2021 Massey Lecturer Esi Edugyan shares the story of Yasuke, a man of African descent who appears in the historical record solely between 1579 and 1582, and trains as a samurai in feudal Japan.
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7 Comments
Lol so fond of CRT brown brown. Get a life ffs.. Your Color aint too special!!
What a wonderful story with a wonderful mystery
Who cares?
When was the first Black woman samurai is all that matters… have they ever had a Black transgender in this racist little club (of big fat guys)?
So many questions… few answers!!!
CBC is funded by Trudeau, and just like Trudeau nothing but lies here.
Coryxkenshins great great grandfather
Actually the story brings up so much more than the truth of this remarkable person. One thing that is similar to my relative that first came to the North American continent in Quebec was that he was a houseboy for Jesuit priests, but that is where the similarity ends. I wonder if Yasuke ever had descendants.
5 feet 2 inches.. This bs.. They r not that short