Download or read book They Came Before Columbus written by Ivan Van Sertima and published by New York : Random House. This book was released on 1976 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the skill of a novelist, Ivan Van Sertima reveals to readers compelling, dramatic, and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of Black Africans in ancient America. It is the marriage of twin crafts--the artist's and the scholar's--in a book that makes it possible to see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of Black Africans in Pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilization they found here.