Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: In addition to producing an array

of creative writing, [Ivan] van Sertima also completed undergraduate studies in African languages and literature and during his studies he became fluent in Swahili and Hungarian. He also worked for several years in Great Britain as a journalist, doing weekly broadcasts to the Caribbean and Africa.

He later immigrated to the US where he entered the University of Rutgers in New Brunswick, New Jersey for graduate work and he has had over 30 years of teaching at the university where he also completed his Master's degree.

from Stabroek News: Ivan van Sertima dies

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