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Ivan van Sertima
Ivan Gladstone Van Sertima is an Associate Professor in British Guiana of African Studies at Rutgers University, USA. He is best known for his speculations on the alternative origins of Olmec, a kind of pre-Columbian relational theory, which he proposed in his book They Before Columbus. While his Olmec theory was "prevalent among the African American community, both secular and scholarly", it was largely ignored in Mesoamerican research and refuted as an Afrocentric archeology and hypothesis with the effect of "stealing Native American culture" .
BornJanuary 26, 1935, Kitty Village, British Guiana
DiedMay 25, 2009, Highland Park, New Jersey, United States
ResidenceHighland Park, New Jersey, United States
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
NationalityGuyanese
FieldsAfricana Studies
InstitutionsRutgers University
Alma materUniversity of London, Rutgers University
Known forpre-Columbian contact between Africa and the Americas
SpouseMaria Nagy (m. 1964, divorced)

About Ivan van Sertima

Teacher Ivan van Sertima was born on January 26, 1935 in Guyana (He dies at the age of 74, on May 25, 2009).

This controversial Africana Studies expert founded, published, and edited the Journal of African Civilizations, and is most known for his 1976 book They Came Before Columbus (which proposes an alternate account of the origins of the Mexican Olmec culture).

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Ivan van Sertima before becoming famous

Ivan van Sertima was born in the Zodiac sign Aquarius (The Water-Bearer), and 1935 is also the year of Pig (豬) in the Chinese Zodiac.

He worked as a journalist after studying creative writing and African languages and literature at the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies. Later, he enrolled in graduate school at Rutgers University in New Jersey, United States of America.

Achievement of Ivan van Sertima

He moved to the United States permanently after leaving his native British Guiana and taught in the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers University.

Ivan van Sertima's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He had two boys with his first wife, Maria Nagy. He had two stepdaughters from his second marriage to Jacqueline Patten.

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Throughout his career, he researched civilizations in the Americas prior to explorer Explorer Christopher Columbus' voyage to a continent unknown to Europeans.

Ivan van Sertima Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Ivan van Sertima updated on March 23 2023.