Thomas Lockley (born 1978) is a British academic who is an associate professor of the College of Law of

Nihon University , abbreviated as , is a private research university in Japan. Its predecessor, Nihon Law School (currently the Department of Law), was founded by Yamada Akiyoshi, the Minister of Justice, in 1889. The university's name is derived from the Ja ...

, and a visiting researcher for the

SOAS University of London The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS University of London; ) is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the federal University of London. Founded in 1916, SOAS is located in the Bloomsbury area ...

. His research in the humanities and social sciences centers on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history. He is the author of ''African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan''.

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Lockley was born in the United Kingdom in 1978. He first came to Japan in 2000 as a participant in the

JET Programme The , shortly as , is a teaching program sponsored by the Japanese government that brings university graduates to Japan as Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs), Sports Education Advisors (SEAs) or as Coordinators for International Relations (CI ...

, spending two years in Tottori as an

assistant language teacher An Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) is a foreign national serving as an assistant teacher (paraprofessional educator) in a classroom in Japan, particularly for English as a second language. The role was created by the Japanese Ministry of Educati ...

at an elementary school. He later took on a full-time lecturing position at the

College of Law, and was promoted to associate professor in 2019 In the same year, he also became a visiting researcher for SOAS. Lockley teaches history and English. His research focuses on education and history, with a particular emphasis on Japanese history from an International perspective. In 2016, he released a paper titled ''The Story of

Yasuke was a samurai of African origin who served Oda Nobunaga between 1581 and 1582, during the Sengoku period, until Nobunaga's death. According to historical accounts, Yasuke first arrived in Japan in the service of Italian Jesuit Alessandro Val ...

: Nobunaga's African Retainer'' on the Nihon University's journal , and in 2017 he published his first work titled . In 2019, he published ''African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan'' in the United States together with Geoffrey Girard.

Bibliography

* * Reviews for ''African Samurai'':
'African Samurai': The story of Yasuke — black samurai and warlord's confidant
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Yasuke: The True Story of the Legendary African Samurai
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, A Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
- ''History: Reviews of New Books''
Yasuke
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
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Author reveals the story of Japan's first foreign-born samurai
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Get ready for the ‘African Samurai’
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Houston Chronicle The ''Houston Chronicle'' is the largest daily newspaper in Houston, Houston, Texas, United States. it is the third-largest newspaper by Sunday circulation in the United States, behind only ''The New York Times'' and the ''Los Angeles Times''. ...

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Masterpiece on legendary black samurai's remarkable life in feudal Japan
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The African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, Japan’s Legendary Black Warrior
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Tokyo Weekender ''Tokyo Weekender'' is an English-language magazine published in Japan. Founded in 1970 by Corky Alexander and Susan Scully, ''Tokyo Weekender'' was first published bi-monthly. Now ''Tokyo Weekender'' is published monthly and is distributed in e ...

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Bondage and Bushido
- ''InTouch''
Biography tells how a black bodyguard became the first 'African Samurai'
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This African Samurai’s Biography Reveals Why Historical Representation Matters
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African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan
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African Samurai
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African Samurai
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