{"id":11420,"date":"2026-10-11T12:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/?page_id=11420"},"modified":"2026-10-11T12:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T12:45:45","slug":"they-came-before-columbus-divan-van-sertima","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/they-came-before-columbus-divan-van-sertima\/","title":{"rendered":"They Came Before Columbus d\u2019Ivan Van Sertima."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"qv-library-book\">\n<div class=\"qv-book-header\">\n<div class=\"qv-book-cover\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/12_van_sertima-they-came-before-columbus.png\" alt=\"They Came Before Columbus \u2014 Ivan Van Sertima\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-intro\">\n<div class=\"qv-book-category\">ESCLAVAGE, DIASPORA ET R\u00c9SISTANCES<\/div>\n<h1>They Came Before Columbus<\/h1>\n<p class=\"qv-book-subtitle\">The African Presence in Ancient America<\/p>\n<p class=\"qv-book-author\"><strong>Ivan Van Sertima<\/strong> \u2014 1976<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-section\">\n<h2>Pr\u00e9sentation<\/h2>\n<p>Dans <em>They Came Before Columbus<\/em>, Ivan Van Sertima<br \/>\nexamine l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se de contacts entre des populations africaines<br \/>\net les civilisations des Am\u00e9riques avant les voyages de<br \/>\nChristophe Colomb.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019auteur s\u2019appuie notamment sur des \u00e9l\u00e9ments historiques,<br \/>\narch\u00e9ologiques, linguistiques et culturels pour d\u00e9velopper son<br \/>\nargumentation concernant d\u2019\u00e9ventuelles travers\u00e9es de<br \/>\nl\u2019Atlantique par des navigateurs africains avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e<br \/>\neurop\u00e9enne dans les Am\u00e9riques.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-section\">\n<h2>Pourquoi cette \u0153uvre nous int\u00e9resse<\/h2>\n<p>Cet ouvrage a jou\u00e9 un r\u00f4le important dans la diffusion d\u2019une<br \/>\nhypoth\u00e8se afrocentr\u00e9e concernant les contacts pr\u00e9colombiens<br \/>\nentre l\u2019Afrique et les Am\u00e9riques.<\/p>\n<p>Il est particuli\u00e8rement int\u00e9ressant pour \u00e9tudier l\u2019histoire<br \/>\ndes d\u00e9bats sur les pr\u00e9sences africaines dans les Am\u00e9riques<br \/>\navant 1492, ainsi que la mani\u00e8re dont certaines preuves<br \/>\narch\u00e9ologiques, culturelles et historiques ont \u00e9t\u00e9 interpr\u00e9t\u00e9es<br \/>\ndans ces d\u00e9bats.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-section\">\n<h2>Th\u00e8mes principaux<\/h2>\n<div class=\"qv-book-themes\">\n<p>Afrique et Am\u00e9riques<br \/>\nContacts pr\u00e9colombiens<br \/>\nNavigation transatlantique<br \/>\nCivilisations am\u00e9ricaines<br \/>\nArch\u00e9ologie et histoire<br \/>\nCultures africaines<br \/>\nAfrocentrisme<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-access\">\n<h2>Acc\u00e8s \u00e0 la ressource<\/h2>\n<p>\n    \u00c9dition originale de 1976 \u2014 notice bibliographique.<br \/>\n    <strong>Source :<\/strong> WorldCat.\n  <\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/search.worldcat.org\/title\/2238204\"\n     class=\"qv-download-button\"\n     target=\"_blank\"\n     rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n    Voir la notice de l\u2019ouvrage<br \/>\n  <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"qv-book-context\">\n<h2>Note de contexte<\/h2>\n<p>Publi\u00e9 en 1976, <em>They Came Before Columbus<\/em> a contribu\u00e9<br \/>\n\u00e0 populariser l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se d\u2019une pr\u00e9sence ou de contacts africains<br \/>\ndans les Am\u00e9riques avant l\u2019arriv\u00e9e de Christophe Colomb.<\/p>\n<p>Les interpr\u00e9tations de Van Sertima, notamment concernant<br \/>\nl\u2019ampleur et la nature de ces contacts, ont fait l\u2019objet de<br \/>\nd\u00e9bats importants dans les milieux historiques et<br \/>\narch\u00e9ologiques. L\u2019ouvrage est donc pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 ici comme une<br \/>\ncontribution influente \u00e0 la pens\u00e9e afrocentr\u00e9e et \u00e0 un d\u00e9bat<br \/>\nhistoriographique, et non comme une d\u00e9monstration faisant<br \/>\nconsensus dans la recherche contemporaine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ESCLAVAGE, DIASPORA ET R\u00c9SISTANCES They Came Before Columbus The African Presence in Ancient America Ivan Van Sertima \u2014 1976 Pr\u00e9sentation Dans They Came Before Columbus, Ivan Van Sertima examine l\u2019hypoth\u00e8se de contacts entre des populations africaines et les civilisations des Am\u00e9riques avant les voyages de Christophe Colomb. L\u2019auteur s\u2019appuie notamment sur des \u00e9l\u00e9ments historiques, arch\u00e9ologiques, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/they-came-before-columbus-divan-van-sertima\/\" class=\"more-link\">Lire la suite de<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u00ab\u00a0They Came Before Columbus d\u2019Ivan Van Sertima.\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","inspiro_hide_title":false,"inspiro_hide_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11420"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11546,"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11420\/revisions\/11546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quetedeverite.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}