Image Size: 22"x17" | Kunta Kinteh Island, formerly known as St. James Island, is a significant historical site in The Gambia. It served as a crucial way station during the transatlantic slave trade, where enslaved individuals were held before being transported to America. The island is particularly renowned as the reputed birthplace of Kunta Kinteh, a character immortalized in Alex Haley's novel "Roots." Kunta Kinteh’s story symbolizes the struggle against enslavement and the quest for identity, making the island an important site for understanding the impacts of slavery and the resilience of those who endured it.