The Europeans wanted all the credit to themselves. First, they deny African history and say that their history matters in the African continent. Second, we see the Europeans twisting history to justify their colonization and slave trade to countries, especially African states. They even go further and say that ancient Greece was the cradle of civilization, and yet Greece borrowed so much from the Egyptian civilization. Let us find out if pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the Americas.
We see another instance whereby the same Europeans are not considering the fact of a pre-Columbian African presence in the Americas. Through the stories of African explorers such as Estavanico and more pieces of evidence, we believe that there was a pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the Americas.
According to history, these explorers seemed to have discovered the new world before the Italian explorer (Columbus). The black Africans were in connection with the exploration of the Americas.
The following is proof of the pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the Americas. However, before we proceed, it is important to understand better about the new world myth and the meaning of the pre-Columbian era.
#1 What is Pre-Columbian?
This relates to the history of the Americas before the arrival of Christopher Columbus way back in 1492.
#2 The New World Myth
America’s popular history talks of a pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the new world or Americas. In the history of America, the term new world lies in the European being the 1st to settle, and before Columbus, there were no other settlements.
There is also a talk of Columbus discovering the Americas. This has also led to the emergence of a false narrative that justifies the idea that Europeans discovered the Americas and had a greater right to its control.
The thing that Columbus did was to open up the new world to permanent settlements coming from the European region. Some scholars say that Columbus did not discover the Americas. Evidence shows that Africans had always been going back and forth in America and Americans were likewise going to Africa. That is where we bust the new world myth of Europeans discovering the Americas. Through the evidence of the occurrence of international exchange of people before Columbus, we fully support the pre-Columbian African presence in the Americas.
Ivan Van Sertima, a professor, outlines the link between the Olmec people and ancient Nubia. He also talked of exchanges happening over 2500 years ago. People know him for his Olmec alternative origin speculations, which he suggested in his work (They Came Before Columbus).
Again, here we see Ivan trying to relate to what we stated earlier concerning international exchanges of people occurring before Columbus. The Olmecs were the earliest Mesoamerican civilization. Mesoamerica is a historical area in N.America. Nubians on the other hand are a group of people who are native to Northern Sudan and the southern region of Egypt.
#3 Hidden Africoid Artifacts in America
Here we find Matthew Sterling who found Negroid heads. The Mexican scholars looked at these heads and said that they were similar to negros. European anthropologists said that those heads were sterilized baby jaguar faces. They were trying to neglect the fact that there was proof of the pre-Columbian presence of Africans in the Americas.
#4 Cocaine Mummies
In a documentary called the Curse of the Cocaine Mummies, it talks about experts finding cocaine in hair shafts of mummies. They also found the presence of tobacco. A french scientist wondered why she was finding cocaine in the mummies. Mummies are mostly in the African state of Egypt, and Africa does not support the growth of coca plants. Cocaine mostly concerns the Americas.
So, how did these mummies get cocaine? There is no better answer other than trade. This shows clear evidence of a pre-Columbian African presence in the Americas. It seems there was a Nile Valley civilization trade or link with native people in the Americas.
#5 More Evidence
Other than those, there are other pieces of evidence showing that there was a pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the Americas. When the Europeans came to America, they found proof of pyramids there. Pyramids are mostly in connection to Egypt. This shows that Africans might have been in the new world before the Europeans came and found the Americas.
Another strong evidence of the pre-Columbian African and Asian presence in the Americas is the Chinese records. These records talk about Chinese and African voyages of trade across the Atlantic. This meant voyages to the Americas.
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