Kunta Kinteh Island

North Bank Division · Gambia

Kunta Kinteh Island, Gambia
Photo: Justly Watson, director engineer - upload by Atamari on 2005-03-18, Public domain via Wikimedia Commons

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A small river island bearing the ruins of a fort central to the Atlantic slave trade on the Gambia River. Now a World Heritage site, it stands as a memorial linked to the story of Alex Haley's Roots.

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