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A poster for ‘Yasuke: Way of the Butterfly’ showing Yasuke stretching his sword.

Yasuke: Way of the Butterfly’ is the brainchild of filmmaker and producer Mandla Dube whose Pambili Media is the publisher of the series.

Photo courtesy of Pambili Media.

‘Yasuke: Way of the Butterfly’ Tells the Origin Story of a Real-Life African Samurai

The story of the first Black samurai, who’s often wrongly portrayed as a slave, is told from an African perspective for the first time in the South African graphic novel ‘Yasuke: Way of the Butterfly.’