Q: In this task, you are given a context paragraph, a question based on that and corresponding answer of a question. Your task is to generate supporting fact/knowledge from context paragraph which helps in answering a given question.
Kunta Kinte ( 1750 1822; ) is a character in the novel "" by American author Alex Haley. Haley claimed that Kunta Kinte was based on one of his ancestors: a Gambian man who was born in 1750, enslaved and taken to America and who died in 1822. Haley said that his account of Kunta's life in "Roots" was a mixture of fact and fiction. The extent to which Kunta Kinte is based on fact is disputed. Question: LeVar Burton plays Kunta Kinte in a miniseries based on a novel by what authro? Answer: Alex Haley
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Kunta Kinte 1750 1822; is a character in the novel by American author Alex Haley.