Kintango in Roots

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Kintango in *Roots* is a character portrayed by Moses Gunn in the landmark 1977 television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s novel about African ancestry and slavery in America.

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instanceOf fictional character
television character
appearsIn Roots (1977 miniseries)
appearsInWorkBasedOn Roots: The Saga of an American Family
appearsInWorkBy Alex Haley
associatedWithTheme African ancestry
family heritage
slavery in the United States
basedOnHistoricalContext transatlantic slave trade
countryOfOriginInStory The Gambia
ethnicOrCulturalBackgroundInStory Mandinka
firstAppearance Roots, Part I (1977)
genreOfWork historical drama
slave narrative adaptation
languageOfPortrayal English
medium television
narrativeRole African elder
village leader
narrativeUniverse Roots franchise
originalNetworkOfWork ABC
partOfCastEnsembleWith Ben Vereen
Chuck Connors
Cicely Tyson
Ed Asner
Georg Stanford Brown
John Amos
LeVar Burton
Lloyd Bridges
Lorne Greene
Louis Gossett Jr.
Madge Sinclair
Maya Angelou
Olivia Cole
Ossie Davis
Ralph Waite
Robert Reed
Scatman Crothers
portrayedBy Moses Gunn
portrayedInCountryOfProduction United States
setInLocation West Africa
setInTimePeriod 18th century
workReceivedAward Golden Globe Awards (for Roots)
Primetime Emmy Awards (for Roots)
workRecognizedAs landmark American television miniseries
yearOfFirstBroadcast 1977

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Moses Gunn notableRole Kintango in Roots