AFRCNA 0031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ivan Van Sertima, Ignacio Bernal, Canavalia Ensiformis
13 Oct 2015
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Africans in the early america/ the enslavement of africans. The african presence in ancient america they came before columbus. Ivan van sertima: maintains that africans were not only here but helped build the olmec foundation, which was a precursor to later civilizations. Alexander von wuthenau: in critical alignment with ivan, provided van sertima with sculptures that helped support and frame his argument. Ivan van sertima: unearths more evidence to substantiate his contentions, more olmec heads seen, clay sculptures with africanoid features. The olmec civilization is the parent civilization of meso- america forming the foundation for others. The van sertima thesis (part 1: maintains that they came to ancient america as nubians from the 25th dynasty of. The findings: examines the similarities of plants in africa and mexico. Among those he listed as transplanted are: the banana, bottle gourd, cotton, jack bean, yams and tobacco: linguistic evidence is offered as well showing similarities in egyptian and.
