The achievement of man in the arts and sciences. The world’s great civilizations, and to the contribution of Africa to The Journal of African Civilizations is dedicated to theĬelebration of black genius, to a revision of the role of the African in Stage it has occupied in Eurocentric histories and anthropologies of the It, therefore, removes the “primitive” from the center It is the only historical journal in the English-speaking world whichįocuses on the heartland rather than on the periphery of AfricanĬivilizations. The African Presence in the Art of the Americas Some of the volumes of the Journal include: Van Sertima is also the editor of the Journal of African Civilizations Ben” Ben-Jochannan, andĭr Van Sertima’s Reading ListDr. In They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America, which was reprinted over 20 times, Van Sertima defends this highly controversial thesis before the Smithsonian, which has recently published his address.Ĭheck out the reading list compiled by Dr. He is the editor of the Journal of African Civilizations, and has edited numerous recent books including African Presence in Early America, Great African Thinkers, and Great Black Leaders: Ancient and Modern. Holte Prize for excellence in literature and the humanities relating to the cultural heritage of Africa. In 1977 he wrote They Cameīefore Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America, for which he won the Clarence L. Ivan Van Sertima (Januto May 25, 2009) isĪ literary critic, linguist, anthropologist, and writer.
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