Africans discovered America: Olmecs

Colossal Olmec stone head - Discovered at the La Venta site in Tabasco State, Mexico, 1945-55

The mysterious giant stone heads of the Black Olmec Civilization of Mexico and Mesoamerica

San Lorenzo Monument 3 - The Black Olmecs of Africa, Xalapa (wiki)

La Venta [sacrificial?] Altar 5 (Ruben Charles) - The African Olmecs: were-jaguar

The African empire in America they tried to hide from us

The Olmec: Original Black civilizations of Mexico and Mesoamerica (realhistoryww.com)

Los Olmecas ("the Olmecs") did not call themselves that but were dubbed much later.

Prof. Leo Wiener

(Black Stories Untold) History tells us that Cristobal Columbus "discovered" America — but what if that’s not the whole story? Evidence suggests that African explorers arrived in the Americas long before European conquest, leaving their mark on ancient civilizations like the Olmecs. From striking stone carvings to cultural similarities, the clues are there — but mainstream history refuses to acknowledge them. Who were these early Black navigators? How did they shape the Americas? And why has their story been buried? Who was Harvard's Leo Wiener? #blackhistory #columbus

Who were first Mesoamericans? Indigenous Mexicans blended with Africans? Drupal

We look alike? It's a total coincidence, Man. I've never been here. (Olmec Heads of Africa)

• Anthropomorphic statuette with phallic head, Olmec Culture, Mexico, 900-600 BC (r/ArtefactPorn)

La Venta Stele 19 (Aubrey and George Delange) - Black Olmecs of Mexico

• Leo Wiener, Harvard University, circa 1920, via Black Untold Stories, April 20, 2025; Sheldon S., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly