content: Unlike another review I read, I found myself whizzing through the beginning of the story, which starts with Kunta Kinte's birth in Africa, and follows his growth until his capture. I found this to be the most interesting part of the book, for it is the history and culture that millions of Africans lost when they came to America and were forced to conform to the 'toubob' way of living.In the end of the book, as we got further and further away from the depth of the story, I found myself snoozing a little bit.Roots is an amazing story, and despite Haley's mistelling of some of the true facts, and his borrowing of some other writer's work, is a classic read.