UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN LEGACY: Japan's Mysterious African Heritage

[@TheGabrielerhabor]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent contribution. Many thanks!

[@salviawisdom496]

Yes, I too find that the Japanese have names similar to those of Nigerians

[@helloxonsfan]

Awesome info & video...!!! 👍🏽

[@fifid2554]

Faites des recherches sur patché un livre écrit par un camerounais qui a fait des recherches au Japon en Corée et en chine sur la présence africaine en Asie depuis le temps de l'Égypte pharaonique jusqu'au 8 e siecle

[@pedropfaff8906]

Astonishing!

[@johnbobo3013]

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

[@WETFIIFII]

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👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome.

[@diwi5823]

You're not African American unless you were born in Africa and now have American naturalized citizenship. Those continental misnomers are not only confusing but inaccurate identifiers. If you mean you are Black/Japanese, you should say Black and Japanese.

[@WETFIIFII]

@@diwi5823 Black/white are outdated colonial oppression terminology. I’m not really sure why you’re telling anyone how they should identify?

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

@@diwi5823Black is also a misnomer. We accept it, but we-so-called African Americans-know that we are a hybrid people.

[@KamalasNotLikeUs]

Is this post from my daughter? 😂

[@brianabrom6115]

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

[@rehabeamnepaya5942]

One and started in Africa. Only that some people are changing history by repainting the pictures to look white but Africa ruled the world I guess.

[@PrincessWarrior222]

Everything began in Africa and spread around the world so every civilization still has traces of those African tribal roots.

[@marshalljulie3676]

The literal Human race 😂

[@biohazerdtrollztrolls4798]

do research the tuber did not clearly do much.... Proto-Japonic, the common ancestor of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages, is thought to have been brought to Japan by settlers coming from the Korean peninsula The Japanese, in addition to mastering the reading and writing of Chinese, also adapted Chinese as the basis of their own language. Prior to this time, Japanese was only a spoken language. Then the Japanese began using Chinese characters to transliterate their own spoken tongue. The Chinese language is the oldest written language in the world with at least six thousand years of history. Chinese character inscriptions have been found in turtle shells dating back to the Shang dynasty1 (1766-1123 BC) proving the written language has existed for more than 3,000 years.

[@MrMathoks]

Bs. Some people chose their global Northern ancestors over their dark skinned southern ancestors to whom they owe their very existence, and declared themselves superior to the descendants of said southern ancestors. Nice good cop though

[@blackoralArt]

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

[@auroraoghene8073]

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!!!!

[@khabasahure9840]

because african people were every where and when you keep marrying invading tribes women you become genetically whited out

[@nikinai4374]

BUT HE IS LYING! making up TALES=just pure FOLKLORIC for the IGNORANT!...haaahahahahah!! this is SOOO FAKE it cant even HIDE its FAKERY!... JAPANESE are the descendants of JAPHETH-the JAVANESE hence brothers to other SONS OF NOAH-Gen 10 The BANTU are Gen 5:4 OTHER children of Adam and Eve AFTER SETH was born...so the BANTU are NOT JAPANESE and neither are they HAMETIC as JAPHETH, the 1st born HAM the 2nd born and SHEM 3rd born SONS OF NOAH!....NOT BANTU!... ...........the LANGUAGES of ALL the world were ORIGINALLY ONE LANGUAGE ....till....BABEL when the LANGUAGES were MIXED UP and only some words remained SIMILAR....THAT does NOT MEAN that the SONS OF NOAH are SONS OF THE BANTU nor are the BANTU the sons of NOAHS SONS!... #STOP this FAKERY its AD NAUSEUM!...purely to PUSWH the HYBRIDITY INTERracial narrative for the GENETIC SURVIVAL of the SONS OF NOAH!...GIVE IT UP! its FAKE and WE KNOW IT!...

[@jeangermain3621]

We are living a mystery and secret world.

[@drkyone1916]

If you look for pictures of early (black) Chinese or Japanese you’ll realize that they were black. And the early war were about extermination of Dark skin clans. Mulatto, Moreno, Moriscos are European, some African and American who have fallen from our 1st estate. I don’t know what China or Japanese word would be.

[@constanceajunwa8166]

We are one.... Indeed we are. Africa was indeed the cradle of civilisation

[@tonytiger7079]

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS AUTHENTIC AFRICAN ART IS SO VALUBLE AMONG EUROPEANS, AND OTHERS. THE TRUE MEANING OF THE ART IS KEPT SECRET. ALSO, IT'S ONE OF THE REASONS ALMOST EVERY MAJOR MUSEUM IN EUROPE, AND THE U.S. HAS ANCIENT AFRICAN ART, AND ARTIFACTS. FURTHER EVIDENCE AS TO WHY EUROPEANS DO WANT TO RETURN THE ART TO IT'S RIGHTFUL PLACE ON THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.

[@Impex7]

IN THE LAST SENTENCE, THE WORD SHOULD BE "DON'T", INSTEAD OF "DO".😜

[@makutumafwa7496]

At some point people will remember that's not even art, that's technology. You can actually decode the code of reality through the adinkra code... this is not mere decoration nor a writing system only. It's the actual code of reality.... All the 6000 writing scripts from Katiopa (endonym for Africa) functions like that... knowledge is coming back collectively.

[@lavoriathornton922]

The artifacts are a shrine of defeat and to be superior against all they defeated in battle! Like skin that cover our bodies! After the defeat and conquer the destruction has run deep and banishment of the blacks around the world, that has lied, killed, destroyed our race, and also to keep us separated from the truth… is hard to digest, although we know the truth but the proof is there hate! To keep those artifacts prove the truth of Slavery,Colonization, Religion, and now Education and the wipe out of our History! I will never be ashamed to carry this amour as a black person! I love what those who have taken from our ancestors, we are waking up to see the unsee, the unknown,and I hope to see the world through our ancestors eyes! In real time… This my opinion!!!

[@renaldo1]

Correction “ DO NOT “ is what I think you meant, no?

[@Impex7]

@@renaldo1 THE SITE WOULD NOT ALLOW ME TO MAKE THE CORRECTION. IF YOU KEEP READING, YOU'LL FIND THAT I ALREADY MADE THE CORRECTION IN ANOTHER POST. THANKS....

[@kayodekeegan9683]

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!

[@jeangermain3621]

I always say that too, mostly every African name is similar to Japanese.

[@Kimar7779]

I have a Nigerian name and I took Japanese in high school, my instructor was stunned that my name was so “Japanese-sounding”. She was the only teacher I had that got my name right on the first try!

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome 🙏

[@revellhorton9002]

Lost split Israel tribes.. some of the Nigerian names and African names are also Hebrew names.

[@jeangermain3621]

@@revellhorton9002 You get right, brother!

[@djcspecies]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent stuff! Thanks for this. 😊

[@MrHeru1]

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

[@elizabethfairley6460]

Seems more like the Tower of Bable was a made-up story to explain why there are many different languages in the world.

[@Thisabadusername]

It is

[@craxnews831]

These Edo people are what is written in the Bible as Edom’ they ruled Benin republic(Judah in the bible) Obadiah’s story was about them! The are the rulers of Babylon and took the children of Isreal as slaves! The river Choba is where Ezekiel saw the endtime vision, his name is Ezike(Eze-Ike)they are close kins with the Egyptians(Jibiti) There chief priest is called ON in the book but called Ooni in Nigeria. The Nigerians are the original Egyptians and also Isrealites that’s why the Portuguese first attacked them and looted them before the transatlantic slave trade.

[@Israel-of-Yah]

It is bro, it is

[@icegangsta5161]

Purely historical

[@blackoralArt]

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

[@belvedere92]

There are times in the history of humanity where we lose our way. And then there are times when we find our way back home. So why did we lose it in the first place. Let me know when you find out.

[@daleanderson1095]

“Most were destroyed by the British.” Apparently, that would have been quite a feat.

[@LadyThunderbird63]

​@@daleanderson1095 it took 1200 Royal Marines and a few RN warships , job done. we lost 8 men. A relative of mine was on one of the ships.

[@TitoKane-vv2hf]

All the western countries were modelled after BENIN BUILDING TECHNIQUES

[@african-history-fountain]

@@daleanderson1095The wall isn’t destroyed..Just parts of it in the Benin city area. The walls extend far into other regions which are mostly rural and covered by vegetation etc. In fact probably less than 5% of the wall/rampart system is damaged.

[@annointedknowledge8146]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks for your valuable contribution. Happy birthday! Really glad you enjoyed it.😊

[@taniag3975]

Happy Earthday and many blessings to you. I hope you have a wonderful day full of love, joy and family 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎂🎁🥳🥳🥳🥳🍾

[@PTAHSEKERAUSAR]

Wherever there is a neanderthal existence, there was a African or Black Civilization there first which was eventually conquered in whole by neanderthal swarming invasions coming continuously. This is Global wide pure world timeline history.

[@kaizakkastro9717]

Happy birthday to you and me im 40 today.

[@vanessajones3508]

Thank you for this informative video.

[@AA-ux6gg]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome! Thanks.

[@cytkl]

Japanese names Sound like swahili

[@AA-ux6gg]

@@cytkl I think Kikongo is more similar I guess

[@PrincessWarrior222]

Same

[@jesusisapisces]

What is 'African' language?

[@aazablue]

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

[@Vprincemusic05]

Edo people of Nigeria also bear the name

[@yoahanna220]

💯 Yes I always suspected that there was some kind of connection between Japanese language and some of the African languages. The sounds were just too similar. And I notice in the Japanese language they use all the vowels: a, o, i, e, u

[@abraham3095]

It’s a very popular name in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It means Yeshua. There were famous emperors with that name such as Iyasu I of Ethiopia (also known as the Great) (1682 - 1706) Iyasu II of Ethiopia (1730 - 1755)

[@hils1015]

@@yoahanna220 I'm Zimbabwean and many of their names and their intonation is just like the Shona language from Zimbabwe. I was very intrigued to discover they also have a connection to West Africa. He mentions that people from the Munhumutapa ( incorrectly spelled by the Portuguese as Monomotapa which is the prevailing spelling) kingdom in Southern Africa went to Japan and that makes so much sense because Zimbabwe is part of modern day Munhumutapa.

[@shirleyw3382]

Check out the East Indians who were early Africans as well!

[@johnwatangio9139]

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.

[@londonmmc]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Thanks, and welcome. 🙏

[@jacquelinedwyer9252]

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.🖤

[@gshrdy5415]

There is nothing like real and false, yes all humans once were Africans, once they migrated to other continents they mutated into other races, that is the evolution theory.

[@DanHenry-v5x]

If you want to see things like that then Everyone is African, but What I can see did happen is the Edo People Hitched a Ride with Chinese Ships over to Asia and Married into southeast Asian Royalty, Becuase they were Given that position, DUE TO THEM BEING SO DIFFERENT, South east Ancient Asians were Very much like that It helped them Build more Infrastructure Nationally and Legally due to Cultural differences and Understanding, The Kmerian Kingdom also Proposed to a 14 year old Indian Merchant Aswell, No Royal Lines, No Special Reputations, He Was Culturally different, Young enough to Re-assimilated and possibly also the same age as their Princess and so her father Proposed to him, That's how things Worked in Asia back then

[@gshrdy5415]

whatever makes you feel better.

[@fofao681]

We are all one race we are all the original people ,just like animals of the same race who evolve in different parts of the world we also acquire different traits as humans such as pigmentation. Leave that old ideia of being the original peoplecause than I'd ask were our first ancestors blacks ?were the single cell organism we evovolded from black ?

[@jamusjones5237]

​@@fofao681 prove him wrong , then , . ?

[@zazlar4228]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Incredible. Thanks. 😊

[@ddcc66]

​@@african-history-fountain kzbin.info/www/bejne/aHunaXmKhZaWjbMsi=NwOyC0HrIbEFFlae

[@wolefatunmbi9727]

@@african-history-fountain My dear brother, thanks for a great video. I thank the Spirit of our ancestors, that I found this video, great work. Am Wole Fatunmbi, a Nigerian from the royal house of Ife, a Mech Engr. and an Historian resident in Germany. I plead for your audience, my comments will be deleted , if I even hint, on what I want to discuss with you. That is a chip on the iceberg, regarding our lost Histories, I will like to take you back to the beginning. Please how can we talk one on one ?

[@azy090]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

You're most welcome, and thanks for your great contribution.

[@celeste5607]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks for your valuable contribution, and thanks for your kind words. 😊

[@DebbiePumphery-tf7yt]

🌿💯🌿🥰🌿❤️🖤💚🌿🥇🌿🌎🌿🥰🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@celeste5607]

This is just to show that both D and E are found in Africa as well as Asia.

[@AfricanMaverick]

The Edo people also have haplogroup DE

[@belvedere92]

So did all culture. (except maybe the gun culture)

[@Igunbor]

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)…

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent. Many thanks, and welcome 🙏 😊

[@DahiraToubaChicago]

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!

[@zinhlekheswa5237]

They've been taught that Africa is a dark world a bad world to be associated with. Don't blame them continue with your work

[@paulchris9166]

Not only Benin from my observation of the list of names a lot of Igbo, Yoruba, and a little of Hausa as well.

[@Ammaa.llx_]

💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 their time is up, the Vail in thin and truth is flowing like river🤌🏼😍🙏🏽🙏🏽 SO CALLED BLACK HISTORY IS WORLD HISTORY 🌎 🗝👑 KNOW they Self !

[@papazjose1274]

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..

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent contribution. Thanks!

[@flamealchemy7964]

Kanaka Maoli like all Māori have an anatomical species trait called the Rocker Jaw as did their ancestors and the ancestors of the Ainu and Sub Saharan Mauri. Not mongoloid negroid nor caucazoid. Australian aboriginals are indigenous south East Asians also and are genetically related to Indigenous Hindu and peoples of the Amazon. This man in ancient times could be found on every continent because the Māori also went to Antarctica by means of sea voyages as great navigators of ancient. It is them with ancient weaving draped in their feathers on all the megaliths and monuments by legend.

[@flamealchemy7964]

With their well known ancient Māori handbags also. kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ybgIKmmr57eZYsi=3g8xHM-Gk8JRBX8F

[@stefanoagos]

@@sharhondarivera6378 the transformation is related with old mith and religion : hanuman (monkey king from india, he was divine ,with the ability to transform....this figure also inspire the chinese monkey king Sun Wukong ,from the novel : "journey to the west" wrotten in 16th century.)

[@biohazerdtrollztrolls4798]

Old Japanese (上代日本語, Jōdai Nihon-go) is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language, recorded in documents from the Nara period (8th century). It became Early Middle Japanese in the succeeding Heian period, but the precise delimitation of the stages is controversial. Old Japanese was an early member of the Japonic language family. No genetic links to other language families have been proven. Old Japanese was written using man'yōgana, using Chinese characters as syllabograms or (occasionally) logograms. It featured a few phonemic differences from later forms, such as a simpler syllable structure and distinctions between several pairs of syllables that have been pronounced identically since Early Middle Japanese. The phonetic realization of these distinctions is uncertain. Internal reconstruction points to a pre-Old Japanese phase with fewer consonants and vowels. The Edo Period refers to the years from 1603 until 1868 when the Tokugawa family ruled Japan. The era is named after the city of Edo, modern-day Tokyo, where the Tokugawa shogunate had its government. Because Mandarin originated in North China and most Mandarin dialects are found in the north, the group is sometimes referred to as Northern Chinese Mandarin, however, gets its roots from both the Sino-Tibetan and Sinitic families Old Chinese, also called Archaic Chinese in older works, is the oldest attested stage of Chinese, and the ancestor of all modern varieties of Chinese. The earliest examples of Chinese are divinatory inscriptions on oracle bones from around 1250 BC, in the Late Shang period. but i guess hawaii is actually hebrew right? since they have names like israel? lol

[@bobjuniel8683]

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.

[@lazarus8780]

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

[@Qkat11o]

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 .

[@purimadonnanamamoritamae]

大変申し訳ないですが、日本人には黒人のDNAは無いです。 加藤と言う名前は、「加賀国(現在の石川県)」の藤原の一族で派生した名前であり、加賀国の「加」と藤原の「藤」からきたもので、アフリカとは全く関係ないです。 日本の地名や名前の殆どの由来は、遥か遠く大昔の紀元前に黒海周辺や地中海周辺や中東辺りから来ているので、古代のシュメール(メソポタミア)、エラム王国、エジプト、ユダヤ、イスラエル、ギリシャ、ペルシャに由来しています。

[@KyleFlyy]

@@purimadonnanamamoritamaeI agree with everything you said, but that just proves to me even more these are all of African origin

[@RomeoFerret]

​@@purimadonnanamamoritamaen'importe quoi 😅😅😅

[@roselyndete9007]

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

[@Otieno-y6e]

Might you know whether the US-based world-class Zimbabwean sprinter TAPIWANASHE MAKARAWU comes from the Karanga people? When I first heard his name in the channel "Total Running Productions" I thought his name sounded very Japanese and posted a comment to that effect😳

[@NgugiKamau-rr3zp]

Even in kamba of Kenya exact!nzou!Kikuyu it's njogu

[@ThapeloJanBaloyi]

In sepedi is tlou

[@ReboneMora]

@@ThapeloJanBaloyi I was just about to comment to mention that in Sesotho it’s “tlou” and in Zulu it’s “ndlovu” retaining the root phonetics and adapting the individual languages… truly interesting

[@african-history-fountain]

@@ReboneMoraTruly! 😊

[@wages7992]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome. Thanks. 😊

[@itkahsramal4983]

​@@african-history-fountain same @wages7992! Mr Africa-history great video, please stay safe and change the batteries in your smoke detectors.

[@staceyjustin8594]

I have always had a spiritual pull toward Japan as well. I love the Japanese language, Shogun warrior history and movies, haiku, architecture, tea ceremony, kimonos, the social honor codes and all of the Japanese culture. I am also fascinated by the Nigerian, ancient Egypt, Ethiopian, Ghanaian, and Australian indigenous culture.

[@Otieno-y6e]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Amazing contribution. Many thanks. 😊

[@rickihosein]

I remember watching a Nigerian movie maybe last year and I remember, one of the characters really well...he wasn't a major character, he was just someone they stopped and was talking, but his man sounded different than the other Nigerians....he sounded like he was from Asia, even the words sounded Asian...I asked my mom, do you here this, do you hear him and how he sounds...when she truly listened, she agreed...I'm glad, I'm not crazy...they also wear those umbrella hats that I see the Chinese wear too...also, I think some Ghanaians have "Asian" last names...it's so interesting!!

[@michaelosotsi4133]

I’m a luhya from Kenya living in Florida, I get asked about my last name whether it’s Japanese by Japanese people and also shikuku is a luhya name and I’ve met a couple Japanese people with the same name

[@african-history-fountain]

@@michaelosotsi4133 Incredible. Thanks. 😊

[@TitoKane-vv2hf]

Obama is an EDO name and those kukuyu/kukuyi and the others tribes are from EDO SACRED STATE

[@VanTran-wl4xn]

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

[@brinktrucker7833]

Google translate that name to Joshua 🤔

[@tyethescrybe3807]

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.

[@bengilkes7676]

Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya all for (partly) the same reason.

[@alioop7980]

wow interesting thought - this is seen all around the world and yet denied

[@nombusodlamini7298]

I think this was the whole point of colonizing the world.

[@zawadiyahb.7982]

Hmm!!

[@bakoena82]

True that...

[@Renaissance_us]

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.

[@muskegontribune]

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

[@lavoriathornton922]

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!

[@african-history-fountain]

Well said. Thanks.

[@pearlsofwisdomdesign]

This is what Jealousy does.

[@maryonyango1176]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Intriguing! Thanks.

[@MartinNakasala]

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!!

[@african-history-fountain]

Amazing 🥲

[@sergiolantigua5362]

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

[@terrydawson2239]

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

[@Dhughes1313]

Fr I was watching another video in the comments Japanese people where going crazy saying black trying to claim everything all of this is nonsense 😂😂😂

[@MrNiaman]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent summarisation, and we greatly value your contribution. Many thanks!

[@maihapaworevakoma1712]

Southern Africa has a lot of words that are used in Japan which was a big surprise to Spiritual leaders who went there to visit..

[@withoutHistory]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Go ahead! We love and subscribe to your wonderful channel as well. 😊

[@withoutHistory]

@@african-history-fountain I’m humbled. 🙏🏽 looking forward to more of your amazing work.

[@african-history-fountain]

@@withoutHistory Blessings bro. 👍

[@sidvicious647]

​@@african-history-fountainWould love for you to do more content on the The Children of Abraham Isaac and Yacob found all over Africa ! EXCELLENT Presentation 👏👏👏❗️❗️

[@akinpriestley3901]

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. 👏🏾👏🏾👍🏾🤣🤣🙏🏾🙏🏾🕺🏾😇🥰😘

[@african-history-fountain]

You are very welcome. 😊

[@user-btmbangalore]

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

[@thebill8891]

So what went wrong then

[@nicksonleslie7366]

​@@thebill8891everything went wrong sadly, slavery, politics, jealous, religion, power struggle, hidden agenda etc.

[@RotimiTimothyOnayemi-Novels]

@@thebill8891 attack from all sides that’s still going on … as paradise of the world we have to endure it

[@osamudiamenosayande]

@@RotimiTimothyOnayemi-Novelsthey made the Benin’s minority, with the help of wazobia

[@jpraise6771]

​​@@thebill8891you burnt down our civilizations, and claimed they never existed to begin with. You also, conveniently enough right after claimed that we were a nomadic savage people with no language or history for the purpose of our subjugation. You split our empires up and divided them into your own borders, right after taking our art and resources for yourselves. Do you want me to go further, because it's not just the damn blacks you did this to. The land you likely stand on(America) was bought from the destroyed culture of millions of their inhabitants. If you want any debunks to the common racist rhetorics I see online, here they are: Sub Saharan African empires pre colonization-Kush, Benin, Mali, Oyo, Axum etc. Writing pre-colonization-the Ajami Famous black rulers and warriors pre colonization- King Sundata, Queen Amina of Zaria, Mansa Musa, Amenhotep III, Taharqa and Oba Ewuare to name a few. Yoruba parables(showing a wide philosophical range of thought)-steemit.com/nigeria/@leopantro/50-yoruba-proverbs-and-idioms Now please, do black/all colonized people a favor and just shut the fuck up with this harmful rhetoric. If you also want depictions of African civilization(as in architecture and not just mud huts) I would be happy to give you EUROPEAN DEPICTIONS of the damn places (admittedly they are hard to find for hopefully obvious reasons, but bear with me)

[@LibraYall]

Whenever they say "Lost civilization " or Mystery its a black race of people. So it aint no mystery.

[@nevillewhite1966]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Good observation.

[@SJking-gk4go]

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. 👍😊

[@african-history-fountain]

We appreciate your knowledge and input as well. Thanks! 😊

[@robertleeblakeart2542]

Crush (Ethiopia), interesting gotta investigate that.

[@dannylo5875]

🤔

[@nonaeubinis4934]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Awesome, thank you!

[@ym8447]

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

[@MoniMeka]

Haha, this is so cool! I am Afro-American, so call led Black American. 🙄 Anyways! So, yea! 😁 I have for the longest time thought that the Chinese, Japanese others, looked like tribes in Africa! I think the Bushman, and others. They are just pale. Same with the Philippines! There are African people there. They are secluded. They have high cheekbones and have afros! 😊 i love learning about REAL history! 😏

[@iamslayshay]

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

[@dirhuebor2429]

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 😅

[@kurikurihead]

Agree. I’m from Japan and I’ve been studying Ifa religion (influenced by my Edo friend - we’ve talked about “edo” too) and everything seems so un foreign to me too 😅 some words I learned thru Ifa sounds so similar to Japanese as well! By the way my name is Chiaki which sounds like something from Nigeria too 😳

[@african-history-fountain]

If you read up on Shintoism on Wikipedia, you’ll be amazed at the similarities with Benin/Yoruba traditional religion. Virtually identical. But it’s state-backed, so more structured. 😊

[@frankwatts7170]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Fantastic. We needed a Nigerian to confirm. Many thanks.😊

[@sammyblar]

Im Ghanaian of Nigerian descent. Its all true. 80% of the japanese child names you listed are still used in Nigeria. I fell off my chair when i saw your list. I thought you were refering to Nigeriam children names lol

[@TheLocalStandard]

​@@african-history-fountainHe is correct, I have to go back to the video to make sure you said "Japanese names". 😂

[@sunnyyande378]

@@african-history-fountain, I am Edo tribe in Nigeria. The name of my village is Oheze Naka. The village is in present day Orhionmwon Local Areas of Edo state Nigeria.

[@Vprincemusic05]

I’m not surprised because from our oral history Ekiti ondo and many was under the so called empire and I’m sure most of the citizens was in the army anambra, Enugu, rivers and so on, it possible and when u check when Edo period rules Tokyo, Edo period as already begun for in Nigeria and compare the name IYASE of Edo in Nigeria and IYASU of Tokyo I’m not surprised

[@kevinreese8224]

We are a restless, adventurous, and curious people, and the world is our place 👌🏽

[@Miriankorie08]

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!

[@MasonRamon-n6c]

Hi. I want to move to Japan. Any Tips? I'll truly appreciate.

[@digitalalchemistamy]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent contribution. Many thanks for this. 😊

[@hallelujah2016]

I have a similar genetic profile with African, European, Siberian, Austronesian, native American, south east Asian, and basal Eurasian (middle eastern/caucasas). I think the link here for people with dark skin in places around the world in recent history (7,000 years) is the tower of babel. You might say out of Africa but the experts are not sure anymore. The kingdom of the tower of babel (Chaldeans/Cushites later called Ethiopian by Greece because of their black skin) encompassed the middle east, Africa, India, central Asia and probably further. (Evidence of Cushites is found in Africa, India (hindu-kush), Asia and other places but historians after the enlightenment period hid this). That's why there are so many similarities in language, religion and skin color in the peoples of ancient history before there was trade routes and lots of contact with other people. These people who originated the nations were the biblical Hamites. Semites and other people lived around this area but they were a minority and they also had dark skin, not black like the hamites but brown and light brown. All people came from the same place. The experts told us out of Africa and into other places, now they are saying Asia to Africa and back out. But wherever we came from, all people are from the same group (race) of people. About 6,000 - 10,000 years ago according to geneticists, there was a mass migration of people with se Asian, Siberian, Austronesian (Negrito), central Asian or Eurasian (western hunter gatherer) DNA across the Bering strait into the Americas. These people became native Americans. According to the Yoruba, some Yoruba kings were descended from Lamurudu or Namaurdu (Nimrod) from mecca. Mecca wasn't called mecca 6000 years ago but it is not that far from where Babylon was. They claim some of their founders were run out of mecca for their paganism and went to east Africa. I believe babylon influenced Egyptian culture even though we are told Egypt is Mizraim. There are lots of similarities. Cush and Mizraim are both sons of ham. The Yoruba later were part of the bantu expansion into west Africa and many of them do have ancient middle eastern and Egyptian DNA.

[@adrien1623]

@@hallelujah2016do you think the Egyptian language made its way into any current languages like Yoruba, or even Japanese /Chinese? I’m so sad about us losing such a nice language w beautiful heiroglyphs

[@BNLTwizzyRichAlive4LTK]

Peace and Pan-Africanism My African Brothers and Sister on behalf of all Nigerians and Africans all over the world I thank you Brother for this Beautiful, Wonderful and very eye opening knowledge of our history as both Nigerians and Africans. I was born and raised in Nigerian Benin City i was 9 when i left my home and traveled abroad to Italy and Sweden with my family, growing up in foreign countries and being exposed to racism and other races discriminating Africans calling us primitive, savages, uncivilized and so on and so forth. Growing up I had an inner desire to know more about Africa's Greatness and it's advance civilization starting all the way from ancient Egypt in the land of Kemet and spreading all over the African continent. As a Nigerian while watching this video all i could feel was pure Joy, I was truly astonished and VERY PROUD of the accomplishments of my Nigerian ancestors and the genuine roles they played in history worldwide, building, creating and civilizing various races paving a way for them to truly understand the full meaning of being and living as human being on Earth. But it seems that the world has forgot the people that helped them become who they are today. As a Pan-Africanist the first principle of Pan-Africanism is that all Africans are 1 family so to all My Africans worldwide our time is now it's time for us to wake up UNITE as 1 family work together look after, protect one another from outside invaders, thieves and manipulators that have kept destroying our ADVANCED CIVILIZATIONS, they kept us from knowing our history from knowing our Greatness all because they are envious and jealous of US THE AFRICANS ,THE BLACK HEADED PEOPLE ,THE BLACK RACE all is being revealed through the power of the internet. Our Destiny as Sovereign Rulers of this world can be delayed but it can never be denied it's time for both the youth and elders to join forces work together uplift 1 another be BRAVE, STRONG, STAND TALL, FIRM and FEAR NOT, FIGHT and take back your home which is AFRICA. Thank you Brother for what you and your team are doing it's absolutely remarkable. I already subscribed 2 your channel and dropped INFINITE Likes I truly believe that I didn't stumble upon this video but it called out to me. Much Love and support from Italy 🤩😍 🖤✊🏿BLACK POWER. PEACE N LOVE 2 ALL MY AFRICANS OUR THERE VICTORY IS OUR !!!

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks for this powerful statement, and you're most welcome to the Fountain. 😊

[@DJTrkstir]

As a lingàla speaker who also speaks Japanese, doomo.

[@african-history-fountain]

Dormor to you too! 😎

[@Empressivegoals]

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

[@PLACESNONDESCRIPT]

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

[@michee144]

We have always been the majority... that has never changed in fact... only on paper were the lies told that we are minority

[@lekanotubu1624]

Bantus originated from the Coastal area of Cameroon to populate East/Central Africa in those days.

[@107182253]

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.

[@papasom3337]

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!

[@african-history-fountain]

Thanks, and you’re very welcome to the Station. 🙏

[@romanrobinson9183]

As a former teacher, I just love learning

[@AlbertFraklin1970]

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.

[@nkhamoza1]

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!

[@uniekjohnson1214]

I'm a black women born raised in America and I don't know were I came from or who my ancestors are because I was raised by parents who were raised by parents, who were raised by parents, whose parents were raised by slave owners, my dad would never talk to me about his childhood, and my grandmother would tell me don't tell anyone that your cheerokee, because their trying to kill all the what they named Indians. It's really sad to me

[@nkhamoza1]

@@uniekjohnson1214 Its very sad what was done to the Natives and Africans in America. A real stain on humanities history. I hate it when people play down the suffering of the people who went through those injustices. Which let's be real is still going on today. Don't despair dear sister you are a daughter of Africa, tho you may not know all the details of your ancestry, continue to hold your head up high. One day all will be revealed :)

[@12235117657598502586]

@@uniekjohnson1214 I can understand why the Caucasian’s/white’s deny African historical mixing…But why would the Japanese, as they don’t have any history of black slavery? Why wouldn’t they acknowledge any black heritage? Are Japanese racist or can they prove that there was no direct historical / ancient mixing of African and Japanese blood… Only DNA and Haploid grouping can prove or disprove any African genetic connection to Japanese Asian’s. 🤔

[@michaeledwardscarlton1484]

Just Love This , History is a wonderful thing.

[@lovellesokan9107]

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..

[@danielledixon279]

We who hail from the island of Jamaica 🇯🇲, WI have a saying. It goes “Out of many, One People.” The Human “race” is simply a wonderful and beautiful intentional design. How beautiful life would be if we move as a species rather than as separated “races.” Thank you my Brother from another Mother for your research; I very much enjoyed the presentation. I love learning and have passed this on to my adult children as well. One Love to you all and Bless up 🌟

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks and welcome, brother. Very glad you enjoyed and shared it. Respect! 😊👍

[@godwillwilliams263]

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🙏🏼

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks!

[@tombimashri8149]

Ameeeen u are very sensible if we all did just that the world will be a better nd peaceful.place for All Human Beings. WE ALL NEED TO DROP THIS DESEASE CALLED "JEALOUSY ND GREED".

[@kdrobins7114]

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. ❤🎉

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks, and welcome. 🙏

[@CamFlexbeats]

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

[@talee4159]

Africans is The first 'World History' of all Mankind...I Praise (YAH) for his Glory!!!!!Thankyou!!thankyou!!!!!

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome!

[@talee4159]

@@african-history-fountain Your welcome..... keep up your Great Amazing work..................

[@MwariWeSimba]

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

[@sweetchocolate7113]

Yep Zambians have a connection to japan and china

[@mikirose2598]

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.

[@nayuta0614]

言葉の音は似るのは偶然にすぎない。また生活習慣も似てはいない。

[@mikirose2598]

@@nayuta0614 You are in denial! That is waaay more than simply coincidence. You don't want to be associated with Black folks, but the day will come when you will wish you were Black!

[@Dhughes1313]

😂😂😂😂

[@AdekunleLawal]

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.

[@ayoesuola]

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.

[@2khalif3112]

This is some mind blowing history. Thank you for your work of research and sharing.

[@african-history-fountain]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks.

[@King-walo]

I swear to god Congolese people got lots of Japanese word in their language and they are way more ancient than Japanese no doubt about it. !!!! Lots of Congolese don’t even know this stuff.

[@limberekurraru6155]

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.

[@african-history-fountain]

Absolutely amazing! Many thanks for this important information!

[@xman933]

Homo Sapiens Sapiens evolved in Africa. Where ever we live to day or whatsoever we look like, we are at our core Africans, the birth place of our first ancestors

[@sharoncook5883]

Africa is the origin of mankind 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@fredazu]

I am a Ghanaian living in Canada. This THING struck me years ago, and this document confirms my suspicion I heard of Mikazu : my name is Azu. I heard of Kabuki Sushi. Kabuki is a girl's name among the Krobos. I heard of Komei Sushi: komɛi is a Ga word. I met a Japanese student with last name, Amemiiya: in Ga, it means, " they are going".I met a Japanese cardiologist' wife's' name, "Mieko": in Ga, jt sounds like, " mi eko" as in ha mi eko( give me some). Again , a Japanese friend of my wife called, Akemi. Ake mi in Ga means " gifted me" AFTER ALL THESE, I BEGAN TO WONDER.

[@african-history-fountain]

Thanks for sharing. Excellent. 😊

[@eghe007]

Are you aware the Ga people migrated from this same Edo people of Benin kingdom in present day Nigeria? I am aware you still celebrate the departure as a festival. Try knowing more about this Edo people who created the Benin artefacts you hear people talking about

[@igodohealth9884]

The Ga people of Ghana recently had a celebration of their "oneness"! The Ga people traced their ancestry to the Edo people (of modern-day Nigeria).

[@comment8767]

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.

[@zazlar4228]

The Portuguese would visit Benin often and they often went to Japan. There is a triangle connection there.

[@igodohealth9884]

The Edo people, at period of time, also lived in Portugal.

[@ezeruomugwu4332]

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.

[@mariettajarra9441]

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!!!

[@jahbless4ever]

Someone has attempted to make the connection. His book is Paekche's Principle: The great secret of Asia by Bayemy Biyick.

[@african-history-fountain]

Many thanks indeed. 😊

[@warpnin3]

So, you are African, and have a Japanese aunt who shares all this interesting historical and cultural information with you? Lucky!

[@jalaune6008]

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!

[@african-history-fountain]

The Esan people are totally descended from Edo ancestors even by their own traditions, so are certainly part of this. Great contribution. Thanks.😊

[@Morgue12free]

The Esan are Edo People, just a dialect within the large Edo group.

[@kurikurihead]

I’m from Japan and my name is Chiaki. So when I meet a Nigerian girl long ago she was like 😮 that’s Nigerian name! I feel so close to Nigeria, one of my best friend from Edo state (Benin City) and we’ve talked about “Edo” and other similar words too. Our ways of thinking and customs are so similar, reverence to ancestors, respect for elders, native religious belief systems (animism) and daily greetings compared to more dominating western civilization. I now study Ifa and finding very ancient uncial connections must have existed in Africa and east Asia. Also to add, the original “native” Jomon people’s DNA study, their haplogroup D only other places found in Andaman Islands and Tibet. They are ancient black races of Asia.

[@darkservantofheaven]

​@@kurikurihead Fascinating. Id love to see a conversation between between you and them. Bless you

[@african-history-fountain]

@@kurikurihead Great information! Excellent. Many thanks. 😊

[@garethmckell9171]

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[@akorshome]

Very interesting.

[@african-history-fountain]

Glad you think so! 😊

[@NamuBang]

Kingdom of Monomotapa is in Zimbabwe

[@filoakita7995]

My name is Akita, which is the second city in Japan. That is my sign name.❤❤❤❤❤❤from western Nigeria of Ilesa/ Ijebu/Ijesa❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@98sta-Reputable]

Luke 8:17 [17] For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.

[@hailemaryam1174]

A very good presentation. Very informative, enjoyable and well referenced .

[@african-history-fountain]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@osamudiamenosayande]

Edo people of Nigeria share a lot with the Edo Japan dynasty, thanks for sharing this information

[@african-history-fountain]

Thanks for watching.

[@Bantu-King]

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

[@african-history-fountain]

Well said! Thanks.😊

[@Bantu-King]

@@african-history-fountain Thank you! You gave me added wealth here.

[@commscompany1502]

As an Nigerian Edo here in canada , I was part of a research by a white Canadian on this topic years ago. There are far too many similar language and cultural practices between both. Really glad it’s coming out more and more.

[@african-history-fountain]

Amazing! Could you share some of your findings with us, if possible?

[@commscompany1502]

@@african-history-fountain he didn’t share with me as I was merely a subject interviewed in what was going to be a long research process/doctorate. Me too I forgot to follow up. It’s been 13 years now. I’m sure searches in academic journals will lead to more.

[@african-history-fountain]

@@commscompany1502 No worries. We’ll look for it. Thanks 🙏

[@ElementalLAWS]

What an amazing presentation linking all the dots. We need to continue linking together world history from a culturally diverse perspective. Thank you African History station. Keep up the great works 👍🏾🏆🌍✊🏾

[@african-history-fountain]

Absolutely! Thanks.😊

[@adol7577]

19:04 Thanks for unearthing this buried history. Proud to be a Nigerian of Ijebu ancestry. I've always known that there was a connection between my ancestors and the Jebusites (2 Samuel 24:18-25). I now understand why I love beautiful Edo/Esan ladies.

[@african-history-fountain]

Most welcome!

[@patriceesela5000]

We Congolese from East Kasai - Sankuru region have a lot of Japanese sounding names like Okita and Okito, Omoyi, Omba, Emongo etc. Even the language spoken in the region which Tetela is often mocked by fellow Congolese from other regions for soundung like Jaoanese. I always wondered why?? No other region in the Congo as far as I know has that

[@YaahDesigns]

Omoyi means This Child in Yoruba. A full variation of the name would be Omoniyi, which would mean Child is the pride & worth/ worthiness of his/her parents.

[@patriceesela5000]

@@YaahDesigns I think it has a similar meaning in our language, too, The world can be a very small place sometimes

[@davidjacobs8558]

Japanese language lacks "coda" except for N sound. and also limited vowel sounds. because Japanese language lacks coda, it must sound similar to other languages which also has limited "coda".

[@thExoticAries]

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.

[@felixodusina7382]

calabar aand cross river n akwa ibom

[@vencera2954]

I'm a student of history in Korea, and I swear to the truth, I think your claim may be partially true, because I've noticed several anomalies in my studies. In Silla, the ancient state of Korea, there is a story about a king with donkey ears, which is exactly the same as the Greek story. And Silla has a strong connection to ancient Japan, and there's a story in Silla about a big snake. And the island of Jeju, which is in the sea between Korea, China, and Japan, in ancient times, if people encountered a snake, they would greet it by talking to it. Similarly, the ancient Egyptians traded with an island whose king was a large talking snake. And when I was researching the etymology of ancient Korean language, I couldn't understand but notice that some of the words were connected to Rwanda language.

[@african-history-fountain]

Excellent. Thanks for this information.

[@makutumafwa7496]

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.

[@dannylo5875]

So basically the occult groups fought among themselves for territory and power and they along the line became people.

[@gangomane840]

All of them are our sons they should respect us more

[@paulminamore8564]

Whether the accept it or not they are indeed our sons. So if today they discriminate or are racists against we Africans, then they're doing it against their own Ancestors, Period

[@MiguelDLewis]

@@paulminamore8564 No, they're not "our sons". We're all sons of Adam and Eve. No one is superior to anyone else.

[@bertranbelzor9037]

I am an African myself. But, let's say that it doesn't work that way. Respect is deserved ! And also, let's keep in mind that our Representation in the eyes of Other Peoples in the world has been fabricated, twisted, falsified by the West following Slavery and Colonization of our Ancestors. That's to say we cannot hold grudge against our Sons and Daughters from Asia. Instead of asking for Respect, we must educate ourselves by making a bit of research so we can have something to share with our kids, family, friends and neighbours in order to raise their Level of Consciousness and Confidence. Because History is a Powerful tool to change mind and raise the level of Conscience. We definitely have work to do instead of requesting Respect. Even if Other Peoples discover the True History of Black People, that won't change much in the way we are viewed by Others. That Respect we crave and cry out for, we shall deserve it through the image of ourselves we project to the Outside World. In other words, one way or another, we will have to put our act together. We cannot go on like that and expect anything is going to change for Us. History and Society just doesn't work like that.

[@warpnin3]

Calm down; we don't even yet know the exact nature of the connection between the two civilizations!

[@adrien1623]

@@MiguelDLewisif you knew anything about African culture especialy Yoruba culture which the Shinto religion has connection with you wouldn’t be saying other races shouldn’t respect eachother. Respect is key, and racism by anyone even blacks is initiating karma against yourself