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The First Americans Were Africans
This Book Will Change The Way History Is Written
About The Western Hemisphere
About The Western Hemisphere
- GenresHistoryNonfiction
446 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 2, 2011
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August 14, 2012Interesting Read...Documented Evidence Indeed! Learned A Lot...The Falashas (Ethiopians) Were The Original Jews....Learned A Lot That Western History Left Out.
November 1, 2012
Author made a convincing argument that all humans originated from the continent of Africa. This is an enlightening, and enjoyable read!
January 9, 2016
The only drawback to this book is the myriad typos and choppy editing.
Unfortunately the awkward prose will lead many to dismiss this work as unworthy, but patient and studious reading will be ultimately rewarding. One must make the distinction between evidence presentation and superior writing skills. Rarely are good scholars great writers.
Having said that, the evidence of African presence in America is simply overwhelming. Here is what the esteemed scholar, Molefi Asante says in the afterword:"This book, The First Americans were Africans: Documented Evidence, with its heavy references is an answer that will allow others to read with confidence about the ancient record of African people in the Americas. It puts into context much of the information that has been gathered over the years, organizing it, ordering it in a manner that is accessible to the ordinary reader as well as to the scholarly reader."
I mostly agree with that assessment, and David Imhotep uses numerous methods to establish that the first Americans were indeed African people. Clearly, the Columbus "discovered" America trope has been well debunked in numerous works, so the only mystery in mind, was who were the people who came to America first? Was it the so-called Indians or Native Americans? "The American continent was inhabited by Asian and African blacks in very ancient times. The oldest skeletal remains found in the Americas are of blacks."
As Imhotep reminds us a few times in the book, science only requires eight coincidences to establish contact between two cultures. As you read the evidence of archaeology, linguistics, genetics, architecture and molecular there is only one conclusion reachable, the Americas were first peopled by Africans. As with all things of a historical nature it takes a bit of deductive and inductive reasoning to process the evidence into a logical conclusion. And that conclusion of African primacy, "must therefore render any other possible conclusions to the contrary, as unscientific speculation or politically motivated at this point in time."
Unfortunately the awkward prose will lead many to dismiss this work as unworthy, but patient and studious reading will be ultimately rewarding. One must make the distinction between evidence presentation and superior writing skills. Rarely are good scholars great writers.
Having said that, the evidence of African presence in America is simply overwhelming. Here is what the esteemed scholar, Molefi Asante says in the afterword:"This book, The First Americans were Africans: Documented Evidence, with its heavy references is an answer that will allow others to read with confidence about the ancient record of African people in the Americas. It puts into context much of the information that has been gathered over the years, organizing it, ordering it in a manner that is accessible to the ordinary reader as well as to the scholarly reader."
I mostly agree with that assessment, and David Imhotep uses numerous methods to establish that the first Americans were indeed African people. Clearly, the Columbus "discovered" America trope has been well debunked in numerous works, so the only mystery in mind, was who were the people who came to America first? Was it the so-called Indians or Native Americans? "The American continent was inhabited by Asian and African blacks in very ancient times. The oldest skeletal remains found in the Americas are of blacks."
As Imhotep reminds us a few times in the book, science only requires eight coincidences to establish contact between two cultures. As you read the evidence of archaeology, linguistics, genetics, architecture and molecular there is only one conclusion reachable, the Americas were first peopled by Africans. As with all things of a historical nature it takes a bit of deductive and inductive reasoning to process the evidence into a logical conclusion. And that conclusion of African primacy, "must therefore render any other possible conclusions to the contrary, as unscientific speculation or politically motivated at this point in time."
June 25, 2018
An excellent read
There is so much factual research information in this book that gets you to think about misinformation you learned in history class. This book tells you how the Africans were the first people inhabit the Americas before the indians.
There is so much factual research information in this book that gets you to think about misinformation you learned in history class. This book tells you how the Africans were the first people inhabit the Americas before the indians.
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June 12, 2021This is book is 100% trash! This is not about the origin of humanity being in Africa. This is about the first human populations in the Americas which Native Americans came over from East Asia. These were not Black African people.
All of the oldest bones that were found in the Americas dating before 1492, TEST ALWAYS NATIVE AMERICAN. The cover of the book is the Bonampak Mural of the Mayans and you can source any genetic study on the Mayans who were Native American.
The author should be ashamed!
All of the oldest bones that were found in the Americas dating before 1492, TEST ALWAYS NATIVE AMERICAN. The cover of the book is the Bonampak Mural of the Mayans and you can source any genetic study on the Mayans who were Native American.
The author should be ashamed!
January 16, 2024
Enjoyed
June 22, 2016
Thank you Dr. Imhotep. My mind has been expanded just by considering the movement of people I had not even heard of before reading the considerations suggested in the book. Learning about the vastness of my ignorance of the populations of the planet effects a freedom in my mind from the seeming absolutism of the western historical narrative.
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