The possibility of any African presence in the Americas before Columbus tends to be rejected out of hand a priori. It is generally seen as an attempt by Blacks to lay claim to the civilisations which developed there, in particular the Olmecs of Central America. However, in our search for the truth, the sensible thing is to weigh the evidence carefully. The first point to be made is that the first inhabitants of the Americas are known to be descendants of Australians.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci/tech/430944.stm
With this in mind, it is not that farfetched to consider the possibility of an African presence too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Columbian_trans-oceanic_contact#Africans
http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/transcripts/?id=154
Articles
http://www.thegambiaecho.com/Homepage/tabid/36/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/2240/Default.aspx
http://www.rense.com/general43/before.htm
http://www.nathanielturner.com/africanpresenceinamericabeforecolumbus.htm
http://www.themodernreligion.com/ht/precolumbus.html
http://www.raceandhistory.com/historicalviews/ancientamerica.htm
http://www.africandiasporatourism.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=500:more-evidence-of-early-african-and-chinese-travelers-to-peru&catid=119:6
Books
http://archive.org/details/africaanddiscov00wiengoog
http://www.amazon.ca/They-Came-Before-Columbus-Presence/dp/0812968174
Controversy
http://www.unl.edu/rhames/courses/current/vansertima.pdf
http://ancientaliensdebunked.com/mystery-solved-olmecs-and-transoceanic-contact/
http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/217071?sid=21105359733951&uid=4&uid=3737720&uid=3739448&uid=2
Video critque of Van Sertima's theory
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKO1TktjgyM&feature=related 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=GyZsuthes7c&NR=1 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=lkzrkm-BZmc 3
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