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Towards Wakanda – Chadwick Boseman’s passing and the power and limits of Afrofuturism – The Conversation AU
Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
If youre not a comics fan, you may have been surprised at the extent of the heartfeltgrief expressed following the death of actor Chadwick Boseman.
One explanation lies in the extraordinary power of the 2018 movie Black Panther, in which Boseman starred as TChalla/Black Panther, to address racist stereotypes about Africa and Africans.
Bosemans character was heir to the hidden kingdom of Wakanda, a mythical African nation free of European colonisation. The films subtext explores African Ameri…
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