They Came Before Columbus - Dr Ivan Van Sertima, Part 1

This video is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ivan Van Sertima who made is transition on May 25th, 2009. A celebrated classic, They Came Before Columbus, deals with a number of contacts -- both planned and accidental, between Africans and Americans in different historical periods. Evidence for a physical/cultural presence of Africans in Early America is methodically examined.

Dr. Van Sertima reveals to us a compelling, dramatic and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of black Africans in ancient America.

With his considerable scholarship, Van Sertima examines the facts of navigation and shipbuilding, the sources of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates, the scores of cultural analogies found nowhere else except in America and Africa, African languages and the transportation of plants, cloth and animals from Africa to the Americas. And from the diaries, letters and journals of the explorers themselves; from Carbon-14 dated sculptures found in the Americas; from the Arabic documents, charts, maps from the recorded tales of the griots to the Kings of Mali; from dated skeletons found as recently as 1975, the author builds his pyramid of evidence.

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[nazikiwe]

Just learned this existed today. When Listervelt Middleton died we were concerned the knowledge he shared weekly would be stifled. We are learning moor and moor each day about the true nature of the human race and its history...

No one ever truly dies until they are forgotten...long live Dr. Ivan Van Sertima and his work!!!

[mjrob1914]

Nazikiwe, thanks for your comment. Bro. Listervel Middleton's show "For The People" was instrumental in my transition. I was definitely inspired by it in putting together this Youtube Channel and some future endeavors that I have planned.

[swabes1]

People we are missing the point, this great man's work was not designed to increase the " my dad's bigger than yours" syndrome but to bring light on purposely hidden knowledge so that we are able to instill in others a desire for the truth, remember anything that relates to past will have its roots in Africa and all our present day positive technology, so please all this interlectual posturing is unnecessary just uphold the right

[holmesspot]

and what color was the so-called viikings they where african also do the reseach ..over time the anglo-saxon changed the apperance of the so-called viikings to what you see today..keep in mind that the entire world was african at one point..so the origin to every thing ancient will always be african or of dark nature this is fact there is no way around it ..to add to this i am not a racesist because there is only one race an anything out side of that are albinoes and mutantions ok..peace..hotep

[EuroCivilization]

@holmesspot

Great the Vikings were black but over time they became white.

[FullSwagSyceGame507]

@proniddie because its not true, thats why

[SundiataOfMali]

4:10 Looks very white.

Or Chinese.

Or Indian.

Or Native American.

Or...nah, forget it.

[TheRevolutionaryX]

We need to get to a point as a people to listen to and keep OUR-Story because it is manifest TRUTH as we know HIS-story is full of lies, half-truths, and deceit. Thanks for sharing this vid family

[123bigr]

@mjrob1914 Did you hear about the up coming show with this very title? It is coming on one of those history channels. It appears that they are willing to say columbus did not discover America,but they still want to say it was the Irish or vikings.

[logicsXx]

the olmecs were mixed with black and native americans cultures

[supermike2164]

Wow now I'm starting to understand why the KNOWLEGABLE whites fear the empowerment of the BLACK masses. Because when we learn the lessons of our past and how we were able to become conquered then our talents are naturally dominant on the planet earth

[vegetayy]

selam brother do u think that fard muhammad is the mahdi?

[tomorownevercomes1]

we all one poeple, but we get lied to, thats why ignorance becomes to racesim

[babiimalik09]

Listen Master Fard Muhammad is the son of man in the bible he is black peoples god and savoir to the world as a matter of fact.When you see those suits and bow ties and our women dressed in their garments most excellent is our savoir Master Fard Muhammad {to whom be praised forever}.Our community loves us and what we stand for Fard,Elijah,and Farrakhan.Your words are poison like an African asp.