ROOTS

An excellent remake of a classic. This is a type of historical fiction, but also incorporates authentic experiences of the enslaved, which can be found in many slave narratives. It is at this point in history that we concern ourselves with the true stories of the people who lived to tell of this nightmare. Whether a white historian thinks it's plagiarized is irrelevant. What we know from our oral history is that this was the norm and the average, and perhaps much worse. Roots reminds us of this time.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. It compares favourably with the original 1977 version that I watched as a teenager. This new version went into more detail about the African culture, with particular emphasis on the fact that Africans were selling other Africans into slavery, a fact that appeared to have been glossed over in the original series. The new version omitted the aftermath of the American Civil War, which had the Ku Klux Klan as part of the story. I found the background music to be quite appealing. This series was a good use of my time and money.

Great. But please remember most genuine historians will tell you it's plagiarized from a novel titled The African. It does accuratly depict the horrors of slavery, I don't dispute that, but it's fiction.