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Directors and Yasuke, the African Samurai
"Yasuke was a slave, who came to Japan with the power of Jesus. The shogun asked him to grow cotton. It wouldn’t grow, so the Shogun made him a samurai instead.”  That is probably the narrative your favorite Hollywood director will try and spin when telling the story of Yasuke (pronounced Yash-kay), an African who came ventured... Read more