Shuri, Black Panther’s sister from the Marvel Comics series is getting her own standalone comic book.

The character who was played by Letitia Wright in the Marvel Cinematic Universe live action blockbuster released earlier this year has gone on to gain global acceptance and fandom as she lit up the screens in both the standalone Black Panther movie as well as the Avengers: Infinity War iteration.
The announcement has caused a tremendous wave of excitement all over social media.

Even more exciting news is that speculative fiction writer and author Nnedi Okoroafor, who had already written comics ‘Black Panther: Long Live the King’ and ‘Wakanda Forever’ is the one tasked with the job of writing the comic.
The Nigerian writer best known for her work in Afro-futurist fiction who has already been shortlisted for this year’s Nobel Alternative Prize for Literature announced the good news on her twitter handle (@Nnedi) days ago: “Announcement: I am writing Shuri. Black Panther’s sister is getting her own comic book series and it is happening so so soon.”

Marvel Comics had previously shared the news on their official website.

The official announcement is quoted below:

“Shuri will bring a domestic conflict to the princess’s table. “While she is the most at home in her lab, working to keep her country at the forefront of science and technology, Wakanda is missing its leader.

“Without T’Challa around, Shuri will have to decide if she will forego her own passions in order to stand up for her nation,”

In a chat with Bustle A United States -based women’s magazine, Okoroafor said, “Shuri is an African young woman of genius level intelligence. She is obsessed with technology and has traveled spiritually so far into the past that she’s seen Wakanda before it was Wakanda. The Ancestors call her Ancient Future. And she’s super ambitious. What do I love about her? All that and more,”
Nnedi Okoroafor
Nnedi Okoroafor’s stories are usually centered around women and girls with inspiration drawn from indigenous roots. She is regarded to be the perfect fit for this project. She won the Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.

Her first novel “Who Fears Death,” is a recipient of the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel as well as 2011 Tiptree Honor Book. The novel also picked up a Nebula Award.

To top off the accolades, “Who Fears Death” was picked earlier this year by HBO to be adapted into a TV series to be produced by novelist George R.R. Martin. The comic series will center around Shuri few months after the events of Black Panther movie, in line with the timeline of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther comic book series.

Two days ago, the cover art of the comic series was revealed, and was created by Sam Spratt (@samspratt), the artist who designed Janelle Monae’s Electric Lady album.

Source: https://cover9ja.com/nnedi-o-write-comic-shuri-cover-reveal/

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