They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America (Journal of African Civilizations) Paperback – 23 Sept. 2003

This is what we need more of, the truth, real history, our story! Ivan Van Sertima delivers powerful, thought provoking facts equipped with illustrations, furthering the research and knowledge of the presence of Afar/Afer/Afre in Pre-Columbian times.The author gracefully speaks of the 'ancient' empires, that be of Kush,Kemet/Egypt, India, Mexico (Olmecs/Aztecs), Phoenicia and Asia, with historical links to African people through war, trade or various methods. Even down to what is considered ancient rituals, funery procedures, and the symbols of the old world in the new.This book is a must have, the scholarly, the importance to 'Aethiops/Blacks/Negros' mentioned within its contents and the importance for other people's to learn true history.

Since reading this awesome book I will share the following information acquired from They Came Before Colombus:Contrary to popular writings earlier voyages across the Atlantic were achieved by West Africans believed to be of the Mandingo tribe who arrived during the BC period until the 1300 era. These tribes arrived and provided their own agriculture whilst the others would practice trade as a living which would see them journey as nomadic tribes throughout central and South America. As traders, it would be impossible for these traders to have a settlement unlike the others who would arrive and cultivate the land and build their homes based on skills acquired in Africa to build and construct such homes in Texcoco's Mexico. The Mandingo traders however would find temporary residence where ever they went as nomadic tribes and would set up bases in hostile locations as their defense within the Americas. These were built in a circular way whilst having two gardens and a gate between the walls outside of their residence.The voyage to the Americas was assisted by two different types of currents. Those were the Guinea current and the Canary current. For now I will explain the first current focusing on just the guinea current and will update later on the canary current. This particular current was located on the Guinea coast and moved in an easterly direction continuously going out towards the sea where it would connect with the South Equatorial current. The Northern portion of the South Equatorial current would meet with the North Equatorial current located in the Mid Atlantic which was 25-50 degrees west latitude depending on the season. The amazing thing was that the Guinea current although it moved in the wrong direction always frequently and naturally met with the South Equatorial current which moved in the right direction. These two currents were known to be fast flowing and of course would compliment the speed of travel for boats used by Africans on their voyage towards the Atlantic during this pre- Colombus period.To support evidence that a civilization of Africans existed in Mexico, Olmec heads otherwise known as head stones were escavated in the year 1854 but due to limited methods in carbon dating it was impossible to conclusively date these stone heads made of clay at the time. But once the emergence of improved methods to dating had arrived by the 1960s these Olmec heads that weighed 4 -10 tons were dated back to 800-600 BC. Therefore we can conclude based on results from carbon dating that African's were in the Americas as early as the BC period. An historian by the name of Manuel Orozco Y Berra made reference to these Olmec heads in his book entitled Ancient History of the conquest of Mexico written in 1854.These Olmec heads resembled strong African features exhibited in their broad noses and thick lips assembled in these sculptures and were preserved and placed in galleries although it were not possible for all of these to be preserved.

One of Dr Sertima best research volume

overall okay.

Erudite, solidly researched text about contacts between africa and the americas long before the ”voyages of discovery”….useful, informative with great illustrations…should be/ought to be required reading in every classroom… highly recommended…

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One of the best book ever!! It summarises all the important information we need to know about Africa, it's civilisation / Kingdom and the hard work made by our ancestors.

love the book but see that the writer forgot to mention that those Africans were muslims ( most of west Africa and its population were muslims .....the same Africans were transmitted the art of navigation by the arabs that brought islam to the regionas for Christopher colombus and its so called discovery of what the west call the new world is simply a joke and most of the world know now that it was a complete lie ......how do you discover something that is already populated ....and something that has been found or travelled to by other amongst them the arabs / African muslims .......