One point that get my attention from the movie was changing names or giving a western name to the Africans after they were sold by their owner or master, not to allow to speak their language, and practice their religion. Name, language, and religion are connection to a culture, background, and Kunte Kint’ tribe. These are identity for a person or culture.
When millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their home country Africa and sold into American or Western society not only their freedom was destroyed, but their connection with African heritage was destroyed too. The African people who were entered the New World with their African names that represented their family heritage, their roots, and custom from their homeland. To be able to
When millions of Africans were forcibly taken from their home country Africa and sold into American or Western society not only their freedom was destroyed, but their connection with African heritage was destroyed too. The African people who were entered the New World with their African names that represented their family heritage, their roots, and custom from their homeland. To be able to