Full name: They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America

Author: Ivan Van Sertima Year: 1976 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Cultures: Africa, African-American Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9780812968170 0812968174

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. Similar books: Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams Caliban's Shore by Stephen Taylor From Babylon to Timbuktu by Rudolph R. Windsor American Nightmare by Jerrold M. Packard Carthage Must Be Destroyed by Richard Miles Israel on the Appomattox by Melvin Patrick Ely American Uprising by Daniel Rasmussen The Bloody Shirt by Stephen Budiansky The Senator and the Socialite by Lawrence Otis Graham The Conquest of the Sahara by Douglas Porch Ebony and Ivy by Craig Steven Wilder All the Countries We've Ever Invaded by Stuart Laycock The Making of African America by Ira Berlin History of Africa by Kevin Shillington Fort Mose by Glennette Tilley Turner Pirates of Barbary by Adrian Tinniswood African Perspectives on Colonialism by A. Adu Boahen Forbidden Fruit by Betty DeRamus Spies of Mississippi by Rick Bowers Parting the Desert by Zachary Karabell