Episode 75A: African Samurai

from The Non Essentials Podcast · host Adam Riley , Jake Bussie, and Mrs. Wright

Just in time to catch the tail end of Black History month we go back in time to explore the life of Yasuke otherwise known as the African Samurai. This guy lived one of the craziest, most unlikely life we have ever heard of. Taken from his home in Africa in the 1500s to become a boy soldier, he eventually ends up becoming a Samurai during one of the most tumultuous times in Japanese history.

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