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This "bold . . . extraordinary . . . blockbuster . . ". (Newsweek) begins with a birth in 1750, in an African village; it ends seven generations later at the Arkansas funeral of a black professor whose children are a teacher, a Navy architect, an assistant director of the U.S. Information... read more

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Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a manchild was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte.

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This book is in Books to Read in 2011. (community list)
This is book 114 of 214 in Best English-Language Fiction of the 20th Century. (authoritative list)

Preceded by Wide Sargasso Sea, and followed by Pale Fire.

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  1. Alex Haley (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Dell
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0-440-17464-3
Page Count: 729

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