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#Yasuke – The Real Story of an African Samurai!

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(弥助 or 弥介, 彌助 or 彌介)

He was a Samurai of African origin who served under the Japanese hegemon and warlord Oda Nobunaga in 1581 and 1582.

Release Date: April 29, 2021 on @netflix
400 years ago in Japan, on March 23, 1581, foreigners in large black ships came from a far-off land, seeking to convert the Japanese natives to their religion, along with them was a black page in their employ.
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Yasuke – The Real Life Afro-Samurai

(弥助 or 弥介, 彌助 or 彌介)

He was a Samurai of African origin who served under the Japanese hegemon and warlord Oda Nobunaga in 1581 and 1582.

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400 years ago in Japan, on March 23, 1581, foreigners in large black ships came from a far-off land, seeking to convert the Japanese natives to their religion, along with them was a black page in their employ.
The strange imposing foreigner, standing 6’2 ft. (188 cm) with skin as ‘black as charcoal’, on his arrival to the capital quickly garnered a lot of interest from the locals, including that of a legendary warlord, Oda Nobunaga, who had him summoned.
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