African Presence in Early America

This volume presents what is presently known about the links between Africa and America before the age of Columbus. It makes a convincing case for pre-Columbian contacts between Africa and America before the era of the slave trade. The contributors draw upon the evidence of cultures in private collections and findings from excavations, and evidence of ancient African mathematics, astronomy, map-making, scripts, navigations, trade routes, pyramidal structures, linguistic connections, and technological and ritual complexes. The volume is profusely illustrated. Many readers will find the evidence presented here startling.

• Author
• Ivan Van Sertima

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 250

• Publisher
• Transaction Publishers

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780887387159

• Genres
• history, reference

• Release date
• 1987