@hu07: We'll have to wait for an actual trailer to see his features and determine his background fits the premise or not. Also because one hails from the African continent does not necessarily mean the person is automatically black in skin color. There could be many variations of that. A brown person with Negroid features or a black person with Caucasoid features or even a white skin color person with Negroid features. It wasn't as clear back then.
But should he look like an outlier as Nordic? Absolutely not.
UbiSoft trying too hard... to show innovation. I'll give them a clue how to get there: hire talented artists, writers, engineers and do not restrict them with your greedy business objectives.
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