They Came Before Columbus is a captivating, dramatic, and well documented account of Africans' presence and legacy in ancient America. Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries before Columbus by looking at navigation and shipbuilding, cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans, the transportation of plants,…
An overview of African or Black history that is comprehensive, critical, and balanced. There has never been a better overall treatise on the ancient and medieval history of Black people. In addition to an amazing and cutting-edge synthesis of archaeological data, documentary evidence, and historical linguistic research, the book is lavishly illustrated with high-quality images, maps, and drawings.
