Trafficking of African people in Alex Haley's Novel Roots

Abstract

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (1921-1992) was born in Ithaca, New York. In hisancestral village of Juffure, Haley listened to a tribal historian recount how KuntaKinte, Haley's ancestor and the protagonist of his book, was captured and sold intoslavery. When Haley finally published Roots in 1976, it caused a national sensation.Haley always maintained that the goal of his writing, and that of his life was simply toadvance the oppressed cause of African people.The Paper aim at discussing the ideological and cultural perspectives oftrafficking African people. It attempts to expose the actual situation of slaved people,and their struggle to survive.The Paper is divided into two sections and a conclusion. The first section focuseson the definition of human trafficking. It is concerned with the emergence of African-American literature.Section two concerns itself with the life and works of Alex Haley. It focuses on theissue of slavery or trafficking African people presented by Kunta and hispredecessors in Roots.The conclusion sums up the findings of the Paper.