Margaret L. Armstrong - Roots chap 5.Mauretania lyrics

In his native country of Mauretania, Kairaba Kunta Kinte had thirty-five rains of age when his teacher, a master marbow, gave him the blessing that made him a holy man, said Grandma Yaisa. on p. 18 of the novel roots, the Mauretania region in acient North Africa corresponds to present day northern Moroco and western, cerntral Algeria. www.britanica.com/ebchecked/.../marabout