I just watched the anime Yasuke on Netflix. Despite being a work of fiction, I thought it was a beautiful tribute to Japan’s first black Samurai.
In the 2023 carnival, a Brazilian samba school, Mocidade Alegre, won that year’s competition with a plot in honor of the African warrior, who fought alongside Oda Nobunaga (Takehiro Hira), around 1579.
I loved the opening song. Engaging hip-hop with beautiful, blunt and proud lyrics about Yasuke’s loyalty.
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