The other is that he was the son of a servant, with his place of birth being recorded as "Tumtutu / French coast Africa" in 1885, or in "Timbuctoo" (Timbuktu) in 1889.
In 1908, Tisani was jailed for 7 days hard labour for aiding "one John Caine to desert from the 88th Connaught Rangers".
[2] He became an object of great curiosity in the area, few of the population having ever seen anyone who was not white-skinned before, and thus became part of local folklore for some generations.
[citation needed] Tisani's death record states that he died on 2 June 1920[1] or 7 October 1920,[2] in the Ballinasloe Asylum, of pulmonary congestion and cardiac failure.
He was recorded as Osman Joseph Tissani of Barna, with his age was given as 33, and his occupation was listed as farmer.