Alex Haley's Roots: The Saga of an American Family encouraged black Americans to explore their past and helped to popularize oral history and family history in the United States. His writing reminds us that oral history recording taps into a vast, rich reservoir of oral traditions sustained through family, community and national memories.As a boy, Alex Haley spent his summers on his grandmother's front porch in Henning, Tennessee. listening to her and her sisters tell stories of the family's history back through the days of slavery. The "Furthest–Back person" they spoke of was an ancestor they called "the African," who was kidnapped in his native country, shipped to Annapolis, Maryland, and sold into slavery. He remembered hearing:"Yeah, boy, that African say his name was 'Kin-tay'; he say the banjo was 'ko,' an' the river 'Kamby-Bolong,' an' he was off choppin' some wood to make his drum when they grabbed 'im!"These stories stayed with young Alex throughout his life. And he became obsessed with finding his family's roots in Africa.With the help of some friends and a linguist from West Africa, he learned that some of the words in his grandmother's stories were like Mandinka words (a language spoken by some tribes), and that the river she spoke of as 'Kamby Bolong' was probably the Gambia River. Alex knew that he must get to the Gambia River.With the help of Gambian officials, he learned that a griot, or oral historian, knew the history of a Kin-tay family. Could this be his own family? Alex Haley began his own trip up the Gambia River to find out.
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The right answer is Fluency. This is defined as the skill to express oneself simply and coherently. It fascinates the reader because something fluent is easy to get as much as it is attractive, so it doesn’t get the reader bored instead it makes them want more about it.
The statement above is FALSE.
When Dustan was coming back home in the night, he decided to check Silas Manner in order to borrow a lantern and to also use the opportunity to talk to him about borrowing money. When Dustan got to Silas house, it met the room empty with a meat cooking on the fire. Dustan wondered if Silas is dead, he then looked for his money, took it and went out of the house quickly.
Answer:
B
Explanation:
tends to agree statement explain the deception.
