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Black Panther has got everyone screaming right now with packed cinemas and sold out tickets, no one wants to miss any of the Wakandian action. Here are 11 times Black Panther accurately depicted our beloved Africa.


Warning Spoilers Ahead


1. Sambisa Forest

Yes, Our very own Sambisa Forest located in Bornu State, northeast Nigeria. T’Challa’s first piece of action started with his ex-girlfriend Nakia’s rescue along with Kidnapped Chibok girls in Sambisa. Yes, when Okoye, leader of the Dora Milaje stepped in, she told the girls to “tell no one of this day.” Lupita Nyong’o actually learnt to speak Hausa for certain scenes in the movie.


2. Benin Artifacts

That is Micheal B Jordan standing in front of the artifacts which include Bronze Heads of the Benin Kingdom.


3. Mgbedike



The Killmonger mask is also closely related to Igbo Mbedike mask which embodies a wilderness spirit that is aggressive, brash, powerful, and stubborn.


4. Acknowledging Ancestors


Ancestral worship was a strong theme throughout the movie. You cannot separate any tribe in Africa from their ancestors because we believe they are always watching over us.


5. Africa Inspired Costume


Lupita Nyong’o’s character Nakia dazzled us with Ankara dresses. The Masai Shuka was also prominent in the movie. You cannot help but notice Angela Basset’s character as Queen Mother Ramonda wearing Zulu Isicolo, the famous hat traditionally worn by married women in South Africa.


6. Nsidibi


Text inscribed on the walls in T’Challa’s throne room is drawn from the Nsidibi, ancient secret symbols that is indigenous to Cross River, Calabar.


7. Slave trade


Micheal B Jordan’s character N'Jadaka asks T’challa to bury him in the ocean after he was defeated because he is brave enough to realize he cannot live in bondage like Africans who opted to jump into the water after they were captured during the slave trade.


8. T’Challa’s sister’s braids



T'Challa's 16-year-old sister’s braids are just too familiar.



9. T’Challa Guinea Brocade dress


Yes we saw T’Challa in our own Guniea Brocade, you cannot help but fall in love with the design right?


10. Herbs


And how do you depict a vision of Afrofuturism without herbs? We have been taking herbs for centuries and we will continue to take herbs as long as Africa remains. T’Challa had a taste of bitter herbs four times in the movie. Well, the herbs might not be bitter at all.


11. Dora Milaje Benin women warriors


Dora Milaje reminds us of the Dahomey Amazons or Mino. These The all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey in the present-day Republic of Benin lasted till the end of the 19th century. Mino means “our mother’s” in Fon.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpS0S_BiAZ8&feature=youtu.be

lol op dey talk as if e don watch am before

Great! Insightful

K

Waitin for the leaked video

At first it was Buhari
Then sex dolls
Then BB Naija
Now its Black Panther.

Can we just take a moment to vet more anger on how Buhari made Nigeria a Shitter-hole country
The dude gave Nigeria a Bad last name "SHITTER-BAY"

who saw funke akindele in this movie?

Here to smile

Marvel scammer

where and when can I download this movie?

So them use Lupita instead of Jeniffer?

Chai! Na Sambisa forest they use represent us. It's better they skipped us altogether.

Naughtytboy:
Waitin for the leaked video

I have already watched the camhd version the very next day after it was released

Atleast, black kids can now grow up watching black super heroes and believing they can be one someday

Chris breezy on black panther

This movie wey mk me dy stranded at the cinemas....all the tickets were sold out, dem say mk I wait till 8pm before I go c ticket

I don't even understand this black panthers there just shouting upandan.....


pls what is black panther

I don't even understand this black panthers there just shouting upandan.....


pls what is black panther

Go and watch in Cinema. shioooor

doctimonyeka:
where and when can I download this movie?

Spoilerrrrrrr!

MJBOLT:

big ups to marvel,they always do their home work unlike the other people

other people like DC

EazyMoh:
Chai! Na Sambisa forest they use represent us. It's better they skipped us altogether.

Nsibidi is also a Nigerian culture

See them telling our own story better than we do. We even believe and embrace their own story better than we say it ourselves.

'Africa has no history except the one the West wrote for us'.
SMH

Yet marvel made money

Africans paid for it

proudly African