This is the first book on stories of black people written by journalist and writer, Serge BilΓ©,. The latest work of this Franco-Ivorian, captures the stories of Yasuke, the black samurai in the 16th century.

He tells the story of Yasuke, the main ethnic group in present day Mozambique who were captured by slave traders and sold in Gao to Jesuits, where they were then taken to Japan.

Bile says there still remains a misunderstanding of the black history because it is written by others.

“This…
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