The African Samurai: A Novel Graphic Novel Executive Director

Executive Director

Then the royal family is assassinated

It is a daringly imaginative exploration of desire and deception

four decades later

loving father

The African Samurai: A Novel Graphic Novel Executive DirectorSet in late 16th century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japans first foreign born samurai and the only samurai of African descentfor readers of Esi Edugyan and Lawrence Hill. In 1579, a Portuguese trade ship sails into port at Kuchinotsu, Japan, loaded with European wares and weapons. On board is Father Alessandro Valignano, an Italian priest and Jesuit