Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima was a Guyanese-born associate professor of Africana Studies at Rutgers University in the United States. He was best known for his Olmec alternative origin speculations, a brand of pre-Columbian contact theory, which he proposed in his book They Came Before Columbus.

Web Link Hits      African Egypy 5300 BC 30 BC - Dr. Ivan Van Sertima Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima (26 January 1935 – 25 May 2009) was a Guyanese-born ... While his Olmec theory has "spread widely in African American community, both lay and scholarly", it was mostly ignored in Mesoamericanist scholarship, ... 547      African History Revisited Egypt & the Americas Sankofa - Dr Ivan Van Sertima Van Sertima : ''The modern Egyptians have NOTHING to do with the building of the pyramids !!! " Amen. 533      Africans Moors Blacks In European History Pre History To Modern History - Dr Ivan Van Sertima The Master Teacher Dr Ivan Van Sertima Breaks it all the way Down...Africans whom the Europeans referred to as "Moors" ruled Europe for More than 7 Centuries; a time period they called the "Dark Ages"... 451      The Moors Hidden History - Dr Ivan Van Sertima How have the Moors influence the world. Dr. Ivan Van Sertima one of our greatest scholars.Dr. Ronoko Rashidi another one of our great scholars, should be studied. Much more to research is needed Untold hidden history. 587      African Origins of Egyptian Civilization - Dr Ivan Van Sertima Dr. Ivan V. Sertima; One of the Greatest Scholars of our Generation. I LOVE ALL OF HIS LECTURES. Wish he were still living. BLESSED LOVE, BLESSED MEMORY. AMEN. 2 447      African Presence in Early Asia - Dr Ivan Van Sertima Mr. Sertima is leaving out great details in India's history with regards to the black population... all of indias society was black until the indo-Scythians started infiltrating at the end of the Gupta dynasty... and to this day blacks still have pos 545      How the Moors Civilized Europe - Dr Ivan Van Sertima I used to raise my hand in highschool and college to asked about the Moors who rule Europenans and taught them navigating skill math science etc.. I would get ignored.. this is an excellent interview 559      Contribution to Diop - Dr Ivan Van Sertima This video is very informative inspirational to all Africans who want to raise their consciousness and power to defeat the white racist, enslavers, colonisers, and imperialists. 570      Egypt Revisited - Dr Ivan Van Sertima I give thanks for the time our brother Dr Ivan Van Sertima took to research and impart this knowledge that I too can learn about my history. 552      Blacks in America Before Columbus - Dr Ivan Van Sertima Stuff like this don’t get discussed on the History channel or National Geographic, unless Afrikans are shown running around half naked, or being all savage to one another. 579      Egyptian Science - Dr Ivan Van Sertima May 10, 1989 - Dr. Ivan Van Sertima speaks to a group on the science of the ancient Egyptians. 561      African Contributions to World Civilization - Dr Ivan Van Sertima 558      Great Black Thinkers - Dr Ivan Van Sertima 587      Afrikans in Science - Dr Ivan Van Sertima Opening quote:"I spent 4 years at the School of African and Oriental Studies, London University doing my first degree, and never once, never once in all those years did I learn did I learn anything about any African civilisation." 545      Afrikan History in America - Dr Ivan Van Sertima 560      Biography - Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (1935-2009) Throughout his career as a scholar and author, Ivan Van Sertima worked to transform the way people viewed and taught African history. Van Sertima was born on January 26, 1935, in Kitty Village, Guyanawhen it was still a British colony. 1338      A Tribute to Dr. Ivan Van Sertima The rewriting of African history and the reconstruction of the African's place in world history, particularly in the field of the African presence in ancient America, Ivan Van Sertima has cemented his position as one of our greatest living scholars. 528