Sunan an-Nasa'i
Sunan an-Nasa'i 1594
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ آدَمَ، عَنْ عَبْدَةَ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ جَاءَ السُّودَانُ يَلْعَبُونَ بَيْنَ يَدَىِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي يَوْمِ عِيدٍ فَدَعَانِي فَكُنْتُ أَطَّلِعُ إِلَيْهِمْ مِنْ فَوْقِ عَاتِقِهِ فَمَا زِلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمْ حَتَّى كُنْتُ أَنَا الَّتِي انْصَرَفْتُ .
Muhammad ibn Adam narrated to us, from ‘Abdah, from Hisham, from his father, from ‘A’ishah, who said: On an Eid day, some Black men came and played in front of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). He called me, and I watched them from over his shoulder. I kept watching them until I was the one who left.
Translation notes
The Arabic calls them al-Sudan (‘Black men’); it does not identify a specific people or country.