{"id":1834456,"date":"2023-11-03T23:00:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T23:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/1834456\/"},"modified":"2023-11-03T23:00:09","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T23:00:09","slug":"yasuke-from-bondage-to-honor-the-african-samurai-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/1834456\/","title":{"rendered":"Yasuke &#8211; From Bondage To Honor | The African Samurai | Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bd-CqvBI3D4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nYasuke, the African Samurai: From Bondage To Honor <\/p>\n<p>Yasuke was an African samurai who lived in Japan during the 16th century. He is believed to have been born in Mozambique and was brought to Japan as a slave in 1579. Despite his humble origins, Yasuke rose to become a trusted friend and confidant of Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful warlords in Japan at the time. He was also the first known African to become a samurai.<\/p>\n<p>Yasuke&#8217;s story is a fascinating one, and it is a testament to the openness and diversity of Japanese society during the Sengoku period. It is also a story of courage, determination, and overcoming adversity.<\/p>\n<p>In this video, we explore the life and legacy of Yasuke, the African samurai. We discuss his origins, his rise to prominence, and his mysterious disappearance after Nobunaga&#8217;s death. We also examine the impact that Yasuke had on Japanese culture and society.<\/p>\n<p>#yasuke #blackculture #africansamurai<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yasuke, the African Samurai: From Bondage To Honor Yasuke was an African samurai who lived in Japan during the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1834457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[20145,11205,306520,378006,25284,270870,94802,20136,11213,5554,67,439945,20141,665450,665449,599099,665451,597576,208075,20135,11201,11200,84308,208076,20134],"class_list":{"0":"post-1834456","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-japan","8":"tag-african-samurai","9":"tag-african-samurai-in-japan","10":"tag-black-samurai-yasuke","11":"tag-courage","12":"tag-culture","13":"tag-determination","14":"tag-diversity","15":"tag-facts-about-yasuke","16":"tag-first-black-samurai","17":"tag-history","18":"tag-japan","19":"tag-life-of-yasuke","20":"tag-oda-nobunaga","21":"tag-overcoming-adversity","22":"tag-sengoku-period","23":"tag-the-first-black-samurai","24":"tag-the-story-of-the-first-african-samurai","25":"tag-the-story-of-yasuke","26":"tag-who-is-yasuke","27":"tag-who-was-the-black-samurai","28":"tag-yasuke","29":"tag-yasuke-","30":"tag-yasuke-black-samurai","31":"tag-yasuke-story","32":"tag-yasuke-the-black-samurai"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1834456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1834456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1834457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1834456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1834456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1834456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}