Black Jade Journal    

   Revealing new chapters in the African Diaspora 

Welcome to  Black Jade Journal.  An online Afrocentric journal dedicated to the study of African peoples in ancient and modern Asia.  The history of Blacks in Asia is a fascinating saga which spans a period of 50,000 years.  This journal provides scholarly research backed by solid documentation.  It seeks to bring to the public a forgotten chapter of world history.  As you will see, the African presence in Asia played pivotal role in the making of Asian cultural traditions.  It is my hope this site will educate the public about a relatively unknown chapter in man's history.   

14th century painting of a black nobleman entering China during the Tang dynasty (618 -907 AD).                                                                     

Did you know - When the book "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" was published in Tokyo it leaped to the no. 1 spot on the bestseller list in less than 3 weeks?  Malcolm X became such a popular figure in Japan that a street in Tokyo was renamed "Malcolm X Boulevard".       

                                                                                          1900 photo of a "black Chinese" at the border region of China's Yunnan province.

Did you know - When W. E. B. DuBois visited China in 1959, Chou Enlai (the Prime Minister of China) declared W. E. B. DuBois' birthday a national holiday China?   

Virupa, the black Indian Lord of Yoga. 9th century.                                                                                                                                                   

Did you know - When the African Americans initiated the Black Panther Party in 1966, it inspired the Australian Aborigines?  The Aborigines actually established their own Australian Black Panther Party on January 8, 1972.

                                                                                                            Li Tieliguai, mythical black complexioned figure in Chinese Taoist folklore.                                                                                                                                                  

Did you know - Martin Luther King birthday is annually celebrated by the Japanese population in Hiroshima, Japan?