Black Before Columbus Came: The African Discovery of America | Odd Salon DISCOVERY 5/7

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Dan Von Hoyel ~ Black Before Columbus Came: The African Discovery of America

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Recorded Tuesday, April 9th 2019 at Public Works, San Francisco, CA

Curated by Seth Rosenblatt
Edit, Camera, Post production: John Adams
Sound: Steen
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[vincentjack]

Africans came to teach and learn, not to conquer. God's people

[marquisbrown]

America would be a better place If they was as open minded as this speaker was

[Rayanderson]

People don't like the truth. The truth doesn't taste good when it's a belly full of lies..

[stanleyteverettjr]

Let's yet remember, due to this history, my people have suffered spiritually and economically. Our ways of life shifted by force not by choice. History wasn't just fabricated, it was forced into our psyche, this "awesome" educational system of ours, and went unchallenged for more than 500 years in the United States of America, until now. But, we still made it y'all. They couldn't kill our spirit or our truth, no matter how hard they tried! Love and peace🖤

[petermorton]

We're the first people on earth 🌍 our history is in the DNA of the earth 🌍 every where we go on earth 🌍 we lay out civilization

[velvetchackel]

Wow they just find that out? As if we didn't know.

[matamba]

Interesting, the truth is so much better than the lies.

[mikhaelzion]

We blacks have been teaching this forever but now that a white finally says the exact same thing ..

[mont]

Not surprised. Only lends credence to what a US government archeologist shared with me about a year and a half ago on my way to Denver. He stated it's been known for many decades throughout all the American continent, both north and south that blacks visited and inhabited the Americas, including the southern most region's of south America. He stated while working at sites on native american reservations, ancient fossils, which included elephants hand uncovered tools, equipment and other items along with remains of men who were obviously African tribesman because of items and DNA evidence. Research has been ongoing and only proves African explorers predated Columbus by many centuries. Perhaps even influenced by Egyptian culture as well. Look at the pyramids in south America and ancient Indian burial mounds. How much the resemble temples and burial mounds in Egypt. The statues in southern Mexico, which are obviously ancient and African. More similarities than differences. Same thing for the Vikings who predated Columbus. Why omit those facts? They were great explorers and sailors.

[thesoundman]

Ivan Van Sertima wrote a book called 'They Came Before Columbus' many years ago. He has very extensive anthropological evidence of African presence in the Americas

[Nclrwst]

Because history continues to be written by the criminal minded colonizer!

[olmecST]

If Africans came to the Americas they found people that looked like themselves.

[ambroseehisaigbike]

If coronavirus were around during this lecture😄😄😄

[tyronnhamilton]

Thanks for this. It’s the first time I’ve heard someone who is not of African decent share this information. I’ve personally been studying nearly all of what your lecture covered on my own over a period of years. Well said and hopefully we’ll served..

[fungames]

The oldest skull in the americas is a African woman. Dubbed Luzia. Fact.

[israeligbo]

The olmecs who were black was already here in turle island and Columbus didn't discovered anything's

[mlionea]

He never even discovered sweet Jamaica. He was a liar.

[nitalovly]

the devil is a lie ! the devil will try anything to stop the truth making that man cough so he can't get that knowledge truth out lol he so cool and funny i wouldnt mind him being my history teacher back then

[toddtollfree]

Never understood as a child how "Columbus"Could have discovered Morocco/Amoorica....aka stage name America.. With the "Indians/moors/Olmecs" already WELL Distributed on This Dirt...

[melissamurray]

Love how they crucified Ivan Van Sertima for this yrs ago and now look!! THEY CAME BEFORE COLUMBUS