As per our current Database, Ivan van Sertima has been died on May 25, 2009 (age 74).
When Ivan van Sertima die, Ivan van Sertima was 74 years old.
| Popular As | Ivan van Sertima |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Age | 74 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Born | January 26, 1935 (Guyana) |
| Birthday | January 26 |
| Town/City | Guyana |
| Nationality | Guyana |
Ivan van Sertima’s zodiac sign is Aquarius. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Ivan van Sertima was born in the Year of the Pig. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Pig are extremely nice, good-mannered and tasteful. They’re perfectionists who enjoy finer things but are not perceived as snobs. They enjoy helping others and are good companions until someone close crosses them, then look out! They’re intelligent, always seeking more knowledge, and exclusive. Compatible with Rabbit or Goat.
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.
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.
With his first wife, Maria Nagy, he adopted two sons. Through his second marriage, to Jacqueline Patten, he acquired two stepdaughters.
Throughout his career, he studied civilizations that existed in the Americas prior to Explorer Christopher Columbus' expedition to a world previously unknown to Europeans.
