dr ivan van sertima they came before columbus

The latter culture abandons many of their traditions and technology–if they had either to speak of before the contact–in favor of the former, which is viewed as the superior of the two by the scholars presenting the theory. In archaeology, this is known as a diffusionist theory–it suggests that, where two cultures exhibit key similarities (language, technology, religion, social stratification, etc.), a one-way transfer of culture transpired in which one community assimilated to the culture of another. Ivan Van Sertima reconstructed that lost history through decades of research.There is a claim that African explorers created the pre-Colombian complex societies of the Americas.

When Europe came to conquer both Africa and Latin America this history was erased. African empires and kingdoms were interested in exploration. Mesoamerican civilization was active before European contact. Sertima states the way history is studied must take a new approach. West African sailors and explorers like their European counterparts were looking for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus was attempting to get sponsorship from Portugal at first, but Spain was more willing to finance his voyage. Sertima bases his claim on the diaries of Columbus and Portuguese knowledge of African exploration. There was a possibility that sailors from Guinea reached Hispaniola. Olmecs produced large statutes in which their origin remains a mystery.

Using archeology and available documents Sertima provides a different perspective about the history of the Americas. The Cape Verde islands could have been a launching point for African voyagers. Ivan Van Sertima (1935-2009) makes the argument that Africans also made the journey across the Atlantic Ocean making contact. The Amerindian peoples of the Americas were the fist to discover and settle North and South America. There were visitors to the Americas before Christopher Columbus.

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Rigobert Bonne Map of Southeastern Africa (1770).Robert Koch’s Drawing From The Etiology of Tuberculosis (1882).

Dr ivan van sertima they came before columbus