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They came before Columbus : the African presence in ancient America /

Van Sertima, Ivan.

They came before Columbus : the African presence in ancient America / Ivan Van Sertima. - Random House trade pbk. ed. - New York : Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2003. - xviii, 284 p. ; 25 cm.

Originally published: c1976.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction--Author's note--The secret route from Guinea--The visible witnesses--The mariner prince of Mali--Africans across the sea--Among the Quetzalcoatls--Mandingo traders in medieval Mexico--Black Africa and Egypt--The black kings of the twenty-fifth dynasty--African-Egyptian presences in ancient America--Plants and transplants--Smoking, tobacco, and pipes in Africa and America--The mystery of Mu-lan-p'i--Postscript on other finds.

0812968174

2003278224


Africans--History--America--To 1500.
Indians--African influences.
Black people--History.--America


America--Discovery and exploration--African.
America--Antiquities.

E109.A35 / V36 2003

970.01/9