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THEY CAME BEFORE COLUMBUS!!!
In this chapter Van Sertima provides the first evidence of Afrikans in the Americas as documented by Columbus himself.
The ORIGIN of the word guanin may be tracked down in the Mande languages of West Afrika through Mandingo, Etc. https://twitter.com/domowale/status/1385264073735032834">https://twitter.com/domowale/...
In this chapter Van Sertima provides the first evidence of Afrikans in the Americas as documented by Columbus himself.
The ORIGIN of the word guanin may be tracked down in the Mande languages of West Afrika through Mandingo, Etc. https://twitter.com/domowale/status/1385264073735032834">https://twitter.com/domowale/...
The second piece of evidence also comes from Columbus himself where he presents more West Afrikan Artifacts; from Guinea 
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In addition to the Native Americans telling him about Afrikans who arrived at their shores Columbus himself makes the comparison and the link to West Afrika.
In Feb 1975 a Smithsonian Institution team reported the find of 2 NEGROID male skeletons in a grave in the U.S. Virgin Islands. This grave had been used & abandoned by the Caribs long before the coming of Columbus. Soil from the earth layers in which the skeletons were found...
... dated to A.D. 1250.
