They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America (Journal of African Civilizations)
“A landmark . . . brilliantly [demonstrates] has that there is far more to black history than the slave trade.”—John A. Williams
They Came Before Columbus reveals
a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the
presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation
and shipbuilding; cultural analogies between Native Americans and
Africans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles between
the continents; and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the
explorers themselves, Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to
support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries
before Columbus.
Combining impressive scholarship with a
novelist’s gift for storytelling, Van Sertima re-creates some of the
most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships
of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats),
the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 1311, and many others. In They Came Before Columbus, we
see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of black Africans in
pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the
civilizations they encountered. BUY IT HERE NOW!
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Ivan Van Sertima
Ivan
Gladstone Van Sertima was a Guyanese-born British associate professor
of Africana Studies at Rutgers University in the United States.
He was best known for his Olmec alternative origin speculations, a brand
of pre-Columbian contact theory, which he proposed in his book They
Came Before Columbus. Wikipedia
Born: 26 January 1935, British Guiana
Died: 25 May 2009, Highland Park, New Jersey, United States
Spouse: Jacqueline Van Sertima (m. 1984–2009)
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