Genome-wide ancestry estimates of African Americans show average proportions of73.2% African, 24.0% European, and 0.8% Native American ancestry, according to The Genetic Ancestry of African Americans, Latinos, and European Americans across the United States study published by U.S. National Library of MedicineNational Institutes of Health. Additionally, they wrote that Van Sertima "diminishe[d] the real achievements of Native American culture" by his claims of African origin for them. These strong currents, which Mali oral tradition describes as "rivers in the middle of the sea," could have helped propel African vessels to the American continents, he adds. I noted before that Van Sertimas claims were flawed in some respects, but his arguments were still logical in certain respects and he did attempt to provide documentation for at least some of his claims even if at times the documentation he presented was misleading. Van Sertima accomplishes this through chapters relying heavily on dramatic storytelling. Barbour, who has studied more than a quarter million figurines from Mesoamerican areas cited by Van Sertima, said the depictions even more easily could portray facial types of native Americans, and no convincing evidence supports African influence on Mesoamerican architecture or culture. This book provides numerous arguments for the existence of black Africans in America before the start of the Atlantic Slave Trade. Hidden Colors also makes the argument that Africans were in the Americas before Columbus. 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Van Sertima asserts that this idea is false and explains how this belief developed. Van Sertimas main evidence for his claims regarding a pre-Colombian contact between ancient Africans (Nubians) and Olmecs rests on the supposed similarities between Negroid facial features and the colossal Olmec heads. But Van Sertima always defended his book. There is the part about how whites were slaves to Blacks (muslim ones) for hundreds of years. Of course I was taken aback by the bold claim. She also planned to publish a book of his poetry.[25]. What would the point of shipping Black Indians to Europe then to Africa and then back to America again be? Anthropologist-linguist Ivan Van Sertima has set ablaze a mini-controversy with his thesis that Africans set foot upon - and made significant cultural impact on - the New World 22 centuries before Columbus sailed into the West Indies. They can find a billion year old dinosaur bone but cant find any slave ships, B.o.B wrote in a 2017 Instagram post. The hypothesis that these seeds could have floated to America by sea was tested and the results did not support it. I may hear about anything from the cultural revolution, to ancient Chinese dynasties, to Genghis Kan. The launching of the expedition is recorded by Arab historian Ibn Fadl Allah al-Omari, according to Van Sertima. Moreover, the slave narratives all make it very clear that the enslaved population in the Americas came from Africa so much so that in Cuba some enslaved persons committed suicide, in hope that their spirit would return to Africa. Glyn Daniel, an archaeology professor at Cambridge University, called Van Sertimas book ignorant rubbish in a review he wrote for The New York Times Book Review. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Most average 5-year olds with decent critical thinking ability can spot the cracks in the theory. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. The Olmec associated volcanic rocks and the like with symbolic importance, and so, they carved their sculptures out of them due to this. There is a lack of evidence for his claims and, the evidence he claims lends credence to his outlandish claims falls short since we know the origins of what convinced him that there was an ancient African presence in Mesoamerica. The mapmaker, Martin Waldseemller, named the New World "America," after the Italian Amerigo Vespucci, who had explored the coastline of South America and was the first to realize that it was a . This view, of course, is seen as highly fringe in the field of anthropology. Probably Columbus did not believe this, and that fact in itself would not be enough because the so-called Black people could be any people. (Van Sertima, 1972: xiv; They Came Before Colombus). How about that. 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. I can only assume that Van Sertima is largely responsible for this line of thinking which was largely debunked then and is especially debunked today . Intertribal slavery amongst the Indians was universal and transitioned easily with European interest. Evidence indicates that humans originated in Africa. So total is the Euro-Americans onslaught on black people that . Learn how your comment data is processed. Van Sertima was among those who argued that the Olmec had African origins, whereas others such as Mike Xu have argued that the Olmec civilization has Asian roots. (renews at {{format_dollars}}{{start_price}}{{format_cents}}/month + tax). Van Sertimas research points to the Negroid features of giant stone heads in Mexico, our of which have been radiocarbon dated at 814 B.C. Van Sertima uses written, archaeological, and cultural evidence to support his thesis. All of these claims are incrediblewhich means that they deserve incredible evidence in order to verify them. The two likely were not even alive at the same time period. For example, whereas Van Sertima argued that Africans influenced the civilization of the Americas, Clyde Ahmad Winters goes further by suggesting that Africans founded the Olmec and all other major American civilization, which is a claim that Van Sertima never made. Van Sertima was convinced there was a connection between ancient Africa and the Americas. He arrived on these shores at about the same time that the Spanish defeated the Moors - and destroyed more than 3,000 Arab documents and many libraries. There is far more to Black history than the slave trade alright. I really have no idea. However, some of the biggest resting points of his theory attribute Mesoamerican pyramids, mummification, symbolism, mythology, calendar technology, and much of the art to African influence and guidance. In addition to his creative writing, Van Sertima completed his undergraduate studies in African languages and literature at SOAS in 1969, where he graduated with honours.[6][7][8]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "Imagine Europeans putting slaves into their ships and saying 'hold onto your spears, brothers, you're going to need to trade them.' Van Sertima tells of the emergence of the Mali kingdom and its seafaring ventures, thus providing evidence for sailing capabilities of West Africans. Van Sertima even argued that in several writings Columbus suggested that Africans were in the Americas before he was. I have, 2600 words What do normativity and intentionality mean? Van Sertima answers that Africans were indeed sailors, that a division of Negro sea captains and mariners is reported to have been in the Egyptian navy of the 19th dynasty and the East Africans sailed between their countries and China in the 13th century. Polynesians/Melanesians went to the Americas before Columbus. (LogOut/ The journal required that reprints must include the entire article and would have had to include the original authors' response (written but not published) to his response. Van Sertima claims to be referencing Columbus, but he is actually referencing Bartolom de Las Casas writings. [15] One could do worse. When evidence came out refuting Van Sertimas storytelling, he concocted an ad hoc hypothesis to save his hypothesis from immunization. . A celebrated classic, They Came Before Columbus, dea. Also, some other West African countries had been known to both fish by boat and sail. Columbus is not just a man, he is a symbol. Politically correct labels have been applied to other races in the past and since Indians are always the last to be labeled for anything, I suppose our time has come. Van Sertima married Maria Nagy in 1964; they adopted two sons, Larry and Michael. "They couldn't be slave blacks," he said. The others are unidentified. Unfortunately, the scholarship that he has inspired has tended to be of a worse quality than Van Sertimas was. Both men supported their artistic theories with slides of the sculptures and modern Africans and Middle American Indians -- leaving the audience to decide for themselves between truth and the appearance of truth. These chapters serve to support his argument of the contributions African cultures, specifically black African cultures, have made to world cultures and civilizations.[15]. Many historians have worked at debunking the They Came Before Columbus and Africans Were Already In America myth. If there were an African presence in the Americas, he asked, "why do we not find more African stylistic artifacts?". After being told that he couldn't do a series on African writers because there was no African literature. Even Van Sertima himself admits that the people who were trading these spears could be dark bronze people from South America as opposed to African. [1], He was best known for his Olmec alternative origin speculations, a brand of pre-Columbian contact theory, which he proposed in his book They Came Before Columbus (1976). Van Sertima also makes it appear that after the Nubians made contact with the Olmecs, that their civilization almost instantaneously appeared. Barbour of the University at Buffalo. Van Sertima also includes photos of an African man and woman for comparison, but he does not include pictures of inhabitants of the area where the artifacts were found. And he started work, using his own money. Also, Van Sertimas case could be strengthened if statues and art known to intended to depict Native Americans were also shown in comparison. This video is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Ivan Van Sertima who made is transition on May 25th, 2009. Zinn perpetuates Koning's smears. According to Dr. Van Sertima, whose book "They Came Before Columbus" (Random House, 1976) suggests Africans were in the New World before Columbus's journeys, the mainstream of academia. [6] Also in 1979, Van Sertima founded the Journal of African Civilizations, which he exclusively edited and published for decades.[6][12]. Van Sertima quit and wrote the series for an independent company. [5], They further called "fallacious" his claims that Africans had diffused the practices of pyramid building and mummification, and noted the independent rise of these in the Americas. Reportedly, from American historian and linguist Leo Weiner of Harvard Universitys book Africa and the Discovery of America (Ill have to add that one to the list too) in one of Columbuss journals there is an account of a statement by the Native Americans saying that they had encountered black people prior to the arrival of Columbus. There is also a vast body of knowledge to be uncovered about Africa and America. In this book, Ivan Van Sertima explores his theory that Africans made landfall and had significant influence on the native peoples of Mesoamerica, primarily the Olmec civilization. In 1997 academics in a Journal of Current Anthropology article criticised in detail many elements of They Came Before Columbus (1976). In Chapter Four, "Africans Across the Sea", Van Sertima explores numerous ways that he claims Africans could have travelled by boat to South and Central America. Last week came purported evidence that the Chinese admiral Zheng He sailed his great fleet of junks round the world a century before Columbus, Da Gama and Magellan. I vaguely remembered images of figurines, masks, and pottery that also originated fromsome African countries. Many historians have worked at debunking the "They Came Before Columbus" and "Africans Were Already In America" myth. Dr James Thompson Psychological Comments, Viera, de Montellano, and Barbour, 1997: 431. In 1977, Van Sertima wrote "They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America," a controversial book now in its 21st printing. Experts have determined that the gourds floated across the Atlantic and washed ashore in the Americas to be adopted by Mesoamerican cultures. Some paint themselves white, others red, and others of what color they find. Your email address will not be published. THEY GAME GOLUM BUS The African Presence in Ancient America Ivan Van Sertima Ncruma] has demonstrated that there is far more to hlach history than the trade. This view, of course, is seen as highly fringe in the field of anthropology. Professor Ivan van Sertima, They Came before Columbus A review by Femi Akomolafe, 19 January 1995. There are similarities between the Mandingo god the Dasiri of the Bambara and the god Quetzalcoatl of the Olmecs. In Koning's telling and in Zinn's, Columbus set out to enslave a uniformly gentle people for the sole purpose of enriching himself with gold. 'Roots' goes back to the time when the damage was beginning. All human behavioral traits are, 4150 words Introduction It is claimed that genes (DNA sequences) have a special, privileged role in the development of all traits. I don't buy it. Van Sertima claimed that Bakari II had a fleet of ships and set off from the west coast of Africa across the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico and influenced the Vera Cruz region of what is now modern-day Mexico. He posited that higher learning, in Africa as elsewhere, was the preserve of elites in the centres of civilisations, rendering them vulnerable in the event of the destruction of those centres and the loss of such knowledge. [15], A chapter is also devoted to the presence of bottle gourds originally from Africa found in ancient Mesoamerican graves. ", Van Sertima said he didn't travel much to research the book. here is no question but that the book is landmark." John A- Wi am. Also according to Polish craniologist Wiercinsky 13.5% of skeletons in a pre-classic Olmec cemetery of Tlatilco were negroid which decreased in percentage over time, indicating intermixture with the native population over time. [1], Van Sertima retired in 2006. Are some Black Americans trying to distance themselves from Africa and rewrite history by ignoring such evidence as DNA? In 1977, Van Sertima wrote "They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America," a controversial book now in its 21st printing. As the dogma slowly gets pushed out of science and history we are coming to realize that people of all. [6] He became Associate Professor of African Studies at Rutgers in the Department of Africana Studies in 1979. In Chapter 5, called "Among the Quetzalcoatls", Van Sertima narrates the arrival of Abu Bakr II to an Aztec civilization in Mexico in 1311, describing the Mali king as "a true child of the sun burned dark by its rays" in direct and explicit comparison to the Aztec "sun god" Quetzalcoatl, as Van Sertima writes. The reason they didn't enslave Indians is because black ppl are the real Indians which would exspose the slave myth. Columbus never claimed that he saw black people in the Americas. In doing this, primary source anecdotes are often the evidence cited by Van Sertima combined with inference and exaggeration, though he implies to his readers that the narrative is based in fact. This technique, as well as the ambiguity of the evidence Van Sertima used, have led to the rejection of his work as pseudoscience or pseudoarchaeology. No man who believes his history began with slavery can be a healthy man. Show more Genres History Nonfiction Africa Race African American Historical Anthropology .more 284 pages, Paperback First published January 1, 1976 Weiant, who had a PhD in archaeology, also wrote numerous articles on extrasensory perception and was an active member of the. When you push one door, other doors begin to open.. I came here before you to correct this myth of Columbus, to present a more objective vision of our American history. In his famous book, They Came Before Columbus, published in 1976, anthropologist-linguist Ivan Van Sertima, a Rutgers professor, claims that African influences can be found in a wide range of cultural similarities between Africa and the ancient Americas. "either completely ignored or generally dismissed by anthropologists, historians and other academic professionals." Wow, so you (your black ancestors) got there before the Indians and the Europeans? For example, Van Sertimas claims that the Olmec heads are Negroid due to the broad flat noses runs into a major problem: nose shape is dictated by climate; the climate of Mesoamerica and Africa is similar; the function of nose shape is to moisten air before it goes into the lungs; therefore, since climate is dictated by nose shape and the climate of Mesoamerica and Africa is similar, then they have similar-shaped noses due to the climate they lived in. "Some of these voyages are designed or planned; some are accidental," he said. Van Sertima's Journal of African Civilizations was not considered for inclusion in Journals of the Century. The accounts of people such as Christopher Columbus himself, Spanish travelers, and Herodotus, though, are harder to debate. It was with the coming of Columbus that the twilight of the red and black races began. However, their African ancestors had survived relatively dark-skinned (carrying the old haplogroup C) in Oceania for over 100,000 years Continue Reading More answers below Rasager Aa Yeah, they forget about the actual red dark Indians in India. 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In addition, there are stories of Egyptian mariners. 1. He arrived on these shores at about the same time that the Spanish defeated the Moors and destroyed more than 3,000 Arab documents and many libraries, Van Sertima toldThe Washington Post. Im pretty sure I had taken a World History course before. Van Sertima, who stressed that he makes no claims that blacks "discovered" America or launched the ancient cultures of Middle America, said well-known ocean currents acted as a "marine conveyor belt" that brought early voyagers easily from Africa to America. [5] Instead, Van Sertima replied to his critics in "his" journal volume published as Early America Revisited (1998). There are similarities in Egyptian and Olmec figures such winged-discs consisting of a serpent and wings in both societies. Any other significant information about the history of my people tended to start with, we were slaves. Theres not a shred of evidence to prove this. Van Sertima makes this claim at the very beginning of the video below. With that being said, the narration isnt the best that Ive heard. Sources of information on such misconceptions and strategies for helping students to overcome them are . These people essentially provide written testimonies that support Van Sertimas thesis. He talks about the risk factors for Bitcoin as an investment asset including origin risk, speculative market structure, regulatory, and environment. The truth is that Black Indians were shipped from America to Europe! Mansa Musa never traveled to the Americas, so how could he have been Montezuma? Moreover, how would he have known? Van Sertima claims that the Mixtecs and Aztecs were influenced by Bakari II. In this book, the author presents evidence and arguments for the existence of black Africans in America before the arrival of Columbus and the beginning of the Atlantic Slave Trade in 1492. This doesnt seem to be an official recording. This statement is horribly misinformed. Apparently she had read the the book They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America (Journal of African Civilizations) by Ivan Van Sertima and was buying what he was selling. They also claim slave ships are a myth. [5] They further noted that in the 1980s, Van Sertima had changed his timeline of African influence, suggesting that Africans made their way to the New World in the 10th century B.C., to account for more recent independent scholarship in the dating of Olmec culture. Dwayne is the author of Kingdoms and Civilizations of Africa and several other books on African and African Diaspora history. The researchers wrote a systematic rebuttal of Van Sertima's claims, stating that Van Sertima's "proposal was without foundation" in claiming African diffusion as responsible for prehistoric Olmec culture (in present-day Mexico). brilliantly [demonstrates] has that there is far more to black history than the slave trade."John A. 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