 or so years later I'm listening to the book on audible, it's a masterpiece and it goes so much more into African life and education, and the great centres on knowledge In Africa at the time. Really worth a read. But so hard to process.

[@LEbackstage]

Oh, I didn't know that there's an audiobook. I'm definetly going to check this out. Thank you

[@Wally-pu2hh]

A book of fiction , lies , and fantasy

[@ilerioluwakinshiladipo-dan5493]

@@Wally-pu2hh So you're telling me millions of people would lie about their roots and unforgettable experiences? You think people would fight for years to be free from nothing? You think people would write poems mourning their ancestors' plight?? I'm guessing you're some white or non black ,middle aged to elderly person. You would expect people to have more sense with age but respectfully,that doesn't seem to be the case here. What you said is more than disrespectful! Are you calling the history of an entire race a lie? Or are you stoned?If you have nothing sensible to say, don't say anything at all ,sweet heart 🤡

[@ilerioluwakinshiladipo-dan5493]

What was hard to process about it?

[@deborahjohnson3463]

Yeah. That's because you you grew up in AMERIKKKA !! FACTS.

[@dmedlin8118]

Whites rarely went into the interior because of lack of resistance to disease. Blacks were captured by other blacks, and then sold to the whites or Arab traders (a story we never hear) close to the coast.

[@jjan2383]

yea 10% of the time

[@bbp2930]

I hate when people say blacks sold other blacks in Africa there were different ethnic groups and the ethnic group would the enemy ethnic group for example the Yoruba sold the Dahomey people another good example the Fulani sold the Mandinka it’s just like in Europe the romans sold the Germanic people but you never here people saying whites sold other white ppl or Europeans selling other Europeans

[@MissRikkiKat]

@@bbp2930 it's because you always liked pointing out that it was only whites who were at fault

[@capetowndiymicrolocsmodest2216]

Well done with your lies

[@capetowndiymicrolocsmodest2216]

And so ?who sent them to africa to buy human being? Only an evil man will do such

[@donjour69]

My parents sat me down as a kid to watch all the parts . I always remembered this : Survival of the Fittest!

[@whoyoucallinpinhead3523]

I was too young when I watched this

[@pierrerochon7271]

Your sarcasm reeks of Anglo pseudo nationalism- pathetic

[@famsmanneh3947]

Bro RIP we as a Gambian your legacy will always be with us Kinteh

[@RickMichaels-if5eq]

Roots has to be the greatest miniseries ever created in history because it’s based on reality!✊🏽

[@Toatl-ub8sz]

Based on lies because the history was written by the white man just to justify their crime,

[@Siddhartha02]

Lol you think the white man went into the interior and captured black people themselves? This series is so ahistorical.

[@AT.inbetween]

Huuuummmmm? Yes I believe they did. What can't Guns do? Stop behaving as if Africans volunteered. Besides, there were too many early wars in the interior of Africa. You think invaders were unwilling to engage - when their very presence was to capture. Meanwhile yall say we weren't there, yet yall have an entire narrative as if yall were.

[@rayanajennings2689]

Did you miss the scenes where other races were involved? This is factual, by the way!

[@panamarose9494]

It is good to see on KZbin old school movies going back in the seventies and eighties thank you you too

[@erickanew]

Remember watching this years ago I thought it was so sad, here he is minding his own business and some devils catch him

[@juanavalos7677]

👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋👋

[@Wally-pu2hh]

You have appropriated devil hair

[@frogsmith9578]

@@Wally-pu2hh hair is genetic you colonizer

[@you2449]

​@@frogsmith9578 The ultimate colonizers are using Us now to tear apart Western Civilization. By using the media to make us crazy and Riot when they need it. They can take away ANY freedom or liberty, as long as it's in OUR Name. When Billionaire ex nazis are spending hundreds of millions to support hundreds of our young DA's & politicians, They're betting that a good number will make it to office. And it ain't cuz they Luv us. We are the Ultimate weapon, for the True White Supremacists. Who must Laugh at how easy we are to manipulate. (but don't feel bad - - they use feminists and Trans too. but only we give 'em the most bang for their buck.) And after we go cray-cray over Breana Taylor, The murder rate in that state goes up by about 84%. (and shootings by 75%). And rising. And How our new Masters must just Laugh and Laugh.

[@BiancaZombie]

@@you2449 Soros and Rothschilds

[@glorialouiise]

Afrakan selling each other. There is always one sell out even still today.

[@pollyhelluva2897]

Gloria Lewis Africans aren’t selling Africans in this scene. So called Black peoples lived among Africans but were separate

[@glorialouiise]

@@pollyhelluva2897 Are you watching the video Polly? There is always a black sell out.👼🏿🙅🏾‍♀️

[@pollyhelluva2897]

Gloria Lewis i am saying that When you go to Africa those people aren’t going to say they are Africans. They are going to say that they are Nigerian, Etc. The tribes sold people who had black skin but were not from the land of Africa. All people of color didn’t come from just Africa.

[@pollyhelluva2897]

Gloria Lewis your skin color can look the same but you are separate people. Nations of people with different culture beliefs, laws. The So called black peoples aren’t a mixture of African tribes. They are a nation of different so called black people sold by a tribe of African. Another example would be when the British invade Scots and Irish people and made them servants not slaves. These people looked white but are different nation of people

[@glorialouiise]

@@pollyhelluva2897 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@pdarboejula6628]

He is from my motherland Gambia 😭

[@JathanGetPaid375]

CaliforniaCheez watch yourself

[@adamajoof388]

I'm also Gambian❤

[@deyluvzayy1313]

@CaliforniaCheez watch your self don't speak that shit

[@zakdrammeh3634]

Ada Jay same 🇬🇲

[@hellokittyhennessy]

almighty jj 3x Lmaooo you sound exactly like my dad who is also Gambian that is something he would say lol

[@Danwell86]

3:55 For those who have read the book, these instructions are taken directly from the book. They were originally given to Kunta and his little brother (Lamin) by their father

[@joeypartridge8389]

You realize this is a fake story right? Alex Haley stole this story from a book called the African that was written by a white man. Went to court , lost and had to lay $650,000 to the real author.

[@Firearcher4]

ROOTS is a FRAUD. Haley copied Courlanders book and was sued in court. Did you miss the memo?

[@davidtucker4311]

Kunta didn't listen and went off by himself and was captured

[@charlesliu3107]

In China, few people know Roots. But luckily, I bought an old chinese translated version book from the old book store more than 10 years ago, and knew this great story. Today it is my first time to know it used to be adapted onto the screen.

[@黑猩猩队长]

这剧以前中国放过

[@Therealjesuschristt]

My teacher made us watch this movie! And we used to watch it every Thursday! And we finished the movie 2 years ago but this movie hits home, it’s really unique and different, makes you look at how the world really is.

[@Therealjesuschristt]

@Srbin Srbinovic yes! He used to teach us a lot about it since his family also where affected by slavery, he taught us a lot and made me realize on how fortunate all of us are to have freedom!

[@BiancaZombie]

@@Therealjesuschristt it's a fictional movie, ie a lie.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@BiancaZombie It really is.

[@jack_the_kid6338]

@@BiancaZombie more like part fictional, part true story. both truth and fiction are mixed in there

[@michaelbranch2813]

And so what did you come up with how is the world really???

[@musiclover6114]

My mum said that when Roots first came out, everyone she knew had seen and liked the movie. This is a very accurate movie and the best out of all the slave movies made. I also like 12 Years A Slave but Roots is a better option.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

If you think so.

[@brownshoeblues2014]

It's fake garbage

[@Firearcher4]

Then you are an idiot because all races of peoples have invaded and conquered lands that was not theirs. All races have been slaves. All races have been slave owners. Roots has done the world a great injustice by portraying slavery as a uniquely White on black institution which it was absolutely not! The Muslims trade of Africans was far worse. The Africans enslaved Europeans. That was no picnic either. The North American Indian enslaved each other. Africans enslaved each other. Europeans enslaved each other. Jews made slaves out of others and dominated the slave trade more than any other group. ROOTS is a FRAUD. Haley copied Courlanders book and was sued in court. Did you miss the memo?

[@Firearcher4]

Whites did not go into the African interior capturing slaves. Jews were also the major traders along with Africans so NO this is not accurate at all.

[@MrFatbob1584]

Both great ,

[@barbarahenning3309]

Oh for God's sake, can we stop the racial bickering for once? This movie should teach us all a lesson in life, history does not to repeats itself. Everyone is created equal. We all bleed red!

[@zz7917]

tell that to all the white supremacist and kkk members you know.

[@barbarahenning3309]

+Da RickMagent I personally don't know any Ws or KKK. I don't associate myself with trash like that. Besides just because I have lighter skin doesn't mean anything.

[@barbarahenning3309]

+Hasan Abdurahman ibn Hatab Ummm okay.

[@youngboylove1956]

Well if you don't like us then why did you bring a group of people you barley knew to the new world huh? Yeah everyone in the world has black in them the first humans appeard from Africa so watch what you are saying

[@youngboylove1956]

Barbara Henning no-one said all of you dumbass little kid I was talking about the ones who brought us here many years ago you should have been able to understand that

[@ghromeo12345]

I'm proud to be an African and am watching it from Ghana 🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭 in West Africa

[@AnimatedBlast]

Well, this is some Ghanaians fault. You shouldn’t feel pride, you should feel shame.

[@yahnessaYasharaal6777]

@@AnimatedBlast shame of what?

[@fatimaka4709]

@@yahnessaYasharaal6777 il est fou je pense les ghanéens sont des africains et l'esclavage est une torture que toute l'Afrique mon Afrique subissait

[@thevoyagerv4499]

@@AnimatedBlast You can feel shame, I don't. I was never there.

[@derek-press]

@@yahnessaYasharaal6777 you were selling your weak people, taking them to the ports or bays and selling them look it up! or look up "a short history of slavery " Candase Owens

[@tomtaylor6163]

Europeans wouldn’t go off into the Jungle like this just randomly grabbing slaves. For starters , the tropical diseases such as Malaria were rampant and would kill Europeans quickly. They stayed offshore on their ships or close to the shore. Secondly, to randomly go catching slaves might anger certain tribes if you were catching their people. Europeans wanted to get in and out quickly

[@valenciawilson1414]

Duh we all know it was treason blk males

[@yvonnemendy1251]

31

[@HamzaKunjimon]

😊

[@ronryan7398]

They have to show White people doing this so they don’t have to confront the inconvenient truth that Africans sold other Africans into slavery.

[@bmore-kambon]

Slavery was a drive thru service ..they pulled up to the shore and sailed on a canoe to the beach to speak to the local chief of the particular tribe in charge of acquiring slaves and they had their empty rifles with sweaty clothes and half filled bottles of liquor to trade to yhe warlords in exchange for their POW Captives they selling and then they would allow the white men to brand the africans and begin sailing them to the ship 3 at a time

[@lucyannanixon7714]

ROOT'S HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST FASCINATING AND EDUCATIONAL BOOK'S I'VE EVER READ

[@KidCrowder]

Yaasss🙌

[@BiancaZombie]

It's a fictional book, he even stole the story from a book called, The African.

[@lucyannanixon7714]

@@BiancaZombie your COMPLETELY missing the point

[@JakiSolo]

@@lucyannanixon7714 think you are

[@lar4305]

What people to to each other is sickening.

[@corsicanlulu]

it still goes on in some parts of the world

[@kenneththomas4509]

The white slavers didn't really think of the blacks as people. That's the whole point.

[@ek3929]

lar4305 is

[@goliathmker3335]

lar4305 your spelling is sickening

[@charlesbyrd1957]

Kenneth Thomas what did the blacks who gathered and sold other blacks and ran the barracoons think of black people?

[@dennismitchell1934]

Had my Anglo-Saxon ancestors not been bond servants ( people in debtors prison) and shipped to America to work off their debts, I would not have been born an American citizen. My ancestors endured and persevered a tough life with working in very harsh conditions for all their lives.

[@RedNinja0070]

dude sthu seriously. Are you honestly comparing what your ancestors did to the plight and suffering Africans faced?? Are you kidding me you disgusting pig

[@illerac84]

What was the status of the children of bonded servants?

[@archiefitzpatrick6966]

Africans selling ISRALITES

[@pierrerochon7271]

So What is your point??? What about ism???

[@BloodLOLCOOL]

What did that have to do with the video? Smooth brain

[@ethan3246]

What a treat what a treat! I see what people mean when they say the original roots had more emotion

[@touraylamin4965]

This Story was from Gambian west Africa

[@samstone8665]

No it was made up by ALEX....nice try though

[@sompalsingh6028]

♌🍀💖💖🍀💖💖🍀 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖 🍀💖💖💖💖💖🍀 🍀🍀💖💖💖🍀🍀 🍀🍀🍀💖🍀🍀🍀

[@aminata5644]

sam stone it wasn’t made up.

[@Travisbig7]

@Archie Fitzpatrick bruh, there is no such thing as black Isrealites, that's a bunch of psuedo nonsense spun by niggas caught up in a white man's religion... a religion that has its roots in paganism, it's a funny paradox really

[@malikelshabazz3192]

@Archie Fitzpatrick No they didnt

[@chrisxavier1848]

Also remember that without the well established Muslim-run slave trade in Black Africans the transatlantic slave trade might have been impossible.

[@AT.inbetween]

Too many players to blame only one as taking advantage of Africa.

[@heldinahtmlhell]

Sub-Saharan Africans had their own system of slavery. Which was vast. They enslaved significantly more than they sold abroad, or the Berbers bought/took.

[@kevinwasilewski598]

@@heldinahtmlhellexactly, but they don’t teach you that part at school

[@buddymacbuddington]

Or the Jews who owned the slave boats

[@JesseWright68]

​@@kevinwasilewski598 Is any part of that nonsense supposed to make it right?

[@UmQasaann]

"Remember when Kunta Kinte saw the white man less than 2 days walk from where we are now." That will always give me chills.

[@OscarTshibamba-zm5wt]

😂 j'adore beaucoup ça

[@OscarTshibamba-zm5wt]

J'aime beaucoup

[@OscarTshibamba-zm5wt]

J'aime beaucoup ça

[@OscarTshibamba-zm5wt]

J'adore beaucoup ça

[@tarigelhassan3192]

The White Man is Here !!!

[@TheTreegodfather]

Africans selling other Africans is the most historically (and present day) accurate thing ever.

[@josephmayberry9326]

Africans sold Hebrews you mean??

[@jjan2383]

ur weird

[@oumoudiaite9878]

@@josephmayberry9326 boy what?

[@Oso_Brilloso1990]

Whites are the devil

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@Oso_Brilloso1990 That sounds a little bit racist.

[@notrombones5041]

The fact that other cultures had slavery and/or participated in the slave trade, does not justify or exonerate American slavery or racism 1 iota. Not one bit.

[@bayantse3000]

But neither does it excuse the black / Islamic slave traders themselves

[@alexe7924]

Africans didn't abolish slavery.

[@notrombones5041]

@@alexe7924 - But the Union Army did. The confederacy had to be crushed in order to abolish slavery in the US. confederates are still sore about it.

[@alexe7924]

@@notrombones5041 White people abolished slavery.

[@notrombones5041]

@@alexe7924 - Yes, and the Northern Union Army had to kill hundreds of thousands of white, southern racist confederates to accomplish that. A job well done, don't you agree?

[@hodderpaul]

I'm British. Our past involvement in this trade was disgraceful.

[@AfromemeGod.]

@Inigo Bantok cus other countries were profiting

[@solja5236]

@@AfromemeGod. cause of the anti slavery movement in the uk

[@coolwater8837]

It is the smell of a wet chicken

[@andym9571]

Absolutely. It was disgusting. Should be proud tho that Britain was the first to fight against it ...at a time when nearly everyone else was still doing it....including Africans

[@YoungOldhead222]

I'm black and your comment is the best one here.

[@cavaliothorson7755]

Some people in this comment section are really slow and naive. Africans weren't selling their own they were selling their enemies that they captured from other tribes.

[@ekoyal_gemu4446]

Same shit

[@chrizzle6222]

Still africans selling other africans stfu

[@cavaliothorson7755]

@@chrizzle6222 You stfu, they were enemy tribes that's it.

[@lasko24]

While true they sold prisoners captured from other tribes they would of also sold members of their own tribes perhaps people who broke tribal laws or just anyone the cheif didn't like and if two people were feuding for whatever reason one could end up selling the other so many reasons why people would sell people from their own tribe

[@heldinahtmlhell]

Black Africans were selling black Africans. And enslaving them, by the million. Also ritually sacrificing them to their Gods.

[@Dickens58]

I am so thankful my parents had me watch this when it first came out. I was only 8 and it had a lasting impact on me.

[@DortonFarb]

Did you know the entire story is fiction? It's not even Alex Haley's fiction- he stole it from another author. Haley's ACTUAL paternal roots are Scottish, not African.

[@billwayne3924]

Blacks are the INDIANS not African slaves.....

[@MsChloebabz]

My dad made me watch this movie when I was 10, to learn about this, and I can still say it traumatised me. So sad 😞

[@icommandyew8221]

Ikr

[@juanavalos7677]

😌😌

[@BiancaZombie]

It's a fictional movie, based on a book that stole material from a book called, The African, he had to settle a lawsuit for it.

[@walyseck764]

This is gambian🇬🇲 story

[@DavidSmith-bk7dv]

I'm really much impressed about your profile and personalities and I also admire your good sense of humor on here, hope you don't mind?

[@shandrapandabonds9793]

My poor 38 y/o fiance never saw Roots. The first time I seen it in 77 made me mad AF.& I'm biracial. I want him to see it but idk if he will be able to control his anger.

[@jediwifey2128]

Ask him, would he regret it if he was never able to see it ever again? I'm white and I saw this when I was younger and it scared the shit out of me. I watched it as an adult and it tore me open. Everyone must see this. Must never forget. For those who actually went through this.

[@n40tom]

I was going to watch the series Roots tonight but I was not in a mood for comedy . I watched Custer's last stand instead .

[@theghostofspookwagen4715]

Make him see it, just because it hurts to watch doesnt mean you should ignore it.

[@ericwilliams8995]

@@n40tom you're a very sick and sad person, I pray for you

[@n40tom]

@@ericwilliams8995 Just more prayers wasted.

[@riamzriricamaron6508]

His from Gambia 🇬🇲 my motherland ❤

[@mlbeckdrammeh6294]

This makes me sad, as I'm the Gambian🇬🇲🇬🇲😭😭 proud about myself as an African never going to be European or American, we still remember you the king of the smiling cost of Africa🇬🇲 kunter kinteh In God you believe ☝️

[@sevvy101]

I guess Kunta time travelled to serve Picard as Chief Engineer at which point he was anointed with funky specs and a PHD in quantum physics. Praise the lord!

[@JohnHWelch63]

Somehow I knew that somewhere in the comments there would be a Geordi La Forge, Star Trek reference! LMAO

[@karlG3375]

I didn't know until now it was the same actor. And Star Trek TNG is my favorite show

[@JohnHWelch63]

@@karlG3375 Yup, that is a very young Levar Burton playing Kunta Kinte on the original Roots. He was famous for that role way before he played Geordie La Forge.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

@@JohnHWelch63 Don't forget he was the reading rainbow guy on PBS.

[@JohnHWelch63]

@@jacksonheathen2092 You’re right. I never watched that but I remember seeing commercials for it with Levar.

[@rkgrant]

It didn't really happen this way. Africans were kidnapped by other Africans, then marched in chains to the seacoast and imprisoned in forts. Europeans would arrive by boat and purchase them for transport to the Americas. Europeans didn't typically venture inland.

[@JunkanooBob99]

The truth hurts, so its best to make up a lie that white Europeans marched deep deep deep into the African wilderness to capture thousands of slaves.

[@blu3savag355]

Exactly

[@rudichong3869]

Well to tell the truth it is the African kings and nobles of Africa that sold their own people as slaves to the White men

[@golga14]

Yeah, Africans helped enslaved other Africans because whites were the master minds of that. The other part went over your head.

[@saintflynnard]

You are incorrect. It was Africans selling Hebrew Israelites. We were refugees in Africa fleeing Roman persecution.

[@ryufight7987]

Known fact... For example the ashanti tribe sold lots of their own people to european slave traders and arab... Their king ....recently came to our country of suriname and appoligized for what his ancestors did...

[@Child_of_Amun]

ryo fight that’s not true, Tribes never sold their own, they were captured prisoners of war.

[@kemifatty1749]

Stop lies you are looking the video how things are going on then how can you tell lies

[@ferdinant5]

Heey mede Surinamer!

[@emmanuel9035]

Be careful what the headline is. They always turn it around so that the African goes against the African. Ask the question, who initiated slavery?

[@r0ckstar666]

@Michael Yes, Amistad was sold by his tribesman to Portugese.

[@nicolesright4800]

The title should be African selling Hebrews.

[@kingdj2343]

Nigga you ain't no Hebrews you Africans

[@AT.inbetween]

Naw. That would dismiss the other hands in the barrel.

[@TrueCarbon]

@@AT.inbetweenwhat you said makes no sense

[@version736ha2]

This was a great series, they just don't make comedies like this anymore.

[@marcdewey1242]

I see nothing numerous about it.

[@version736ha2]

@@marcdewey1242 there are quite a lot of people in the show? Not clear what you mean

[@wgcds7jyg897]

@@marcdewey1242 There were numerous people in the show.

[@nunyabizniss3131]

@@marcdewey1242 Edit your comment

[@pierrerochon7271]

TROLL! MAGA

[@djwestbrook36]

I wonder how accurate this is? Is this the way they dressed and stuff etc? Then speaking in strong American accents throws me off

[@onyekaonwughai8521]

If they spoke their African mother tongue, how would you understand???. Please think before you talk......

[@tobiasstaley2144]

@@onyekaonwughai8521 No need to be rude to them

[@kagemaru259]

@@onyekaonwughai8521 The actors and actresses portraying the Africans likely wouldn't have had time to learn the native language during production.

[@derikwarren556]

@@onyekaonwughai8521 with subtitles. Think before you talk.

[@McCaff62]

When it was shown back in the 70s no one minded the accents that where used, it was a mind blowing series that opened your eyes at how cruel humans can be .

[@whereismyxanax]

"But??? You don't have to take my word for it..."

[@dannysantis2622]

I want to watch this again. Coz I was so young when this movie came out to public.

[@EbukaSamuel-ud1tq]

Please what is the name

[@dannysantis2622]

@@EbukaSamuel-ud1tq The "ROOTS"

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

The chieftain speaks English like an Oxford teacher.

[@anibalcesarnishizk2205]

@@snekki8153 You don't understand the irony, do you?.I know they spoke in their tongue.

[@snekki8153]

@@anibalcesarnishizk2205 i’m sorry i was 14 when i posted this and toxic af that’s my bad, ik the irony now

[@akeemgotze5137]

His name is Kunta Kinteh and he’s From The Gambia 🇬🇲 the smiling coast of West Africa

[@joeypartridge8389]

You realize this is a fake, stolen story right?

[@nunyabizniss3131]

@@joeypartridge8389 so what? That's still his name in the movie and that is where he was from

[@joeypartridge8389]

@@nunyabizniss3131 cuz folks acting like he was a real person. He wasn’t. This story is taken as fact when I fact Alex Haley stole the story From a white man and tried to pass it off as his ancestry! Lol

[@nunyabizniss3131]

@@joeypartridge8389 So what? 💁

[@dianeryan2440]

Best black movie ever, sorry my people had to go through this!!!!

[@nicegurl408]

I’m going to start showing my kids this.

[@rong165]

Why

[@sabirabdul-lateef5352]

Slavery was the basis for a world economy that all people made a profit from. Mankind is most greedy and treacherous for worldly gains. However, the transatlantic slave trade was taken to a NEW LEVEL by the European.

[@alsatian73]

The slaves were brought to the coast line from the interior Africa by rivaling african tribes to be sold to the Europeans for trade. Rifles. Gold, Gin, mirrors, etc. Look up Thomas Sowell.

[@danfuerthgillis4483]

And the Enslavement for 700 years of Southern Europeans to the Middle East by African Muslim Moors? Was that an achievement? That is what lead to the African slave trade to the Americas just 100 years later. It’s time to ask the Middle East why they are hiding their involvement in this slavery mess. What the Southern Europeans did to the African slaves was done to themselves for 1700 years, first by the Roman Empire then the African Moors who occupied Southern Europe and slaved it for 700 years up to 1492. Everyone was enslaved and everyone enslaved including all Africans no one is innocent not even the Natives of North and South America they all did the same thing throughout history which is to enslave and have no empathy for humanity…But I guess that’s how all Empires are built.

[@gestapo81]

are you fucking retarded? the Asian slave trade was 100 times greater than the European slave trade. The difference was, Asian slave trade was based on conquering and slaving, while the European slave trade was based on exchanging goods that the African slavers loved.

[@kingjacob1492]

There were Europeans and Arabs with them!

[@levelup2498]

Why are you here

[@newyorkersliverentfree]

Arabs were no different from whites

[@snekki8153]

Not all Europeans owned slaves, it was mostly Northern and a bit of Western Europe. The Balkans had nothing to do with slavery.

[@bosschedda_]

Ok and ?

[@snekki8153]

jay webster yep

[@glenda917]

at 53 i still remember this aired back then. truly amazing and ever so eye opening. Good to see him so young in the clip.

[@lasko24]

That music you hear starting at the 34 second mark seems to be in every movie from that time period

[@mofoheltahskeltah]

The most historically inaccurate movie about slavery that was ever created…African slaves were captured by Africans - the Ashantis, the Imbangalas..& many, many more. Europeans didn’t even step foot on the land as they would get malaria

[@AT.inbetween]

Too many pictures and other records say differently,

[@mofoheltahskeltah]

@@AT.inbetween pictures?? Of Europeans in Africa catching slaves…sorry that never happened. Only Arab slave raiders could catch slaves in Africa, Europeans did/do not have immunity to malaria. Still don’t to this day, they would have to get vaccinated first. It’s simple logic.

[@MarioHernandez-ng4qh]

"Wet chicken " lol

[@Lordsincere1]

He meant Wet dog 😂

[@Littlenik]

Lordsincere1 YES😂😂😂😂😂🥴

[@Cameron0718]

I say baloney

[@BabySonicGT]

Lol

[@ZackTuNan]

Who's here after Sheldon gave present " Roots " to human resources department? 😂

[@BKNeifert]

80s shows were the best. Always wholesome, with the right attitude.

[@KickAndDestroy]

Crazy to think in this day of age you can buy slaves in Lybia.

[@hamzaferoz6162]

Thank the democratic Revolution

[@jacksonheathen2092]

Slavery is still a thing in 2021. It might not be legal to cut your foot off. But having to work long & hard hours for barely enough money to survive is wage slavery.

[@AT.inbetween]

In America too!

[@NemesisEnforcer7]

It's ridiculous that people actually still believe, the book and miniseries are historically accurate?

[@mahroofhussain6860]

Very good story,,near to Very truth,of African Americans slavery,,,sad ☹️ but true part of history of the black people of today's American Africans,,,, from super power Pak 🌹🇹🇷♥️🇵🇰🌹✌️☝️

[@bigtaxrefund]

4:39 his scent remains in the air. it smells like WET CHICKEN.....lol...so true

[@jamescorbett3611]

yeah right - Africa was so advanced

[@belindabenard8693]

I love this movie i cried most of the time

[@dilipda8952]

Full Idea beautiful acting beautiful shooting thank you all the best

[@don8244]

What a genius Quincy Jones is. The music adds so much suspense to this scene, he's truly a masterful composer. So happy his production talents were globally recognized shortly after Roots with Michael Jackson's albums

[@archiefitzpatrick6966]

Africans selling ISRALITES

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

If you knew more about music, you’d know his production talents were WELL known LONG before roots and Michael Jackson.

[@user-rk4ey7wh9q]

​@@hillbillydeluxe27he said happy his talents were recognized GLOBALLY 🌏 after that .. meaning all over the World..maybe he knew already..comprehension is key

[@hillbillydeluxe27]

@@user-rk4ey7wh9q Quincy Jones was famous around the ENTIRE WORLD long before the tv show roots. And you’re correct, comprehension IS key, especially READING comprehension.

[@Wally-pu2hh]

He went from this to a commander on a starship

[@alexe7924]

All he needed was a fair shake.

[@DJSwezzleMusic]

I heard he was put into wage slavery flipping burgers at Wendys.

[@jacksonheathen2092]

Lieutenant commander Kunta LaForge.

[@armadahunter405]

Working for a living

[@joeyr2224]

Members of certain tribes sold members from other tribes Back then, there was no notion of race in the way it's currently conceptualized, since race in its modern form appeared in the 18th century with the classification of races. Historically speaking, people have identified with their tribe, or concepts along that spectrum. Whites don't refer to themselves as whites among themselves, they talk about their roots, French, German, Anglo-Saxon, etcetera. It is so for every people group. Hence, this notion that "Africans sold Africans" is misrepresentation of what occurred from the perspective of the people living in that time (at least the so called "Africans"). This narrative is pushed by the sons of the bloodthirsty colonizers, to try to take away the spotlight from the inhumane actions of their ancestors. God will judge and punish the unrighteous. Justice will be served, and what they have done to others will happen to them, as it as been written. Repent while you have time.

[@inspectortrackside7064]

Roots was one hell of a story and mini-series, unfortunately Ale Haley stole it from another book.

[@smilez3413]

firebird65 excuse me?

[@thtboyjosh_]

@@firebird6522 ???

[@joeypartridge8389]

He damn sure did. The book was called the African and it was written by a white man! Haley settled out of court and paid him $600,000!

[@bugandayennyaffebugandamyk9212]

Proudly an African

[@brendamstewart5883]

You've spoken the truth. Thank you very much

[@joartemis]

Was the most amazing thing i saw growing up makes you want to be more human. ppl are so cruel for gain.

[@nuclearwinter391]

"What can I say? To us it's a slime pit, but to them it's home." Geordi La Forge

[@glorialouiise]

The only slime pit was the Victorian times. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[@abrahamgeorge4104]

Can never forget Kunta Kinte, Kissy, Chicken George etc. It's notable that, I read the book during the late 70s

[@edwardturner4311]

Kunta Kinte was captured because he did exactly what the trainers warned them all not to do during manhood training.

[@pierrerochon7271]

No - He was captured because he was a slave!

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

Definitely wasn't Africans selling Africans ....but Africans selling Israelites!

[@hebrew26commandmentspower55]

@Giovanni Balbosa-Mc Intosh read " Babylon to Timbuktu " and " The 13th Tribe " by Arthur Koestler.... That'll give you better understanding

[@royalty2924Love]

I remember my aunt would sit and watch this movie over and over and over.

[@fatrickoculi6386]

Je n ai jamais oublié cette série Marquer dans mon imaginaire De mes neuf ans

[@southernprince6449]

Africans didn’t sell Africans, the Africans sold the Israelites. They look similar but are not

[@maleficusvictor9887]

WTF? The kingdom of Ghana, Mali and Congo dind't sold africans.

[@juju9682]

BRING IT OUT !! SO CALLED “BLACKS / AFRICAN-AMERICANS” ARE THE ISRAELITES & ARE WAKING UP

[@darkfallenangel96]

@@juju9682 We wuz jews n shiet

[@charliee_2603]

LET EM KNOW!

[@TrueCarbon]

europeans lie alot nobody in history has sold their own into slavery because you have the same skin color doesn’t make you the same you may have the same color but there is always a difference between the enslaved and enslavers

[@dynamics83]

Africans capturing Israelites should be the caption

[@krisztinasarkady-hart5988]

Are these ancient Greek philosophers or Africans?

[@oohweeoohwee9222]

What do you mean?

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

That’s the Reading Rainbow black guy?...

[@randomtraveler9854]

Yes

[@AT.inbetween]

It was STEALING!!!

[@oneafricaproject3801]

Only issue I had with this movie was, africans do not call them white men. They are actually called red men if u translated it literally to English

[@kinglo1307]

What you see happening here is in the (Bible) book of Joel 3:6 The blacks selling the African Americans are not the same people. these are Nilotic Africans, the Bible called them the tribes of HAM (Noah’s 2nd son) Moses was mistaken for a descendent of Ham (chronicles 1:8) in the book of exodus 2:18-19, also in the New Testament Paul was mistaken for an Egyptian (Acts 21:38-39). This proves the Jews were Black & so we’re the ancient Egyptians

[@sambeezy007]

Someone knows what they're talking about. Ham had slaves and made deals with Yapheth to continue selling, buying, and maybe trading the sons of Shem (Yisraelites). Deutronomy in my eyes with what you said.

[@michaelgaskell2031]

Slavery is about the most evil of things. Money

[@Kruppt808]

0:05 we have a free range flock of Guinea Fowls that live in our yard, between 30-40 of them. They are crazy loud.

[@Khalikhalzit]

They got 'the talk' before there were police.

[@brainkidshidhiofficial]

The white man is here😭😭

[@chrizzle6222]

Blacks sold their own people you know that yeah? But blame whitey that's easier

[@brainkidshidhiofficial]

@@chrizzle6222 What are they even doing in our land?

[@tjkeegan470]

@@chrizzle6222 why were they there?

[@vinsemi9734]

I always wondered why Eddie called Dinka ‘’roots’’ in The Barbershop 2. Now I know. I thot it was an L.A. gang movie.

[@Aarontlondon]

The wet chicken thing is so true 😂

[@allenkirkland1825]

If they was going to make a movie like this please make it right this movie is not right there's a bunch of lies in here

[@bdisaac1]

The Europeans never went inland to capture slaves….they waited in port for the Africans to bring them.

[@AT.inbetween]

Never? Records say differently

[@bdisaac1]

@@AT.inbetween records? You need to learn your history.

[@boulayegambi4064]

Kunta kenteh is from Gambia

[@ayishakelly8582]

yes

[@valuecalc]

His last name was "Kinte."

[@samstone8665]

No....it was made up by a guy who stole a book from another guy

[@valuecalc]

sam stone , I wonder about that... Haley had written for years. Why would he just pull that type of stunt when it is easy for someone to recognize another source?

[@valuecalc]

CaliforniaCheez , there is something fishy about the entire controversy.

[@cost2bboss]

Excellent movie 🎬 I was 9 when it aired. I remember having watched it and going to school that next week. Tension😠 in the air!😤🤣 Alex Haley got sued over the movie. There was a book that was similar called "the African" That being said. Great movie. Just remember most of our people were already here. We didn't come on the boat. We are indigenous

[@Thundralight]

Makes me ashamed to be part of the human species

[@PolPotsPieHole]

dont be, most people are good, always have been. Dont let the evil win, it wants you sad and ashamed

[@tonyebiere551]

well you can demand to be turned into a frog so we can see how you fare

[@mk3a]

Slavery began as early as the 3500-2000 B.C.

[@jamesdean4094]

Probably earlier, slavery is another terrible biproduct of war. Since the dawn of civilization there have been wars and most of the time the time, many of the losing side were enslaved or worse.

[@jamesbrandon8570]

Nigga at 4:15 was like “I’m gonna help sell y’all niggas”

[@nuclearwinter391]

damn, La Forge had a weird childhood.

[@femalesupremacistoverlord6800]

😂

[@rowlaanbennett7296]

this clip had to have come from a vhs tape 😎 #nostalgic

[@Adeon55]

You're probably right, but how can you tell? I didn't see any VHS squiggles :)