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BLACK WOMEN

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ANTIQUITYEdited by Ivan Van Sertima

THE AFRICANEVEA summary of the controversies raging over the findof “Lucy”, our first known human ancestor.. . . Ivan Van SertimaGREA T QUEENS OFETHIOPIA. . . Charles S. Finch, MD. and Larry WilliamsTHE FEMALE HORUSESAND GREA T WIVESOFEGYPT. . . Diedre WimbyNEFERTITI: QUEEN TO A SACRED MISSION. . . Sonia SanchezAFRICAN GODDESSES. . . Runoko RashidiISIS: THE BLACKMADONNA. . . Eloise McKinney-JohnsonTHE WARRIOR QUEENS OFAFRICA. . . John Henrik ClarkeTHE IMAGE OF WOMANINANCIENTAFRICANART:. . . Rosalind JeffriesFEMALE STYLEAND BEAUTYINANCIENTAFRICA. . . Camille YarboroughGREA TBLACK WOMENINEARLYEUROPE. . . Edward ScobieCLEOPATRA IN HISTORY. . . Carolyn Shuttlesworth

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journal ofAfrican Civilizatiom

BLACK WOMEN

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IN

ANTIQUITYEdited by Ivan Van Sertima

THE AFRICAN EVEA summary of the controversies raging over. the findof “Lucy”, our first known human ancestor.

. Ivan Van SertimaGREA T QUEENS OFETHIOPIA

. Charles S. Finch, M.D. and Larry WilliamsTHE FEAMLE HORUSESAND GREA T WIVESOFEGYPT

. Diedre WimbyNEFERTITI: QUEEN TO A SACRED MISSION

. Sonia SanchezAFRICAN GODDESSES

. Runoko Rashidi' ISIS: THE BLACKMADONNA

. Eloise McKinney-JohnsonTHE WARRIOR QUEENS OFAFRICA

. John Henrik ClarkeTHE IMAGE OF WOMANINANCIENTAFRICAN ART.-

. . Rosalind JeffriesFEIVIALE STYLEAND BEAUTYINANCIENTAFRICA

.Camille YarboroughGREA TBLACK WOMENIN EARL Y EUROPE

. Edward ScobieCLEOPA TRA IN HISTORY

. Carolyn Shuttlesworth-——-——--—--

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This first volume (out on April 15, 1984) con-concentrates on the African Woman — as our firstknown human ancestor, as mother of men andgods, as queen, great wife of pharoahs, as pharoahherself, as goddess and high-priestess.

The articles are beautifully illustrated, the treat-ment lively and‘scholarly. The book Black Womenin Antiquity features some of the best African-American researchers in the field, writing for boththe academic and the layman.

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Ivan Van Sertima was born in Guyana, South America. He was educatedat the School of Oriental and African Studies, London University and theRutgers Graduate School and holds degrees in African Studies, Linguisticsand Anthropology.

He is a literary critic, a linguist, and an anthropologist and hasmade a name in all three fields.

As a literary critic, he is the author of Caribbean Writers, acollection of critical essays on the Caribbean Novel. He is also theauthor of several major literary reviews published in Denmark, India, 7Britain and the United States. He was honored for his work in this fieldby being asked by the Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy to nominatecandidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature, from l976-l980.

As a linguist, he has published essays on the dialect of theSea Islands off the Georgia Coast. He is also the compiler of theSwahili Dictionary of Legal Terms, based on his field-work in Tanzania,East Africa, in l967.

He is the author of They Came Before Columbus: The African Presencein Ancient America, which was published by Random House in l977 and isnow in its seventh printing. It was published in French in l98l and inthe same year was awarded the Clarence L. Holte Prize, acpndze awardedevery two years "for a work of excellence in literature and the humanitiesrelating to the cultural heritage of Africa and the African diaspora“.

Professor Van Sertima is an Associate Professor of African Studies.at Rutgers University in New Jersey and Editor of the Journal of AfricanCivilizations.

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WAN Will SERTIMA

SPEAKING ON “EARLV AFRICAN SCIENCE MID TECHNOLOGV"

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Ivan Van Seattma waA boan tn Guyana,South Amentea. He waé educated at theSehoot 06 Oatentat and Afiatean StadteA,London UntveaAtty and the RutgeAA Gaad—aate Sehoot and hotdt degaeeb tn A5at-.can Stadteé, Ltngatttteb and Anthaopo-togy.A ttteaaay eattte, he t4 the aathoa

06 Caatbbean WatteAé, a cotteetton 05eattteat eAAayA on the Caatbbean Nou-et. He t4 atAo the aathoa o6 Aeueaatmajoa ttteaaay aevtewt pabttthed tnDenmaah, Indta, Battatn and the UnttedStates. He waA honoaed 50a htA woahtn thtt fitetd by betng athed by theNobet Commtttee 06 the Swethh Aca-demy to nomtnate eandtdatet flat theNobet Patze tn Ltteaataae, fiaom 7976-1980.At a ttnguttt, he hat pabttthedeAAayA on the dtateet 06 the Sea 16-tandt 055 the Geoagta CoaAt, and t4atAo the compttea 05 the SwahtttUtettonaay 06 Legat TeamA, Eatea onhtA fitetd woah tn Tanzanta, EattAfiatca, tn 1967.He tA the aathoa 06 They Came BefioaeCotambat: The Agatean Paetenee tnKnetent Ameatea, pabttthed by RandomHoate tn 1977 and now tn ttA Aeuenthpatnttng. It waA pubttthed tn Faenehtn 1981 and tn the tame yeah wotawaaded the Ctaaenee L. Hotte Patze,a patze awaaded eveag two yeahA "60aa woah 05 excettenee tn ttteaataae andthe humantttet aetattng to the cat-tuaat heattage 06 Agatea and theAgatean dtaépoaa".Paofiettoa Van Seattma t4 Abboctate

Paofieétoa ofi Afiatean StudteA atRatgeat Untveabtty tn New JeaAey andEdttoa 05 the Joannat 06 AfiatcanCtutttzattont.

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WAN VAN SENTINIA

SPEAKING ON “EARLY AFRICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGV"

. AND “AFRICAN PRESENCE IN ANCIENT AMERICA"

Ivan Van Senttma wat boan tn Guyana,.South Ameatca. He waA educated at theSchoot ofi Ontentat and Agatean Stadtet,London Untuenttty and the Ratgent Gnad-aate Sehoot and hotdt degaeet tn Aént—can Stadteo, Ltnguttttet and Anthtopo-togy.A ttteaaay eattte, he tt the aathoa

06 Caatbbean thtent, a ootteetton 06cnttihat ettayt on the Caatbbean Noo-et. He t4 atto the authoa 06 Aeveaatmajon ttteaany nevtewt pubttthed tnDenmaah, Indta, Battatn and the UnttedStatet. He wab honoaed 50a htt wonhtn thtt fitetd by betng athed by theNobet Commtttee 06 the Swedtbh Acade-my to nomtnate eandtdatet 60a theNobet Pttze tn Ltteaatate, 5aom 1976-7980.At a ttngutot, he hat pubttthedettayt on the dtateet 06 the Sea 16-tandt 056 the Geoagta Coatt, and ttatto the eompttea 05 the SwahtttDtettonaay‘ofi Legat Tenmt, Eated onhtt fitetd woah tn Tanzanta, EabtAgatea, tn 7967.He tt the euthon 05 They Came BefioaeCotumbut: The Afiatean Pnetenee tnAnetent Amentoa, pubttthed by RandomHoate tn 1977 and now tn ttt Aeuenthpatnttng. It wot pubttthed tn Faenchtn 1987 and tn the tame yeaa watawaaded the Ctanenee L. Hatte Patze,a pntze awatded eueny two yeant "fiona woah 06 exeettenee tn tttenatane andthe humantttet aetattng to the cat-taaat heattage 05 Afiatca and theAfiatean dtaépota".Pnofiebton Van Senttma t4 AbboetatePaofiettoa 06 Afiatean Studtet atRatgent Untvetétty tn New Jentey andEdtton 06 the Joannat 06 AfiateanCtutttzattont.


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Literary Critic, Linguist, and Anthropologist

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AND “AFRIGAH PRESENCE Ill ANGIE!" AMERIGA"

Dr. Van Sertima is author of They Game Before Columbus: the AfricanPresence in Ancient America; Associate Professor, Africana Studies,Douglass College, Rutgers University; Editor and Founder of the Journalof African Civilizations.

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Ivan Van Seatima wan boan in Guyana,South Ameaica. He wao educated at theSehooi 06 Oaientai and Agniean Studied,London Univeaéity and the RutgeAA Gnad—uate Sehooi and hoidA degneeo in Afini-can Studieb, Linguiiticb and Anthnopo-togy.A titenany enitie, he in the aathon06 Cahibbean Whiteni, a eoiteetion 06caitieai eAAayA on the Caaibbean Nou-ei. He it aiAo the authon 06 beveaaimajon iiteaaay neuieWA pubiiihed inDenmanh, India, Baitain and the UnitedStatei. He waA hononed 60a hi4 wonhin thin flieid by being aihed by theNobet Committee 06 the SwediAh Acade-my to nominate aandidateA fion theNobet Pnize in Liteaataae, gnom 1976-7980.A6 a iinguiit, he hat pubtibhedebAayA on the diaiect 06 the Sea 15-iandA 066 the Geongia CoaAt, and itaiAo the compiien 05 the SwahiliDictionany 06 Legat TeAmb, Hated onhit fiieid wonh in Tanzania, EditA6nica, in 7967.He ii the euthon 06 They Came Befione

Coiumbui: The Adaiean Pneoenee inAncient Ameaiea, pabiiéhed by RandomHouée in 1977 and now in itb Aeuenthpainting. It wan pabiiihed in Faenehin 7987 and in the Aame yeah waAawanded the Cianenee L. Hoite Paize,a pnize awaaded eveny two yeani "60aa wonh ofi exeeitenee in iiteaataae andthe hamanitieb neiating to the cut—tuaai heaitage 06 Afiniea and theAgniean diabpoaa".Paofienooa Van Seatima it AoéoeiatePaofiebboa 06 Afiaiean StudieA atRatgeab Univeniity in New Jeaoey andEditon 06 the Jouanai 06 AfiaieanCiviiizationi.


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WA" "A“ SERTIMA

SPEAKING ON “EARLY AFRICAN SCIEHGEAHD TECHNOLOGY"

AND “AFRlGAfl PRESEHGE "I ANCIENT AMERICA"

Ivan Van Senttma wat bonn tn Guyana,South Amehtea. He wot educated at theSchoot o6 Ottentat and A6ntedn Studteb,London Untvehttty and the Rutgenb Ghad-,uate Sehoot and hotdt degheeb tn A6ht-can Studteb, Ltngutttteb and Anthhopo—togy.A tttehahy ehttte, he t4 the adthoto6 Cdttbbean Wattent, a eotteetton o6ehttteat eAAayA on the Cattbbean Nov-et. He t4 atto.the authot o6 Aevehatmajon tttehahy hevtenm pubttthed tn“Denmahh, Indta, Battatn and the UnttedStatet. He wut honoted 60h htA wothtn thtt 6tetd by betng athed by theNobet Commtttee 06 the Swethh Aca-demy to nomtnate eandtdateé 60h theNobefi Pttze tn Lttehatuhe, 6hom 1976-1980.A6 a ttngutbt, he had pubttthedettayt on the dtatect 06 the Sea IA-tandt 066 the Geotgta Coatt, and t4atto the eomptteh 06 the Swahttt{Dtettonahy 06 Legat Tehmt, Eated on .hit 6tetd’wohh tn Tanzanta, EattA6hted, tn 1967.He t4 the authot 06 They Came Be60he

Cotumbut: The A6htean Pnetenee tnAnetent Amehtea, pubttthed by RandomHouAe tn 1977 and now tn ttt Aeventh~phtnttng. It wad pubttthed tn Fhenehtn 1981 and tn the tame yeah watawanded the Ctahence L. Hotte Pttze,a phtze awnhded eveny two yeant "60hVa wonh o6 exeetflenee tn tttehatuhe andthe humanttteb hetattng to the cut-tuhat henttage 06 A6htea and theA6htean dtatpota".Pno6etton Van Semttma tt AttoetdteP10625404 06 A6ntcan StudteA atRutgeht Untvehttty tn New Jehbey andEdtton 06 the Jouhnat 06 A6hteanCtvtttzattont.

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WAN UM! SERHMA

SPEAKING ON “EARLY MRSSM SfllEiflfiE MID TEGHHBLQGV”

’ AND “which?! PRESEi‘lOE i?! fiHEIE'fiT AMERIM"

Ivan Van Seattma mat botn tn Guyana,South Amettca. He was educated at theSchoot 06 Ottentat and Afittcan Studtet,London Untvetbtty and the Rutgett Gaad—uate Schoot and hotdA degneet tn Afint—can Studteé, Ltnguttttct and Anthaopo-togy.A tttenany cttttc, he t5 the authoa

- , 06 Cantbbean Wattent, a aotteetton 06lg: antttaat ettayt on the Cattbbean Nov—

' « e2. He tt atto the authoa 06 bevetatmajon tttetaty neutenn pubttthed tnDenmanh, Indta, Btttatn and the UnttedStatet. He wot honoted 60a htt wanktn thtt fitetd by betng athed by theNobet Commtttee 06 the Swedtth Acade-my to nomtnate aandtdatet fiat theNobel Pttze tn Lttenatute, 6tom T976-7980.A6 a ttnguttt, he hat pubttbhed

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‘ <“5 ,'V_ 5-55“37f';r.*;:«1“':4; atto the aomptten 06 the SwahtttUtcttonaay 06 Legat Teams, Eated onhtb fitetd wank tn Tanzanta, EattAfintca, tn 1967.He t4 the cuthoa 05 They Came Befioae

Cotumbut: The Afittean Pnetence tnAnetent Amehtca, pubttthed by RandomHaute tn 7977 and now tn ttt Aeuenthpttnttng. It waA pubttAhed tn Ftenchtn 7981 and tn the Aame yean wanawatded the Ctanence L. Hotte Pttze,a pttze awanded eveny two yeanA "dota weak 06 exceitenee tn ttteaatute andthe humanttteb aetattng to the cut-tunat hehttage 06 Afintca and theAéntaan dtaApoaa".Pnofiebton Van Senttma tt AAAoatatePtofiettot 06 Afilztaan Studtet atRutgetb Untventtty tn Nan JenAey andEdtton 06 the Joutnat 05 AgataanCtutttzattont.

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WAN UAN SERTIMA

SPEAKING ON “EARL? AFRICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNCLCCV"

AND “AFRICAN PRESENCE IN ANCIENT AMERICA"

Ivan Van Seatha waL bonn Ln Guyana,South AmeaLea. He Wat educated at theSehooL 06 OIL/LentaL and AébeQCZJ/l StadLe/s,London UnLueaLLtg and the Rutgent Gnad-uate SchooL and hoLdL degneeé Ln A6LL-can StadLeA, LLnguLAtLeA and Anthaopo-KogyA LLtumy eaLtLe, he LA the aathon

06 CaLLbbean WLLtehA, a COLLeetLon 06eaLtLeaL eAAayL on the CaLLbbean Nou-eL. He LA aLLo the authon 06 LevenaLmajoa LLteaany LevLeWA pubLLAhed LnDenmahh, IndLa, BLLtaLn and the UnLtedStateA. He waL honoted 60L htb weakLn thLL 6LeLd by beLng aAhed by theNobeL CommLttee 06 the SwedLLh Aca-demy to noanate candeateA flat theNobeL PLLze Ln LLteLatuLe, gnom 1976—1980.A6 a LLnguLLt, he hat pubLLAhedeLLayL on the dLaLeet 05 the Sea IL—LandL 066 the GeongLa CoaLt, and LLaLLo the eompLLeL 06 the SwahLLLDLetLOnaLy 05 LegaL TenmL, EaLeH onELL 6&ch WOLLIZ Ln TanzanLa, EaAtAénLea, Ln 1967.He LA the authoa 06 They Came BefioneCoLumbuL: The AgnLcan PLeLence LnAncLent AmeLLea, pubLLLhed by RandomHoaAe Ln 1977 and now Ln LtL LeventhpLLnthg. It waL pabLLLhed Ln FnenchLn 1981 and Ln the Lame yeah wuLawanded the CLanenee L. HoLte PLLze,a pLLze awaLded eveLy two yeaLL "60La math 05 exeeLLenee Ln LLteaatuLe andthe humanLtLeA aeLathg to the cut-tuLaL heLLtage 05 AfiLLea and theAfithan dLaApOha".PnofieLLon Van SeLtha LA ALLocLate

PLofieLLon 06 AfinLcan StadLeL atRutgeab UnLvehLLty Ln New Jeaéey andEston 06 the JounnaL 06 AfiaLeanCLuLLLzatLonA.

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added, “without having some'sense' of. occupying a distinctive place in the. scheme ofthings.”

-BeforeColumbus.” 'the book presents evidence that Afri-trade and exploration 2,200 years be-fore Columbus arrived.In a ceremony at Columbia Universi-ty’5 Low Memorial Library recently,Jewel Plummer Cobb, dean of Dou-glass College, presented Mr. Van Ser-tima with a citation and the $7,500award. Dr. Cobb is a director of theTwenty-First Century Foundation,which administers the prize,Mr. Van Sertimaiseditorof the Jour-nal of African Civilization and has writ--ten “Caribbean Writers,” a collectiOn

,Van Sertinia Wins Prize'for‘Bock on AfricaIvan Van Sertiiiia, a linguist and an-- »thropologist, has won the 1981 ClarenceL. Holte Prize for his b00k “They Came .Published in 1976 by Random House, I

cans sailed west to the Americas for .

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ByJOHNROCKWELL .The New Calliope Singers’ “Sixth An-nual Recital of Choral ChamberMusic" on Friday night at Alice TullyHall won no prizes for stylistic coher-‘ ence —- the music ranged gleefullyfrom Billings to Gibbons to RussellPinkston to Marga Richter to Hinde-mith to Brahms to Bartok to Monte:verdi to Maurice Wright. Butthe na-;ture of the choral medium imposed a}certain unity to the evening, and theral excellence of the performancesunder Peter Schubert's direction keptthings buoyant.0f the three pieces of new music, two;were commissions receiving their first. performances Miss Richter’5 "ToWhom?" proved an evocatively chro-‘ matic setting of Virginia Woolf, inter--- spersed with a Kyrie. Mr. Wright’s‘:“LikeanAutumn Sky” was an amiableI,collage of text-settings, replete with1spokenbits, three pianists atone key- !board, two percussionists and various

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of'esSays, and compiled the SwahiliDictionary Of Legal Terms. . -' The Holte award, begun in 1979, is"given every two years “for a work ofexcellence in literature and the hu-

- ' manities relating to the cultural herit-age of Africa andthe African diaspo-

. :ra." Chancellor Williams, the histo-rian, received the first prize for hisanalysis of Africa, “The Destruction ofBlack Civilization: Great Issues of a iRaceme45OOB.C. toA.D. 2000.”The awardis nained for Clarence L.

Holte, a retired advertising executive‘ who is thought to have the largestpri- ;

vate collection of books and literature! '.on Africa. In 1977, Mr. Holte donatedhis collection to the Kashim IbrahimLibrary of Ahmadu Bello University'inZana, Nigeria

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DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN Ocrasfir, 19.92.

IVAN VAN SERTIMA

olumbus discoveredAmerica or did he?Ivan Van Sertima, ananthropologist, linguist,

professor and literary critic, hasrefuted this long-held belief.

In 1976, Van Sertima authored thebook, “They Came BeforeColumbus: The African Presence inAncient America." This treatisedebunked the cemented notion thatChristopher Columbus first trespassedonto the New World. Van Sertima,armed with statistics, documents andother historical material, advanced thetheory that blacks were the firstvisitors to set foot in America —- not asslaves, but as free men and women ex-perienced in navigation, proficient inart and capable of shaping their owndestiny.Born in Guyana, South America, Van

Sertima is a mixture of African,American Indian, German, Dutch andScotch. He attended LondonUniversity’s School of Oriental andAfrican Studies. Having never been exposed or educated onthe history of Africa, he began his quest to learn more aboutthe unknown continent.After studying the literature of Africa through poems and

stories written in Swahili, and his curiosity further ignited bythe revelations contained in fiction, Van Sertima forged intothe area of anthropology, where he first became aware of thesophistication of early African societies.During a 1970 visit to America, he read Africa and the

Discovery of America. This book presented evidence ofAfrican and Arabic influences on medieval Mexican andSouth American languages. Its clues, added to thosecontained in the work of Alexander von Wuthenau, a lecturerin art at Mexico City’s University of the Americas, providedthe impetus for Van Sertima's book. Von Wuthenau hadunearthed a large number of negroid heads in clay, goldfc0pper and copal sculpted by pre-Columbian American artists.“Their negritude could not be explained away,” said VanSertima. “Their colorations, fullness of lip, kinky hair,generously-fleshed noses and compound earrings.”Van. Sertima spent years compiling a spate of material to

provide the ammunition that enabled him to categoricallyadvance the premise that before Columbus. black peoplefrom Africa had already reached these shores and hadreigned as free men with skills. Van Sertima buttressed histheory with the discovery of huge, sculptured stone heads,

nearly 3,000 years old, four of whichwere found at LaVenta, Mexico. Eachhead stands eight feet high and thelarge one weighs around 40 tons.“The heads are unmistakably

African,” assets Van Sertima. “Therewould be no reason to erect hugemonuments to the Negro if his only rolehad been that of a slave.”Van Sertima further believes the first

immigrant Africans came from aregion to the south of Egypt, whichshared in the glories of ancient Egyp-tian civilization. He writes that aftercenturies of being a military powerbehind the Egyptian throne, black Nu-bian kings became the Egyptianmonarchy in the eighth century BC Itwas around that time that some of thestone heads with dome-shaped helmetsresembling those used by the Nubianmilitary in the first millennium BCwere constructed.Van Sertima, the scholar, has woven

facts into a narrative constructed by. Van Sertima, the artist. What has

emerged is a compelling work that captures history in aspellbinding manner. His book, published by Random Housein 1977, is now in its seventh printing. It was published inFrench in 1981 and, that same year, was awarded theClarence L. Hoite Prize, a prize awarded biennially, “forwork of excellence in literature and the humanities relatingto the cultural heritage of Africa and the African diaspora.”Van Sertima‘s interest in Africa has manifested itself in

other ventures. As a linguist, he has published essays on thedialect of the Sea Islands off the Georgia coast. He is also thecompiler of the Swahili Dictionary of Legal Terms, based onhis field-work in Tanzania, East Africa in 1967. As a literarycritic, he is the author of Caribbean Writers, a collection ofcritical essays on the Caribbean novel. He is also editor of theJournal of African Civilizations.He is an associate professor of African Studies at Rutgers

University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, visiting associateprofessor at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jerseyand the recipient of scores of honors. He was asked by theprestigious Nobel Committee of the Swedish Academy tonominate candidates for the Nobel Prize in Literature from1976-1980.Ivan Van Sertima, professor, author, anthropologist,

literary critic, artist, linguist, editor and black man, con-tinues to make inroads that firmly rank him as one of theworld’s most venerable Africanists. Des

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Dear Dr Clarke,

Thank you very much for the invitation to speak on January 31,I984.I could fly out on the Monday and speak on the Tuesday, even on Mondaynight, and cover as many engagements as you like. I would have to catchan early flight back on Wednesday morning to be in time for lectures atI p.m. ' ‘ ’

I will bring, as you suggested, at least a dozen copies of TheyCame Before Columbus and, according to how you would like to structureit, I could speak both on the African Presence in Ancient America aswell as Blacks in Science: Ancient and Modern.

I enclose a photo, summarized vita,and a cutting from The New YorkTimes and Dollars and Sense. I also enclose a copy of the latest journal- Egypt Revisited.As we agreed, my honorarium for the talks isggOO plus expenses. Thenumber of talks does not matter, once it is not more than three in a daysince that is the limit of my capacity to speak effectively.I look forward to hearing from you. Any questions, please call me

on (201) 828-5443 or 4667.

Yours, in good faith,/(76% (/mHM

Ivan Van SertimaIvan Van Sertima,59, South Adelaide Avenue,Highland.Park,New Jersey 08904.

North Carolina State UniversityP. O. Box 5067, Raleigh, N. C. 27650

Office of the Provostand Vice-Chancellor

January 12, 1984

Dr. Ivan Van Sertima59, South Adelaide AvenueHighland Park, New Jersey 08904

Dear Dr. Van Sertima:

This is to confirm your lecture series on January 31, 1984at North Carolina State University.

It is our understanding and our agreement that your fee forthis lecture series will be $500.00 plus travel, lodging and mealexpenditures. We look forward to having you and we are planninga maximum of 3 lectures on the 3lst. In addition, we hope thatyour arrival time on the 30th will enable you to present a lectureon that date.

Looking forward to seeing you again, I am

Sincerely,

Lz§zax~ewuL_Lawrence M. ClarkAssociate Provost

LMC/ci

North Carolina State University is North Carolina's original land-grant institutionand is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.

North Carolina State University.P. O. Box 5067, Raleigh, N. C. 27650

Office of the Provostand Vice-Chancellor

January 12, 1984

Dr. Ivan Van Sertima59, South Adelaide AvenueHighland Park, New Jersey 08904

Dear Dr. Van Sertima:

This is to confirm your lecture series on January 31, 1984at North Carolina State University.

It is our understanding and our agreement that your fee forthis lecture series will be $500.00 plus travel, lodging and mealexpenditures. We look forward to having you and we are planninga maximum of 3 lectures on the 3lst. In addition, we hope thatyour arrival time on the 30th will enable you to present a lectureon that date.

Looking forward to seeing you again, I am

Sincerely,

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North Carolina State University is North Carolina’s original land-grant institutionand is a constituent institution of The University of North Carolina.

January 30—31, 1984Dr. Ivan Van Sertima

Purpose: Lecture on Africa & Black Presence in America

SSN: 142-50—4681

Air Travel Expenses—-————————4—————————————————— I———————— $298.00

Lodging Accommodations —————————————————————————————————— 80.00

Honorarium—————————————————————————————————————————————— 500-00

Subsistence*—--—————-——————-———-—-;————————————————————— 43.00

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* Jan. 30,Dinner ........... $13.00

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1984

Purpose: Lecture on Africa & Black Presence in America

SSN: 142—50—4681

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