Are Black Americans of African Descent or Native American?
- By Jay
- The Cookout
- 41 Replies
There is a huge trend online that seeks to separate Black America from any ties to Africa. To do so, it minimizes the transatlantic slave trade to a minor activity that resulted in less than 300k Africans being brought to the USA. It states that the majority of Black Americans are descendants of an indigenous population to “the Americas” predating the “Red” natives.
Now at face value, stating that Black people were here before Columbus is not controversial, Mansa Musa Keita said it himself. While in Egypt he expressed that his people encountered the land now called “The Americas” which is how he came to power (his predecessor abdicated his throne to sail there).
Moorish navigators have also known of this land and after being conquered helped the Spanish navigate here to rape and pillage. But one thing that the Moors and the Mali Empire have in common is that they are both from Africa.
In Ivan Van Sertima’s book “they came before Columbus” he states that plants native to Africa (East and west) were found in mesoamerica. He used this as an example of how Africans and the natives here have been trading with one another for centuries.
So the question arises. If African people knew of this land and the red populations of this land spoke of Black people who arrived from the seas isn’t it smart to presume that the Black people here are descendants of African settlers?
Especially considering that:
Now at face value, stating that Black people were here before Columbus is not controversial, Mansa Musa Keita said it himself. While in Egypt he expressed that his people encountered the land now called “The Americas” which is how he came to power (his predecessor abdicated his throne to sail there).
Moorish navigators have also known of this land and after being conquered helped the Spanish navigate here to rape and pillage. But one thing that the Moors and the Mali Empire have in common is that they are both from Africa.
In Ivan Van Sertima’s book “they came before Columbus” he states that plants native to Africa (East and west) were found in mesoamerica. He used this as an example of how Africans and the natives here have been trading with one another for centuries.
So the question arises. If African people knew of this land and the red populations of this land spoke of Black people who arrived from the seas isn’t it smart to presume that the Black people here are descendants of African settlers?
Especially considering that:
- Black Americans look like several African populations.
- Black Americans have a hair texture similar to most of Africa.
- Black Americans have a bone structure similar to African populations.
- Black Americans have similar features to certain African populations: Full Lips, Broad Noses, Tall builds, higher calf muscles.
- Black Americans have a rhythmic musical culture that emphasizes drumming.
