Articles

Black Olmecs Likely Were West Africans

By John J. White, III Originally published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Journal Volume 16   Reporting and interest in ancient history is rather ethnocentric. The shortage of authors with Black African heritage leads to an understatement of Black African participation in Cultural Diffusion to the Americas. The leading contributor by far is Professor Ivan Van Read More

West Africans Traded in the Caribbean Basin Before Columbus According to Van Sertima

By, John J White, III Originally Published in The Midwestern Epigraphic Society Newsletter Volume 25   Ivan Van Sertima and Barry Fell made major impacts on the ancient history establishment in 1976 when they published their famous books. The MES joined forces with Barry Fell in 1983 and soon acquired the eastern Kentucky Ogham sites Read More

Muslims In The Americas Before Columbus

by Dr. Youssef Mrouch   by John White and Jim Leslie   Originally published in the MES Journal   This is a news summary of an internet article discovered by Jim Leslie.  Our previous knowledge of Muslim diffusion was limited to the translations of Arabic inscriptions described in the excellent book Saga America published by Read More