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BEFORE COLUMBUS, AFRICANS IN THE AMERICAS/

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BOOK, BEFORE   COLUMBUS,    HOW  AFRICANS BROUGHT  CIVILIZATION  TO THE AMERICAS. BOOK  SAYS THERE IS  EVIDENCE  THAT  AFRICANS SAILED TO THE  AMERICAS  BEFORE   COLUMBUS AND BEFORE CHRIST. ANCIENT   AFRICANS  FROM EGYPT AND WEST  AFRICA, TRAVELED TO AMERICA  BROUGHT CONTRIBUTIONS OF MATHEMATICS, WRITING, SOPHISTICATED CALENDAR,RELIGION  AND POLITICS/ BOOK   BY  GARIKAI  CHENGU/THERE ARE  OTHER BOOKS ABOUT THIS////OK,  SOMETHING  TO THINK    ABOUT  ON COLUMBUS DAY///


Ofcourse Blacks were coming here since before Columbus.

It was the Blacks (Moors) who showed the Spanish how to get here in the first place, lol.


Infact, one of Columbus's ships (The Nina or Nino) was named after the Black man who sailed with him and helped him get here and back....Pedro Nino

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They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America by  Ivan Van Sertima is a very popular book on the website, making our bestsellers list 11 times.

They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America. Examining navigation and shipbuilding; cultural analogies between Native Americans and Africans; the transportation of plants, animals, and textiles between the continents; and the diaries, journals, and oral accounts of the explorers themselves.

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