Up until de late 1970’s, ah was neither “bought nor sold” on de significance of one’s ROOTS, until de airing of de popular television series “Roots,” The Saga of an Ameican Family, based on Alex Haley’s novel dat tells de skin-till-late-ting story of Kunta Kinte, the 18th-century African youth who was captured and sold into slavery. As foh me, my ROOTS are untraceable. Ah Grand-father was African born on de …