The migration of Africans to the Americas makes sense, he said, because strong oceanic currents would have propelled their boats westward to Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. Everything has to come to the Americas. He gave other examples to support his claim that Africans pre-dated Columbus. The bodies, he said, were adorned with pre-Columbian native ornaments that originated in St. Thomas. These discoveries have nothing to do with whether Africans are superior or inferior, and I never said Africans founded American civilization.
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The latest discovery is Egyptian mummies, one of which was Ramses II, containing nicotine from America and cocaine from South America. He said the revelations have been dismissed by authorities who have a curious interest in preserving the myth of Columbus. It has caused so much confusion because cocaine found in mummies is the greatest challenge to the claim that Columbus discovered America. Van Sertima said that only recently are scholars beginning to discover the contributions made to civilization by African Americans and Africans, such as astronomical observations made 300 years before Christ and steel smelting machines developed before the 19th century. Back to the Campus Currents page.