Malick L. Manga and Invoice Haley, Jr., Alex Haley’s grandson, will probably be visiting The Gambia to have fun and acknowledge the awarding profitable e-book, “Roots.”
The seven milestone anniversaries surrounding the e-book and its ongoing cultural phenomenon is being revisited by means of a collection of initiatives. Necessary among the many milestones is a technological switch initiative in partnership with Inexpensive Human Wants (AHN) and Frontida Information as promotion to construct on the continued bond between Africa to America. Malick L. Manga and Invoice Haley, Jr., will probably be arriving in The Gambia on January 9, 2023, in celebration of their joint legacies to kickstart the brand new yr.
The yr 2022 marked seven milestone anniversaries surrounding the award-winning e-book, Roots, which was written by world well-known creator Alex Haley. The huge trajectory of “Roots” was fostered by Haley’s probability assembly with Ebou Manga, a Gambian scholar at New York’s historic Hamilton School who was a significant key to unlocking Alex Haley’s household lineage in West Africa. Manga later turned Haley’s Chief Gambian Technical advisor for the novel and subsequent miniseries franchise, all of which led to a titanic shift of cultural identification by African-People, and of the ties between Africans, African-People, and the African Diaspora, in accordance with a press launch.
“The Expertise Switch initiatives are a generational reward to the folks of The Gambia; an affirmation of our ‘Roots’ legacy; and the seven milestone anniversaries, which embrace the fifty fifth Anniversary of my grandfather and Ebou Manga’s inaugural go to to The Gambia,” stated Invoice Haley, Jr. “And, it’s the story of my ancestral descendant Kunta Kinteh.” Malick L. Manga reiterated, “These initiatives are a mirrored image of the deep craving we’ve got in connecting to our Roots, a celebration of our joint legacies however they’re additionally an answered name for these of us in The Diaspora to assist with the event of our ancestral homeland”
The Expertise Switch Initiatives to be mentioned will probably be centered on Sustainable Housing, Schooling, Healthcare, Agriculture and Cultural Tourism; all that are important sectors regarding the general improvement for The Gambia.
Manga and Haley plan on unleashing a collection of initiatives to the worldwide public sq. which celebrates and inform a brand new technology of their Roots Legacy and the significance of the African diaspora.
