D_J_Nathanson ,
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Shot in the dark: can anyone recommend a graphic novel or middle grade to YA book about Yasuke, also known as the African Samurai?

Also, it has to be a paperback. No hardcovers, movies, audiobooks, tv series, or e-books.

Fiction or non-fiction are both okay.

Thanks!

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

NosirrahSec ,
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@D_J_Nathanson @bookstodon I only know of the one book, and I can't personally recommend for or against it.

I only read of him growing up, but until that Netflix Anime, never heard of him again.

https://www.amazon.com/African-Samurai-Yasuke-Legendary-Warrior/dp/1335141022

NosirrahSec ,
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@D_J_Nathanson @bookstodon My hometown in Massachusetts has a sister city in Japan, and we were gifted a Katana from Manjiro's family for rescuing him when he was 14 on a whaling hunt in the Pacific.

I became obsessed as a child and read up on a lot. I never did read that book on Yasuke, though.

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