Babs Olusanmokun plays Kunta Kinte’s dad Adore. Roots shows how Kunta never seen himself as a slave, but as an enslaved man, and it resonates today, some of those battles are absolutely being fought right now. Roots traces the life and legacy of Kunta Kinte - kidnapped from his home in Africa in the mid-1700s and sold into slavery in America, his name has become ingrained in global culture as the slave who fought back. Listen to the interview above.
Babs Olusanmokun plays Kunta Kinte’s dad Adore. Roots shows how Kunta never seen himself as a slave, but as an enslaved man, and it resonates today, some of those battles are absolutely being fought right now. Roots traces the life and legacy of Kunta Kinte - kidnapped from his home in Africa in the mid-1700s and sold into slavery in America, his name has become ingrained in global culture as the slave who fought back. Listen to the interview above.
