Birth Name: Ivan van Sertima
Occupation: Teacher
Place Of Birth: Guyana
Date Of Birth: January 26, 1935
Date Of Death: May 25, 2009
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Ivan van Sertima was born on the 26th of January, 1935. He was famous for being a Teacher. Most famous for his 1976 work They Came Before Columbus (which poses an alternate theory of the origins of the Mexican Olmec people), this controversial Africana Studies scholar also founded, published and edited the Journal of African Civilizations.
Ivan van Sertima was born in Guyana. After studying creative writing and African languages and literature at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, he worked as a journalist. He later entered graduate school at Rutgers University in New Jersey, U.S.A. After leaving his native British Guiana, he settled permanently in the United States and taught in the Africana Studies Department at Rutgers University.
Ivan van Sertima was a Aquarius and was born in the Silent Generation.
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Childhood
Ivan van Sertima was born in 1930s. The 1930s were called the Great Depression (1929-1939). It was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world. Despite the Great Depression, Hollywood and popular film production flourished. Radio was the main source of entertainment, information, and political propaganda, and jazz, blues, gospel, and folk music, became immensely popular. Discover what happened on this day.
Ivan van Sertima is part of the Silent Generation, which followed after the G.I. Generation. As young adults during the McCarthy Era, many members of this generation felt it was dangerous to speak out. They were too young to see action in World War II and too old to participate in the fun of the Summer of Love.
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Ivan van Sertima was born in the Year of the Pig.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Ivan van Sertima |
| NICKNAME: | Ivan |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | Silent Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aquarius |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Monday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Ivan van Sertima was a Aquarius. People of this zodiac sign like to have fun with friends, help others, fight for causes, are a good listener and dislike broken promises, being bored, and people who disagree with them. The strengths of this sign are being independent, original, while the weaknesses can be running from emotional expression, temperamental and uncompromising. The greatest overall compatibility with Aquarius is Leo and Sagittarius.
Chinese Zodiac: Ivan van Sertima was born in the Year of the Dragon. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Ivan van Sertima had a ruling planet of Uranus and has a ruling planet of Uranus. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Neptune and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Ivan van Sertima’s birth sign is Aquarius and he had a ruling planet of Uranus.
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