## WORTH A VISIT

## Kuntah Kinteh Island

## The dark history of Africa

With a visit of this small inland island (until 2011 James Island) in the North Bank you’ll face the dark history of Africa. Documented as a historic place of West African slave trade the island was declared UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Kunta Kinte, one of the protagonists in 'Roots' has been shipped to slavery, according to the novel, from James Island to Maryland.