There’s a big difference between how Hollywood audiences view Black Panther and how African audiences do.
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Few film-makers imagined Black women as a primary audience. This has changed over time.
The final Indiana Jones movie is coming out June 30. The fifth in a series over 42 years, many of its ideas are taken from 19th-century orientalist and racist archaeology.
Afrobeats truly conquered the globe, influencing music styles, packing out stadiums and lifting awards.
When someone dies young, the grieving process can be more complicated.
After the first ‘Black Panther’ shattered box office expectations, some critics wondered if it marked the dawn of a new era of big-budget Black films.
The film sees myths created by the Black diaspora come alive as Wakanda is presented as a Black utopia.
Black Panther and its sequel are more than just good movies: they can be used as teaching tools.
Whereas the first ‘Black Panther’ film celebrated an array of African cultures, the follow-up seeks to also highlight the rich legacy of Mesoamerican cultures destroyed by colonial conquest.
The first Black Panther film was a milestone in Black representation on-screen – now it is hoped Wakanda Forever will be both a mirror and a spotlight for millions of Latin Americans.
From Lovecraft Country to Black Panther to a statue in Benin, the “amazons” of Dahomey continue to trend in global popular culture.
King saw parallels between the anti-colonial movement in Africa and the civil rights struggle in the US.
Afrofuturist’s work is rooted in the desire to transform the present for Black people. To do so, they imagine a reality in which Black people are the agents of their own story, countering histories that discount and dismiss them.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is becoming increasingly diverse, on and off screen. The franchise’s continued success depends on remaining culturally relevant.
Aliens arrive in Lagos in Nnedi Okorafor’s celebrated sci-fi novel Lagoon – and with them they bring a future free of restrictive gender norms.
The increased migration of Africans and the global growth of hip hop culture has seen a dynamic new generation of Pan Africanism emerge.
The late Hollywood star celebrated being young, Black and gifted, both on screen and off.
Technology can give superhero abilities to people in real life.
Unlike the Hollywood hero he portrayed, Boseman created space for a kaleidoscope of Black masculinities and challenged the narrative that urban Black men are in need of saving.
Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Professor of Fashion, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Professor, Departments of English Langauge and Literature & Communication Arts, University of Waterloo
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Senior Lecturer in Film and Media Studies, Manchester Metropolitan University
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Desmond Tutu Centre of Religion and Social Justice, University of the Western Cape, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of the Practice, Department of Drama and Dance, Tufts University
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PhD Researcher, Cardiff University
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Associate professor, Communication and Media Studies, Carleton University
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Teaching Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
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Associate Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Washington University in St. Louis
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Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University
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Associate Professor, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University
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Associate Lecturer in Medieval Literature, University of York
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Lecturer in Cultural Competency, King's College London
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Associate Professor, Southern Cross University