The 34th annual The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival was held Saturday in the grounds of Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis. Robin Monroe and her grandson Noah Maura, 4, dance to the ...

Kunta Kinte. Kinte was a character in Alex Haley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Roots, and later of a miniseries by the same name. Haley claimed his book was based on a real-life man who was ...

Considering the historical context of his life, viewers may be wondering if Kunta Kinte was a real person as Roots follows his family over the course of eight hours. Roots is based on Alex Haley's ...

The new Roots instead spends far more time with Kunta Kinte in Africa, as he goes through a coming of age ritual, and then his harrowing journey across the Atlantic in a slave ship's failed rebellion.

The rescheduled Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival returns to Annapolis on Saturday celebrating African American culture with music, dance, arts and crafts, food and children’s activities.

Ghanaian musician Kunta Kinte has shared a detailed account of the circumstances that led to his health challenges. In an interview on Asaasepa FM, Kunta Kinte addressed rumours that his stroke ...

Burton became a household name with his starring role as Kunta Kinte in the original miniseries based on Alex Haley’s novel about a family’s journey from Africa to U.S. slavery. The mini ...

Wesley Johnson, 11, who came to the festival with his Boy Scout troop, said he was surprised to learn that Kunta Kinte was a real man. The youth also was excited to meet Baltimore Mayor Kurt L.

A group takes a selfie at the event. The 32nd annual Kunta Kinte Festival, a celebration of the perseverance, education, and cultural heritage of Africans, African Americans, and Caribbean people ...