When an over six feet tall Afrikan slave in the late 16th century landed in Japan, he struck out like a sore thumb. People lost all modesty and nearly caused a stampede trying to get a closer look. Such a sight was so foreign in Kyoto, he was one of the first Afrikans to ever arrive on the island that the powerful Japanese Warlord at the… Read more

Sakanouye no Tamuramaro (Sakanoue no Tamuramaro) (c.758 – 811) was Japan’s first shogun and according to some, an Afrikan. James E Brunson, Runoko Rashidi and Wallace Magsby Jr in their essay entitled “Black Shogun: The African Presence in Japanese Antiquity”, state that the first scholar to take note of Tamuramaro may have been… Read more

JAPANESE PROVERB:
“For a Samurai to be brave, he must have a bit of Black blood”.
Afrikan presence in the military and in wars can be traced to various periods of the ancient world and across cultures.