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The Japanese wikipedia article mentions there are records of him being born in Portuguese Mozambique. That would make him black-as-African.

• notart666 4y ago
  Ehh I'm not sure the Japanese would have a way of knowing that. Given the time period this was in. Not sure if that source can be trusted.
  • Smar 4y ago
    One can trust suprisingly little in the history if you go down this route of not accepting non-verifiable information.
    • notart666 4y ago
      That's not how that works.