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I am from edo state in Nigeria. Years ago when I started seeing names of places in Japan like osaka okada edo. I started to wonder how are they naming their places in Japan the same way we named our towns in edo state. They worship their gods exactly the way we worship our gods in Benin. Years later from studies in Chicago I found out that the people from edo state migrated from edo state and settled in what is called present day japan-osaka. You posted a video about also a tribe from Nigeria speak the Chinese languages. Those people are still in Nigeria today speaking their native Chinese dialects. Without knowing it’s called mandarin in far away countries called china. I have seen Chinese people in Chicago with straight afro hair like myself and same black men built. I am no longer surprised that the truth is coming out with the help of internet. Keep posting more videos thanks

I remember as a kid seeing those benin statutes and thinking that they were Samurai warriors .... It is such a sub-conscious observation

As someone who is Japanese and African American this is astonishing to me. Thank you for sharing this. I hope we can unravel more historical mysteries👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

These linguistic similarities make the tower of babel story seem like it is based on something historical.

It's amazing how we are learning how connected the human is, truly amazing ! "Mankind is One".

OMG, I'm Nigerian and I was reading this book called 'No, No Boy', it's written by a Japanese author. When I was reading the book, I noticed A LOT of the names sounded like names from my tribe. The more I researched and spoke to HONEST Japanese, because there was one Japanese lady that was trying to make me look stupid like I didn't know what I was talking about. Anyway, the more I've spoken to Japanese people, the more I realized that there are PLENTY of similarities between the Japanese and Africa. I believe a tribe came to Japan from Africa during the last ice age. I'm really, really glad to see this video. THANK YOU!!!!

I was in a bank in NAIROBI, kenya, in the 80s. The teller called out my name, KATO. to my astonishment, a Japanese with same name went ahead of me. His name was kato. Again my sisters, name is NAGAWA also a common word in JAPAN .

Same mess happened to me the first time I went to Hawaii. Their king had the same name as my grandpa back in the DRC. Kamehameha. And then the entire Hawaiian language has the same phonetics, and use of the letter "u" as in the DRC. When I went to the library to research what was happening, I could not help but notice how the Aborigines looked just like the Congolese, including their queens & kings..

My son's name is Eyasu. His dad is Ethiopian. Language is amazing!

I am from a Ugandan tribe called Bamasaaba. I was always surprised by the similarity of many names of people and places with the Japanese. For instance, my mother's maiden name is Kimono and I have a cousin called Shibuya, among several other names!!

Very good video. Here is more proof to what you are saying. Haplogroup DE is a human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is defined by the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mutations, or UEPs, M1(YAP), M145(P205), M203, P144, P153, P165, P167, P183.[7] DE is unique because it is distributed in several geographically distinct clusters. An immediate subclade, haplogroup D (also known as D-CTS3946), is mainly found in East Asia, parts of Central Asia, and the Andaman Islands, but also sporadically in West Africa and West Asia. The other immediate subclade, haplogroup E, is common in Africa, and to a lesser extent the Middle East and southern Europe. Thank you for you research and keep up the good work. I always knew this stuff and God is just revealing everything now to manking. All life started from the African continent.

Shalom, Today is my Birthday, Thanks to the Most High I am 76 years young today this video is a gift to me Thank You. I have a slight correction, these warrior / Gods who traveled from Africia landed in Korea first they were so impressed by the strong work ethic of the Korean woman that they married them to start a new race of people. They moved to what is now called Japan and started the Japanese race. Thank you and keep up the good work.

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I am Nigerian. As a child with no knowledge of history, but by simply being a very inquisitive child who happened to have been exposed to Japanese culture very early, due to my dad's travels to Japan, I was astonished by how a lot of Japanese names sounded strangely like, or very similar to the everyday names I heard all around me in Nigeria!!! Now as an adult, I am now beginning to understand the connection.... Thanks for this well researched video!

I am a luo from Kenya. We had japanese colleagues who spoke similar words like luos. For example the word 'Omera' had the same meaning as that of Luo.

Some skeptics say the walls didn't exist. Go to Benin, you will see parts of the remnants of the wall. Ive seen them during my school days in Benin city. . Most was destroyed by the British during the Benin invasion. Also, the ancient design of Benin city can still be seen in modern day city plan of Benin- the city centre revolves around the Oba's (king) palace, with a ring road in front, then streets veer off this. Its really interesting to see that our ancestors were better town planners than today's generation, where theres little planning and houses are built in a haphazard manner

This is some wonderful research...the first time that I was made aware of the African and Asian connection was back in the 90's when I read the African presence in early Asia, by Ivan Van Sertima

I am Ghanaian, in 2007 I visited the Ainu city in northern Hokkaido, Japan. I was shocked to see so many of the Ainu sculptures and artwork so similar to African art. I didn't know there's a possibility of common ancestry. This video sheds light on this link, thanks for sharing. The Ainu are very warm and friendly people.

I schooled in Benin City, Edo state, Nigeria and that's how we greet elders: 'Domor sir'' ...more research needs to be done on this connection between Nigeria/Africa and Japan, China and other Asian countries

This is a comfirmation that there's a reason behind Africa the cradle of humanity

I wish colonization never happened and that we all could enjoy the world without belittling the blackness with disbelief and disrespect! We always have to prove who we are and be wiped out ! Thanks for the history lesson it was a beautiful journey!

As an African from Eastern Congo, I went to an all international business school in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some of my classmates from Japan came with names in my African language. We find that the meaning was the same in my language, Swahili, as in Japanese With the internet we will learn more. Keep postin! Thanks.

As Japanese I always think African language and Japanese language is so similar So I like them 😊

I know you are discussing Japan, but the Khoisan people of South Africa and China has a connection

My ex is from Japan. I’m African-American, so I don’t know the Edo language, but we definitely noticed the strange linguistic similarities between West Africa and Japan. Very cool to see it extrapolated upon.

Iyasu is also an Ethiopian name. Former ruler before Haile Selassie was Lij Iyasu

Great work, the darker the flesh, the deeper the roots ..... the world needs that deep dive

I accidentally clicked this video and omg I’ve never had my jaw dropped for 20 mins straight 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Thank you so much for this incredible, insightful video! I'm of Haitian descent, and my DNA is primarily made up of West African (& Central if it includes the former kingdom of Kongo) ethnicities. It's amazing how much of our ancestral cultures we've been able to maintain through song and dance; thus, I like to research where we've obtained (or retained) certain aspects of our culture-which is regionally diverse within itself. Having watched a good amount of Japanese and Korean content, growing up, I've noticed many similarities in physical features, and some japanese words that I could attribute to Haiti. As I learn more about West African peoples and their histories, the similarities to East Asians that I've picked up on make total sense! You have no idea how much joy it brings me to see how we're all so connected! Thank you so much for the time and effort you've put into this video. I only wish more people saw the importance of learning about the history of the continent that birthed not just our kind, but the first homos as well.

The black people were traders from India. They introduced Hinduism into South East Asia. India Princes had Hindu Temples built in Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Indonesia. Some say this was as far back as the 1st Century AD to about 1400 AD when Buddhism, Islam and Christianity infiltrated S.E. Asia. Trading boats plied the East Coast of Africa as far South as Madagascar. Arab dows, Indian traders and Indonesian outriggers crossed the Indian Ocean trading also with Africa, Egypt, Persia, Arabia and Israel. Certainly Africans sailed these seas. The Aboriginal people of Australia arrived in Australia from Africa about 65,000 years ago. Some say 42,000 while others claim 128,000 years ago. They crossed oceans by sea. The Wallace line in Indonesia identifies a stretch of ocean that animals could not cross. The only way was by sea, and they came from Africa, as shown by their DNA. The Australian Aboriginal DNA exists in isolated tribes on islands in the Andaman Sea, and was found in natives in Tierra del Fuego South America.

Africa is the mother of this planet. Not a secret, just a lot of nonbelievers who don't want their feelings hurt.

Again. Excellent work. I am really amazed by your channel. Permission to use some of your content in my upcoming video. I will make sure to give proper reference, if you allow me

As a former teacher, I just love learning

The edo people are still highly sophisticated, artistic and wonderfullly creative people.

I live in Germany but I'm from Kenya. I studied Linguistics at university years ago. During my student days I also took Japanese language lessons for 3 years. From the beginning I was struck by similarities between Japanese and two Kenyan languages, Swahili and especially Kikuyu. Both are Bantu languages. Bantu is one of the African language groups. I haven't personally noted any similarities between Japanese and Luhya, the Kenyan language mentioned in the video, but Luhya is also a Bantu language. Then again, I don't speak any Luhya. The similarities with the Kikuyu language of Kenya may or may not be coincidences, but the link to Benin and Nigeria are unmistakeable. Like the video points out, it's no mere coincidence. Japanese people living in Kenya, as we observed in those days, spoke Swahili just like Kenyans so much so that, if you had closed your eyes, you'd have thought a Kenyan was speaking. There were Europeans and Americans in Kenya who had learnt Swahili very well, but they always spoke it with a heavy European or American accent. When the Japanese heard us Kenyans speaking their language, lo and behold, they said that unlike Americans living in Japan we spoke Japanese just like the Japanese - without an accent! Because of my backgound in Linguistics, I can confirm that African language and Asian languages are very similar both phonetically (in terms of pronunciation) and syntactically (in terms of grammar). For example, both Japanese and Luo (my mother tongue) are what are known as pitch accents, whereas English and German, the two European languages I speak, are stress accents.

For the Karanga people of Zimbabwe, the name of an elephant is Zhou in both Japanese and Karanga

This was very well done, & appreciated. I am a black woman in amerikkka. I have always had a love, & spiritual pull to Japan. Japanese people have always been beautiful spiritual people to me. Thank you.

A Catholic priest by the name of Fr.ignatius Endo.during world war 2.A Japan war commander gave this name Endo to him while being in a womb of his mother.Wonderful learning history.thankyou very much.

Well this fortifies my theory of why the US dropped those bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima, to destroy the evidence of the ancient culture. Thank you for your research.

Ahhh I see now why Elijah Mohammad called us a “ Afro-Asiaiatic people’s “

Edo, Bini Name Ejiro, urhobo name Ikoku, Bini Iruka, Ibo Azuka, Ibo Akifumi, Yoruba Junwa, Yoruba Femi, Yoruba Osaze, Bini Udo, Bini Iyamu, Bini Iroha, Bini Oba, Bini Osahon, Bini Okada, Bini Osamu, Bini Iruma, Bini Iseri, Bini Eko, Bini Osazuwa, Bini Oka, Bini In general, the names are all Nigerian names

I think these Edo guys passed through East Africa and invaded my community because we are told by our elders that our community was once taken captive by people with red attire. Somewhere in present day Ethiopia.

What a fantastic video. Truly shedding light on our connected history. Well done!

I have always asked myself if there was any correlation b/n the Japanese Edo and Nigeria's. now it's clear.👍

I am Nigerian and my name is Aiwa, and I am surprised Aiwa is also a Japanese name, my son's name is Osato and Osato is also a Japanese name, so I am confused now...

So great to keep learning

Black people are the original of this planet! We brought civilization to the world! Stop letting them lie to you, we are the real indigenous people of this planet.🖤

Well this connection between Benin names and Japanese names has always been very striking to me. I’m from Senegal and very fond of ancient history and the relationship between Africa and other cultures. Some Japanese names are definitely from Africa. Every time I meet someone from Japan, I can’t help myself trying to show them that their names are very much alike with names from the Benin culture! But , they mostly politely laugh and think in the back of their mind that I must be crazy! Africans, wake up! This our world for the world to know!

The Japanese were also related to the California Yahi. A member of the California Yahi sailed to Japan where he could speak with them in his California native language.

Years ago, when I started working with Nigerians for the first time in my life and heard them talking, I kept telling them that they sounded like Japanese.

I’m from Benin, Edo State, Nigeria. Url was shared by my son, whose paternal grandad incidentally had a granny who was the first child of Agho Obaseki, the Iyase of Benin during the Edo-British war of 1894-1897 (and acting Oba of Benin after deportation in 1897 by the British of Oba Ovoranmwen to Calabar, the home town of his (my son’s) mum)…

I am going to have to watch this again and take notes. Thank you for the lesson. Liked and subscribed

As an American, I always noticed that they had similarities. The most noticeable is the sliding of their feet with slippers on. 😅

I had ALWAYS thought that there was a link between Nigeria and Japan. Thank you for this research confirming my suspicions. The link is so strong. Wow!! We have been truely miseducated by design. I celebrate you sir. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾🤣🤣🙏🏾🙏🏾🕺🏾😇🥰😘

What an excellent video. I have always known the peoples of the east and far far east have black ancestry. It's incredible too how similar the languages like Korean, Chinese, pali, sanskrit, tamil and many others are. The descendents of cush migrated and went on to start many dynasties. Thanks for sharing. Appreciate your research. 👍😊

Blacks will end up being majority eventually and re write history again ,,koz also a lot of edo Igbo and Yoruba names are similar to Nilotic names in Kenya especially even Ghana apala and agpala ,amadi and amadi,names like oyoo etc some point nations broke but kingdoms ruled a vast area that had multi lingo mix of people under one burner of rule ,,the Wolof and the nilotes are also similar looking tall dark and same facial features

great content !!! thank you so much !

Its so so good to study and do reserch for ourselves now i know that the benin people are amongst those that found present tokoyo Japan today.

there has to be some sort of connection a long way back! being Edo myself, everything about the Japanese culture and religion feels so un alien to me 😅

Im Zambian and once I worked with a Zambian with the name "Tanaka"

This is fascinating. There are also Japanese place names and indeed personal names which sound like those found in the Great Lakes region of East Africa. Furthermore, I noticed, from my Japanese friend (RIP), similarities in social etiquette and mannerisms. He noticed that in me, and I noticed the same in him.

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Great work and information to share! ❤ Does this pertain to the Esan people of Benin City-Edo Nigeria? I have done my DNA ancestry ("Living DNA") and my ancestors are Esan Nigerians. And what's so ironic is that I do have a Japanese bloodline too ("23andme")! I love this! Do you know that I showed my friend who is Edo this video and he never knew! He was so fascinated by this information. I kind of always suspected this because whenever I came across some Chinese or Japanese names with Chi, it looked so close to Igbo names!

Fascinating! I’m From the captivity of Amerikkka. Some 89% of my DNA traces back to Nigeria. I’ve always been drawn to the art of Benin. Great video! Keep up the good work!

This makes a lot of sense. I am from Jamaica. 51% Nigerian, but my DNA also picked up Paleo Siberian - which would've been the same people who became the Jomon/Ainu people of Japan. I also have Austronesian, Native American and South East Asian. A part from the Native American that I could easily trace back, because my grandmother is known to be of Taino descent, the rest of non-African ethnicities weren't adding up to me. Now this puts everything into perspective, and my DNA results can confirm this study as well. I am seeing a connection. I also study Japanese language and history and have observed and questioned all these things mentioned in the video, and I thought I was tripping when I speculated. I think the Japanese people need to be educated about this because the most they tell them about their far history is that they don't know where the Jomon people came from, but they were possibly Jewish or of some Eurasian decent. These findings would also point to Native Americans and Siberians who crossed over to the Americas actually belonging to this same group that came from Nigeria. This is why Native Americans are inherently black and also share similar physical traits as Japanese people.

Africans were developed people for that time. Not considered poor then, other regions were not as organised.

All of them are our sons they should respect us more

Well, don't they say that all humans came from Ethiopia in Africa ?

Also if you speak ancient Kikongo you understand ancient...Nihongo ( = the actual name of Japanese in Japanese). Both cultures, the cultures from Katiopa (endonym for Africa) are the cultures and traditions of the Ngo ( = Black Sun) What modern-day African have been taught to believe are tribes were actually initiation schools that were spread WORLDWIDE. Originally, Kongo does not designate a tribe nor an ethnic group in Central Africa, it is an initiation order that spread all over Katiopa and beyond. You go to Japan, you'll see the Mount Kongo, the Kongo Rikishi/ mikishi ( = who are nkishi), the Kongo Battleship, etc... Initiated Japanese people are still aware of this... It is /was just not taught to regular people.. but the knowledge is coming back. Thank you for sharing.

As a Nigerian living in Japan this content is really relatable! We have lots of name in common with Japanese! Ehime, Chika, Edo, and many more!

That’s wonderful JAPAN and NIGERIA

what an amazing video, blew my mind as i had no idea of the many connections there and ive been to Japan 3xs and trace my roots back to Benin also. Fabulously put together, thank you for the work you produced here and citing your sources. ❤🎉

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The Japanese shares similarities in names and cultures with ancient Egypt. Benins are Anago minors from ancient Egypt. Parts of India, China and Indonesia also share similar cultures and languages.

I’ve always noticed the similarities between Edo culture and that of Japan got me very curious and i somehow suspected this was the case, now this sheds more light on it.

Thanks for your valuable exposition of Africa as the motherland of HUMAN RACE, no matter the colour of skin and creed of mind. I am Nigerian of IJAW nationality, the earlier nations of the WORLD AGREE to common ANCESTRY, the sooner we ACHIEVE SUSTAINABLE UNIVERSAL PEACE, HAPPINESS, JUSTICE in the UNITY of DIVERSITY. Pray the CREATOR of the Universe bless your efforts. Amen🙏🏼

Very interesting, thank God for History!!!

It is awesome to get confirmation! I started on my own journey many years ago because Asians and Africans looked so similar to me! Some names were also similar so to my Black Western mind, I knew there had to be a connection.

Very interesting.

As a lingàla speaker who also speaks Japanese, doomo.

The route to Africa may be pretty long here, and this would hardly surprise anyone, except for the fact how rich history is, how the world interconnected. The ancient peoples weren't sedentary, like today, and those on the islands in particular, they navigated great distances on regular bases. This is what gives rise to great kingdoms, even though it also happens on the mainland, these two always meet to create these great nations or civilizations. Even if they don't fully integrate, or not initially, they trade, utilizing the strengths of one another. In terms of demographics, this pattern of history favors the largest land mass in the area, whatever the race, it displaces that of the sea people. Considering that the southern Asia and the Pacific Islands were populated by black Africans who closely interacted with Africa, they would have dealt with the kingdom of benin even if they traded on the east coast, just because Benin was the center of power and trade, even though they didn't incorporate the area, there's no reason for that, the relevant power was trade, and it knew no limits, the issue was optimization of it, and for that you had to create a center of power, and go from there. The tribe of Moses that you mentioned weren't some backward beduins, they are described as leaders in terms of civilization, superior to Egypt and Mesopotamia, where Moses went to complete his education, and he did. He married there, and his wife is described as a black African. It might have been another one, nevertheless, even if a multiracial society, the African connection is there at least in terms of upper classes or royalty, that actively cultivated such connections for the obvious reasons of knowledge, power and trade. Human history is easily covered by sands, few things seem to last, and this is very deceptive, creating this false notion of history that it was set in stone. Human history is nothing like that, there were thousands of Marco Polos, they just never got famous. We also know that trade between sub-saharan Africa and Middle East was extensive in the ancient times. It went primarily through Egypt and the black nation of Kush, but little else was known about the nations the Kushites traded with. They were more like the middle men who have developed exclusive partnership with Egypt, relying on other nations for procuring the goods and running the actual economy. We also know that the Midianites bypassed them to some extent through the sea trade, and Solomon even built a port in Midian, to have a more direct route to Africa, with a consent of Egypt. As a result the markets were flooded with gold and previously exotic luxury products, and a lot of people weren't happy, also unsustainable in other respects, it didn't last. No doubt, the markets pursued other venues, going east, looking for opportunities, and a remote, uncontested and rich a place like Japan would have been the most likely place to call home for out-of-work class of warriors and traders of leading sub-saharan African nations of the time.

Yup. Like I've been saying the original black Chinese is either haplogroup C or D. And D is connected to haplogroup E.

I am Nigerian from the igbo tribe and I also have found a lot of correlation between Japanese culture and igbo culture. The concept of the chi (Qi) in Japanese cosmology is exactly identical to the chi concept in igbo cosmology. Also, igbo cosmology is heavy on ancestor worship (honouring); we pray to and pour libetion to the spirits of our ancestors. Also, personal shrines was big in my culture, just like the edo culture. Also, I reviewed the list of names you posted. 1st of all I'm quite in shock! Are you saying these are all names borne by Japanese people?? These are all Nigerian names from multiple ethnicities from all over Nigeria. Secondly and most profoundly for me, 50% of those names are from the igbo tribe, which is my tribe, not even the edo tribe despite the ovbiously established correlation of the Japanese and the Edo people of Nigeria. This is also intriguing for me because there's also a lot of correlation between the igbos and ancient Chinese, in names, cultural practices, and cosmological concepts. Its extremely fascinating.

Amazing video and great research! When I was studying the Azande people of the DRC I came across a lot of place names and names of rulers from Africa with place names etc. from Indonesia and all over that region. Why aren't they teaching us real history in school in the UK? Summary of this video: The video explores a hypothetical scenario based on historical facts, where a young Nigerian named Osazuwa travels to Tokyo, Japan for university. When he arrives, he surprises his Japanese friends by revealing his Edo ethnic group from Nigeria, which leads to astonishing connections between the Edo people of Benin Empire and ancient Japan. The Benin people were a powerful kingdom in Nigeria, known for their massive walls and sophisticated culture. The video suggests that there are linguistic, cultural, and even genetic connections between the Edo people and ancient Japan. It delves into the striking similarities in names, cultural practices, and even DNA evidence linking Nigeria and Japan. The video also explores the possibility of Edo people from Benin settling in Japan during the Edo period, leading to a blending of cultures and genetic influence. It touches upon the linguistic connections between African and Asian languages, as well as the potential influence of Edo people in various regions of Asia. Overall, the video presents compelling evidence and connections that suggest a deep and significant historical relationship between the Edo people of Benin Empire in Nigeria and ancient Japan during the Edo period.

1:16 That picture seems like 3 yangban gentleman during the Joseon Dynasty in Korea.

I became convinced about 6 years ago that Korean is also rooted in west African culture, specifically Nigerian. There a certain words in Korean that very much mirror my language which is Annang.

I'm African from Zambia and it's true we often marvel when we here Japanese names because they sound so much like African names! This really needs to be studied more!

The Portuguese were the first to arrive in Ghana and also in Japan, so one might expect that they transferred some of the same names and words to both. In Ghana and Japan the work "Shitor" or something like it, applies to pepper.

The historical kingdom of Benin was established in the forested region of West Africa in the 1200s C.E. According to history, the Edo people of southern Nigeria founded Benin. They no longer wanted to be ruled by their kings, known as the ogisos.

Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you!!! I am so so happy you are bringing this to light! Although, I had the knowledge, images and the confirmation by my Japanese aunt years ago, it is something I did not want to present because of quantum circumstances that would convolute the information. So Spirit sent another. You are being supported by our ancestors. Keep it up! So I applaud you for doing so. If you have yet to do a presentation on Korea, I think it would be worthwhile as according to my aunt, this country holds a key in this mysterious Africa/Asia puzzle. Soon the world will know who's who. Excellent!!!

As an African, and an indigenous ,I knew this Japan has the same te.ta to, tic tax toe ,sounds not a lot of long rrr sounds.( shot sounds) ..I speak KLAO.. JAPANESE SOUNDS LIKE ONE OF THOSE WEST AFRICAN LANGUAGES..

Even in Indonesia EDO is the surname of some group of people who migrated from Japan

Unfortunatly we don’t know much of Africa past and history ...

I appreciate your research. I've always known there was an affinity between Japan and Africa - ever since i was a child in Oklahoma City, OK - my Dad was a book collector and he had a series of books called the Afro-Asian Encyclopedia - It was in black and white, but showed so many similarities between Africa and Japan - including the fact that both cultures believe everything has a spirit inside. I also knew that Japan tried to warn Africa about the invasion of the caucasoids - the beginning of slavery, and when they would not listen, the Japanese returned to Japan and closed their borders to caucasoids for nearly 400 years - from the 1500s to the late 1800s, when they threatened to blow Japan up with canons if they didn't allow them to come ashore (around 1867 after the Civil War). Perhaps the greatest proponents of Afro/Asian Ancestry was the great researcher and scholar Runoko Rashidi - a dear friend, who used to lecture in the US and throughout Africa about the wonderful traditions we have in common. I've always admired Japanese culture and worked with a Japanese firm in New York City for a few years, and was pleased to find there were some strong positive energies between me and my coworkers - who are now also my friends. The fact that Japan relates to African American Jazz and music is also an indication to the possibilities of genetic afiliations. I also remember, as a kid, when Walt Disney had the Mickey Mouse Club on TV - they did a tribute to Japan: "Where are prettiest flowers made? Made in Japan!" - I have never forgotten that song, even though at the time I was not aware of all the wonderful and beautiful things our Japanese brothers and sisters made. There was still so much prejudice against Japanese post WWII. Thanks so much for this wonderful film. Also, I remember I had a dear friend from Sierra Leone, West Africa whose name was Miatta - also the name of a famous model of a car by Toyoto - The Miatta. I am planning to take a trip to Japan to see in person why there is such a strong affinity on my part to things and people Japanese. So Arigato and Asante Sana for making this wonderful video. Stay Blessed - Gloria DULAN-Wilson

I´m Edo origin in Nigeria grew up in a rural area of Benin city so i know much about Edo culture and at my 24 yrs i travel to Japan Tokyo there i saw the shadow of Edo culture and behavour in Japan (1991/ 94) Ototó ( junion ) in Japan but mean lower part in Edo Nigeria. "Ame ga furu" in japan.. " Ame ró " in Edo... Means it´s raining. etc.. etc. I think this connection is from Edo Egypt.

Now, this makes sense. I always thought that the Japanese people's names sounded so African!

Thanks for sharing your research; you did a great job.. I am not surprised by this information. In the past Asia was predominantly Black! as a child my father told me the original Chinese were Black; and he had very old books to prove it. It’s evident in the hairstyles too. For example: Bantu knots are known as an African hairstyle; but was worn by the Chinese that came to Jamaica in the 1800s. Today in Jamaica, it is still called, Chinny bumps, or China bumps. In fact, it was the hairstyle worn by most of their Buddhas. In the end, we are all interconnected! One love❤

Tracing back to the origins, everyone comes from Africa, so we are all family. The black color of Buddhist statues is simply due to the gold leaf and paint peeling off and becoming blackened by candle soot. Traces of various colorful paints remain in the grooves of the statues and have been restored. Until the Portuguese directly brought black people, it was difficult for people born in Africa to come directly to Japan. Even Nobunaga was surprised when he saw a black person. It's quite possible that Africans, traveling through Arab and Chinese lands for generations, eventually made their way to Japan. However, through repeated intermarriage, their appearance might have become more Persian or Chinese, but African customs and stories might have been passed down, and there may be similarities in names. There's a theory that the Phoenicians, a maritime people, left names related to themselves in lands all over the world, which is why there are similar place names worldwide. In Japanese mythology, there is a story similar to the Greek myth of Orpheus, where Izanagi visits the land of Yomi, and in Nagano Prefecture’s Suwa Taisha, there is a ritual called "御頭祭Ontousai" that resembles the biblical story of Isaac. Additionally, it is said that Prince Shotoku was born in a stable, so it is quite possible that African stories have been passed down. The reason why Japanese people have brownish skin is likely due to the influence from the active maritime trade during the Jomon period, around 13,000 years ago, before the sea level rose, with regions such as Polynesia, Sundaland, Okinawa, and the Ogasawara Islands. There are megalithic ruins common to these regions in Japan as well, and astronomical records remain at the Kinzan megalithic group. It's also interesting that the names Asuka in Japan, Alaska, Azteca, and Nasca all share a similar sound. If you trace back even further, those people probably also came from Africa. Due to the volcanic ash from the Akahoya eruption that occurred off the coast of southern Kyushu in Japan 7,300 years ago, the Jomon people, who could no longer live in western Japan, evacuated to eastern Japan, the Korean Peninsula, and China. Later, they migrated to areas such as Mesopotamia, Egypt, and India, and after several generations, they brought back technologies and cultures. They returned with religions such as Zoroastrianism, ancient polytheistic Judaism, and Nestorian Christianity, as well as civil engineering and sericulture techniques. There are records of Persians serving as officials during the Nara period, but due to mixed ancestry, their appearance had changed, and they might have been referred to as Persians. It is being researched that the Sumerians, who suddenly appeared in Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago and used an agglutinative language similar to Japanese, might be a people who continued the customs and culture of the evacuated Jomon people, differing from the surrounding nations.

This is the results of studying your own history as opposed to someone outside of your own telling you your history. Beautiful!