A Tribute to Dr. Ivan Van Sertima
by Runoko Rashidi
www.cwo.com
With absolute certainty it can stated that, due to his consistent and unrelenting scholarship over the past twenty-five years in 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. Indeed, during this turbulent and exciting period, he has been in the vanguard of those scholars fighting to place African history in a new light. Simply put, Van Sertima's clarion call has been: "We shall follow the trail of the African in Europe, in Asia, and in every corner of the New World, seeking to set the record straight. This is no romantic exploration of antiquities. It is a search for roots."
Ivan Van Sertima was born in Kitty Village, Guyana, South America on January 26, 1935. He was educated at the School of Oriental and African Studies at London University where he graduated with honors. From 1957 to 1959, he served as a Press and Broadcasting Officer in the Guyana Information Services. During the decade of the 1960s, he broadcasted weekly from Britain to both Africa and the Caribbean. He came to the United States in 1970, where he completed his post graduate studies at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Dr. Van Sertima began his teaching career as an instructor at Rutgers in 1972, and he is now Professor of African studies in the Department of Africana Studies. Full Article : cwo.com
Dr. Ivan Van Sertima - For the People
Books By Ivan Van Sertima
 | Early America Revisited
by: Ivan Van Sertima
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1998-08-30
ASIN: 0765804638
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 | Contemporary Authors: Biography - Van Sertima, Ivan (1935-)
publisher: Thomson Gale
ASIN: B0007SFW12
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 | Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern (Journal of African Civilizations ; Vol. 5, No. 1-2)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1983-01-01
ASIN: 0878559418
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 | African Presence in Early America
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1987-01-01
ASIN: 0887387152
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 | Black Women in Antiquity (Journal of African Civilizations ; V. 6)
by: Ivan Van Sertima
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1988-12-31
ASIN: 0878559825
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 | They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America
by: Ivan Van Sertima
publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks, published: 2003-09-23
ASIN: 0812968174
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 | African Presence in Early Europe (Journal of African Civilizations)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1986-01-01
ASIN: 0887386644
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 | African Presence in Early Asia
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1987-01-01
ASIN: 0887387179
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 | The Golden Age of the Moor (Journal of African Civilizations, Vol 11, Fall 1991)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1991-01-01
ASIN: 1560005815
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 | Egypt: Child of Africa (Journal of African Civilizations, V. 12)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1995-01-01
ASIN: 1560007923
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 | Egypt Revisited (Journal of African Civilizations,)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1989-01-01
ASIN: 0887387993
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 | Great Black Leaders: Ancient and Modern (Journal of African Civilizations, Vol. 9)
publisher: Transaction Publishers, published: 1988-01-01
ASIN: 088738739X
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External Links
Republished with the kind permission of Indrias Getachew
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