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Dr. Ivan Sertima - Nile Valley Conference, Part 4 | For The People (1985)

This is the fourth installment of the For The People Nile Valley Conference series. This episode's topic is Dr. Ivan Van Sertima and his educational and career journey in learning from Africa. During this episode Dr. Van Sertima does an excellent job at keeping the crowd's attention, which is evident in their reactions to his speech. Dr. Van Sertima speaks about his educational journey, explaining how he became “close” with his professors while explaining his many hardships. He then tells a story of how professors taught him the difference between the studies of anthropology and sociology. Dr. Ivan Van Sertima also mentions Africans mass producing steel in less stages than, using less fuel and did it before Europeans. He then begins to speak about Egyptian Africans producing the first calendar. He also mentions the speaker before him Dr. Beatrice Lumpkin on adding to the conversation of African contributions to early mathematics and engineering by the Egyptians and other Africans. Lastly, Dr. Ivan Van Sertima says that the knowledge that he has discovered brings one a feeling of “rebirth.” Produced and hosted by Listervelt Middleton, For the People delivered African American history and culture every week to South Carolina ETV's viewers.