It is a busy weekend with fun for all ages, everywhere. The 27th Annual Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival returns to City Dock on Saturday with a celebration of West African heritage. At the place where ...

Chicken George and his loved ones have finally gotten the freedom that Kunta Kinte fought for in Part 4 of Roots. Attitudes towards Black people are not much different across the sea in England.

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (WJZ) -- The Kunta Kinte Heritage Festival will return to City Dock this weekend for its 31st year. The festival celebrating the perseverance, education and cultural heritage of ...

A few years ago, Malachi Kirby, who plays Kunta Kinte in the new version of “Roots,” was given a box set of the original 1977 series by his mother, who told him he should watch it. It took about a ...

Malachi Kirby says it was literally a spiritual journey to take on the iconic role of Gambian warrior Kunta Kinte in the History Channel's daring remake of the 1977 mini-series, Roots. Subscribe to ...

Senegal, pictured here, and Gambia, portrayed in the new "Roots" miniseries, were the point of origin for most of the slaves that were brought to New England. (Carolyn Kaster/AP) The original Roots, ...

Strangers locked arms and formed a semi-circle on the Anne Arundel County Fairgrounds Sunday, pouring water in the soil and shouting out names of the dead. The traditional African libation ceremony ...

"Thank you, Alex Haley for fulfilling the fullness of your destiny and sharing your family’s story with all of us," the actor says. By Ryan Parker Former Senior Reporter LeVar Burton on Saturday ...