Wakanda
The “Black Panther” comic book and film series tells the story of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda, which must protect itself from countries seeking to extract its rare natural resources. This narrative can be seen as a metaphor for historic colonization and present-day wealth extraction in Black-majority communities. But just as white supremacy, colonization, […]
The “Black Panther” comic book and film series tells the story of the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda, which must protect itself from countries seeking to extract its rare natural resources. This narrative can be seen as a metaphor for historic colonization and present-day wealth extraction in Black-majority communities. But just as white supremacy, colonization, […]
The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) announced the winners of the 27th Annual Webby Awards. Winners of the award included SZA as Artist of the Year, Tracee Ellis Ross with a Special Achievement Award and Sharon Horgan as Best Actress.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, now streaming on Disney+, brings audiences back to Wakanda for the first time since 2018. Viewers were first introduced to the Black Panther character in 2016’s Captain America: Civil War when King T’Chaka showed his support of the Sokovia Accords, which he later agreed to sign. This agreement stated the United […]
Roosevelt was drawn to Buganda’s culture of political procession, royal decorum and military ceremony. Upon his arrival that December, the former president watched as chiefs and royals — donning locally-crafted barkcloth and flowing robes imported from the Indian Ocean World — moved in and out of the capital, negotiating labor, power and state resources. It […]
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever made quite the entrance on Disney+, debuting on Nielsen‘s U.S. streaming lists with 2.3B viewing minutes for the week of January 30 to February 5. The . . .
About a month after her historic Super Bowl performance, Rihanna is headed to 95th Academy Awards to perform Black Panther: Wakanda Forever track song ‘Lift Me Up.’ Rihanna to perform Black Panther: Wakanda Forever song ‘Lift Me Up’ at the 2023 Oscars As shared by Rolling Stone report, on Thursday, the Academy Awards […]
(CNN) France’s Defense Minister has slammed Marvel’s movie “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” for what it calls a “false and misleading representation” of French troops. “I strongly condemn this false and misleading representation of our Armed Forces,” French defense minister Sébastien Lecornu tweeted on Sunday. In the . . .
PARIS (AP) — France’s defense minister has denounced the way he says French soldiers deployed in Africa appear to be depicted in the Marvel Studios superhero film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” as “false and misleading.” Minister Sebastien Lecornu “strongly condemned” the similarity of a fictional group of villainous mercenaries with French armed forces members, in […]
Among her many achievements, Bassett was the first Marvel Cinematic Universe star nominated for an acting Oscar Joshua Vinson | February 11, 2023 @ 3:37 PM Subscribe to Notifications Filmmaker and producer Ryan Coogler introduced Angela Bassett at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, where she won the Montecito Award for “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” […]