When Assassin’s Creed Shadows was released earlier this year, it marked a bold new chapter for the long-running video game franchise: a visually stunning exploration into 16th-century Japan, with two playable protagonists - Naoe, a fictional Japanese female assassin, and Yasuke, a real-life Black samurai of African origin.
But while the game has received praise for its gameplay and setting, it has also ignited a lot of heated online discussion - specifically around Yasuke, the first foreign-born warrior believed to have been granted samurai status in Japan.
