Moorish culture-bringers: bearers of enlightenment / Jan Carew - The music of the Moors in Spain (Al-Andalus, 711-1492 A.D.) origin of Andalusian musical art: its development and influence on Western culture / Yusef Ali - The Moors and Portugal's global expansion / Edward Scobie - Africans in the birth and expansion of Islam / Mamadou Chinyelu - Cairo: science academy of the Middle Ages / Beatrice Lumpkin and Siham Zitler - The Egyptian precursor to Greek and "Arab" science / Ivan Van Sertima - An annotated bibliography of the Moors: 711-1492 A.D. Jackson - The African heritage & ethnohistory of the Moors: background to the emergence of early Berber and Arab peoples, from prehistory to the Islamic dynasties / Dana Reynolds - The Moor: light of Europe's Dark Age / Wayne Chandler - Moorish Spain: academic source and foundation for the rise and success of Western European universities in the Middle Ages / Jose V. Ivan Van Sertima (1935-2009) was professor of African studies at Rutgers University. Looking for books by Ivan Van Sertima See all books authored by Ivan Van Sertima, including They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America, and Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern (Journal of African Civilizations Vol. Brunson and Runoko Rashidi - The empire of the Moors / John G. The Moor in Africa and Europe: origins and definitions / Ivan Van Sertima - The Moor in Europe: influences and contributions / Ivan Van Sertima - The Moors in antiquity / James E. 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.Includes bibliographical references (p. Combining impressive scholarship with a novelist’s gift for storytelling, Van Sertima re-creates some of the most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats), the sea expedition of the Mandingo king in 1311, and many others. 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, Ivan Van Sertima builds a pyramid of evidence to support his claim of an African presence in the New World centuries before Columbus.
They Came Before Columbus reveals a compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Africans in ancient America.
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