African samurai : the true story of Yasuke, a legendary black warrior in feudal Japan
by Lockley, Thomas (Author), Girard, Geoffrey (Author)
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Kidnapped as a child, Yasuke had ended up a servant and bodyguard to the head of the Jesuits in Asia, with whom he traversed India and China learning multiple languages as he went. His arrival in Kyoto, however, literally caused a riot. Most Japanese people had never seen an African man before, and... Full description
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