There is evidence and recorded facts that Africans made the voyage to the Americas way before Columbus in 1492. Mary Lefkowitz, scholar and Professor at Wellesley College, was asked about the possibility of Africans coming to America she said, “If there was a voyages made during this time it would have resulted accidentally ( )” West African Civilizations built and sailed ships at least thousands of years ago and these ships had sails and masts, which made it easy to for them sail to America. They would sail up and down the African coast in search of precious metals like gold, Iron and copper. Bynum (2001) states “There are three natural currents flowing from Africa to the Americas and an ocean span only one thousand five hundred miles, but from Europe the span is three