Thomas Lockley, co-author of ‘African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, a Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan’, theories he was enslaved and trafficked as a child. The historical details ...

Through the Afro-Brazilian martial art form Capoeira, Da'Mon Stith discovered his passion for African warrior tradition and the making of ancient swords Once ashamed of his Blackness, Da'Mon Stith ...

Yasuke – Way Of The Butterfly (working title), about a real-life African warrior who became a samurai in Japan. Dube is writing and directing the rare Japan-South Africa collaboration ...

From the late 1600s to the early 1900s, the West African kingdom of Dahomey (in present-day Benin) was protected by an all-female regiment of warriors. Depicted here in a 19th-century lithographic ...