(« HISTORY AND FACTS »):(BACK TO « ALEX HALEY’S BOOK AND FILM ENTITLED (ROOTS) IN THE (80S)!
-(« A MAN WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS CULTURE, PAST HISTORY AND ORIGIN IS LIKE A TREE WITHOUT ROOTS », THE GREAT « MOSA MARCUS GARVEY » MADE IT CLEAR IN HIS OWN WORDS IN THE (1930S)!IN THE SAME TREND, A GREAT AFRO AMERICAN WRITER CALLED « ALEX HALEY » USED HIS PEN AS A HISTORICAL REMINDER TO REAFFIRM HIS ROOTS AND AFRICAN IDENTITY, THROUGH THE WORTHY ACHIEVEMENT RELATED TO A FAMOUS BOOK AND FILM ENTITLED (« ROOTS ») IN THE (80S) THAT GAINED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AND FAME SO FAR!
-(BACK TO ROOTS IN « GAMBIA »(WEST AFRICA) FOR AN AFRO AMERICAN WRITER AND INTELLECTUAL (« ALEX HALEY »)
BASICALLY, THE BOOK AND FILM(ROOTS)STAND FOR A DEEP INTELLECTUAL RESEARCH GROUNDED IN AN EAGER AND PRECEDENTED WILL FOR TO GO BACK TO HIS AFRICAN ROOTS FOR MANY YEARS, ON INTELLECTUAL GROUNDS!A GREAT JOB INDEED, AS FAR AS THE SENSE OF THE AFRICAN HISTORY IS CONCERNED!
DOWN THE LINE, HE WORKED OUT ON HIS ANCESTORS BLOODLINE IN (« GAMBIA »)( BOLONGO)( WEST AFRICA), WHERE HIS ANCESTORS ORIGINATED DURING FOUR HUNDRED YEARS OF SLAVERY!MORE DECADES LATER, « ALEX HALEY’S FATHER’S LAND,(GAMBIA) SEEMS TO BE ON A TRUE DEMOCRACY ROAD IN WEST AFRICA!FURTHERMORE, HE MIGHT BE WITHOUT DOUBT GLAD AND PROUD IN HIS AMERICAN GRAVE!
(FROM THE CHIUEF AND MANAGING EDITOR)(YVES T BOUAZO)(« IMAGE »: « ALEX HALEY »)