"[ canr praise America, and (heir overwhelming book enough I kept mv head over "C:ompreht'nslve and convmctng a big boost to VA. SE has in numerous Van Struma studies at Rmgm l 'nivmirv.
"[ canr praise America, and (heir overwhelming book enough I kept mv head over "C:ompreht'nslve and convmctng a big boost to VA. SE has in numerous Van Struma studies at Rmgm l 'nivmirv.
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"[ canr praise America, and (heir overwhelming book enough I kept mv head over "C:ompreht'nslve and convmctng a big boost to VA. SE has in numerous Van Struma studies at Rmgm l 'nivmirv.
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THEY CAME
Before
GOLUMBUS
THE AFRICAN PRESENCE
IN ANCIENT AMERICA
IVAN VAN SERTIMA
“Brilliantly, I think, [Van Sertima] has demonstrated that there is far
more to black history than the slave trade... . There is nggggetion
but that the book is a landmark.” —Joux A.W A“FASGINATING.” —The Adantic Monthly
"AN IMMENSELY IMPRESSIVE BOOK
WELL-WRITTEN AND GLEAR.” —
, I Mey Came Before Calunbus revels acconipelling, damaue sadlensebly
detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient
‘America: Examining navigation and. shipbuilding; cultural analogies beeween Native
‘Americans and Afficans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles berween the
continents; and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the explorers themselves, Ivan
Wan Seriina builds pyeanid of endence’te eappart his dim of an Altiean presence
in the New World centuries before Columbus. Combining impressive scholarship with
Z novelis’s gift riaorytelling, Wan Sertioa re-creates some off dhe mast poweilal scenes
of humar: history: the launching of the-great ships of Mali in x310 (owo hundred master
boats and two hundred supply boats), the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 131,
and many others. In Theo Came Before Columbus, we see clearly the unmistakable face
and handprint of black Africans in pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming
iinpacrion:the eviliracione dheyicnosannered.
“I can’t praise this book enough! I kept shaking my head over its power”
—Isumaet Reep
“Compreherisive and convincing ... 2 big boost 10 black culeural history.”
—Publishers Weekly
IVAN VAN SERTIMAY pioncering work in linguistics and anthropology has
appeared in numerous scholarly journals. Professor Van Sertima teaches Afro-American
studies at Rutgers University.
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IvaN VAN SERTIMA's pioneering work in linguistics and anthro-
pology has appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. He
is a regular contributor to the Inter-American Review, has pub-
lished a collection of poems, critical essays and a Swahili Dic-
tionary of Legal Terms, and has written on the subject of the
African presence in Pre-Columbian America for The New York
Times. Professor Van Sertima teaches at Rutgers University.