Brief synthesisKunta Kinteh Island is a small island in the Gambia River which joins the Atlantic Ocean. Kunta Kinteh Island and Related Sites form an exceptional testimony to the different facets and phases of the African-European encounter, from the 15th to the 19th centuries. The property includes Kunta Kinteh Island Fort and a series of sites associated with the early European occupation of the African continent. The festival usually devotes a daylong spiritual pilgrimage to Kunta Kinteh Island and the Albreda-Juffureh area. To the visitors the property has symbolic and emotional significance, as a visit to Kunta Kinteh Island is a pilgrimage to their roots.