All of the trails and tribulation he went through in his life was enough to break any man,but not him.When he became a slave on John Waller farm his strength was tested. On the farm the slaves got identified as a different name then they arrived with. Elizabeth Waller decided to name Kunta Kinte Toby, but he refused. If he was to go by the name Toby then he would be denying where he came from and his life as a mandinka warrior in Juffure,West Africa. So Connelly the overseer of the farm whipped him saying “Your name is Toby.Now tell me your name.” until Kunta Kinte finally said Toby. Now you might be thinking he was defeated because he gave in, but it takes real strength to do something that defies who you really are
All of the trails and tribulation he went through in his life was enough to break any man,but not him.When he became a slave on John Waller farm his strength was tested. On the farm the slaves got identified as a different name then they arrived with. Elizabeth Waller decided to name Kunta Kinte Toby, but he refused. If he was to go by the name Toby then he would be denying where he came from and his life as a mandinka warrior in Juffure,West Africa. So Connelly the overseer of the farm whipped him saying “Your name is Toby.Now tell me your name.” until Kunta Kinte finally said Toby. Now you might be thinking he was defeated because he gave in, but it takes real strength to do something that defies who you really are