<P> In The Gambia , West Africa , in 1750 , Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte ( Thalmus Rasulala ) , a Mandinka warrior , and his wife , Binta ( Cicely Tyson ) . When Kunta ( LeVar Burton ) reaches the age of 15 , he and a group of other adolescent boys take part in tribal manhood training , ending with a ceremony , after which they become recognized as men and Mandinka warriors . While trying to carry out a task to catch a bird and take it home unharmed , Kunta sees white men carrying firearms , along with their black collaborators . Later , while fetching wood outside his village to make a drum for his younger brother , Kunta is captured by black collaborators under the direction of white men . He is then sold to a slave trader and placed aboard a ship under the command of Capt . Thomas Davies ( Edward Asner ) for a three - month journey to Colonial America . During the voyage a group of rebels among the human cargo try but fail to stage a mutiny and to take over the ship . </P>
<P> In The Gambia , West Africa , in 1750 , Kunta Kinte is born to Omoro Kinte ( Thalmus Rasulala ) , a Mandinka warrior , and his wife , Binta ( Cicely Tyson ) . When Kunta ( LeVar Burton ) reaches the age of 15 , he and a group of other adolescent boys take part in tribal manhood training , ending with a ceremony , after which they become recognized as men and Mandinka warriors . While trying to carry out a task to catch a bird and take it home unharmed , Kunta sees white men carrying firearms , along with their black collaborators . Later , while fetching wood outside his village to make a drum for his younger brother , Kunta is captured by black collaborators under the direction of white men . He is then sold to a slave trader and placed aboard a ship under the command of Capt . Thomas Davies ( Edward Asner ) for a three - month journey to Colonial America . During the voyage a group of rebels among the human cargo try but fail to stage a mutiny and to take over the ship . </P>
who played kunta kinte 's father in roots
who played kunta kinte 's father in roots
Thalmus Rasulala
Thalmus Rasulala