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Widely acclaimed superhero movie by Marvel, Black Panther featured several African cultures and the tribes in the region.

From the body arts to the fashion pieces, Pulse brings to you 11 African tribes, cultures featured in Black Panther.

(1) Mursi and Surma Lip Plates[b][/b]

Lip plates or disks are a form of ceremonial body modification that was used in the movie, Black Panther. They're best known by the Surma and Mursi tribes in Ethiopia.

Source - https://www.tori.ng/news/88884/black-panther-see-the-11-african-tribes-cultures-f.html

(2) Zulu headdress

Queen Ramonda played by Angela Basset in the movie, Black Panther, wears the Zulu headdress. It's reminiscent of the reed Zulu flared hats or "Isicholos." in South Africa.

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(3) Massai costumes

The Massai community was represented in the Black Panther movie. Many of the costumes have unique and futuristic ornamentation and details. The Maasai people of East Africa live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania.

(4) Igbo Mask


The Igbo masks known as Mgbedike was worn by Erik Killmonger in a scene in the movie, Black Panther. The Mgbedike are distinguished by the large size and bold masculine features. They are used in Igbo rituals and are designed to contrast the female dancers with their more feminine beauty.

(5) Basotho Blanket


W'Kabi played by Daniel Kaluuya and others in several scenes from the movie, Black Panther, adorned Basotho blankets around their necks. Though the blankets are originally from the Lesotho people.

Nice one.

But I know say them go package all the tribes and culture lose their originality.

(6) Ndebele Neck Rings

The Ndebele neck rings were adorned by Shuri and Dora Milaje. The two have outfits with a prominent collar. The South Ndebele peoples of Zimbabwe/South Africa wear neck rings as part of their traditional dress.

(7) Otjize

Many of the costumes worn in the movie have a distinctive red earthy tone. This was done in recognition of the colors used by the Himba people of north-western Namibia. Himba people are known for applying a red ochre paste, known as "otjize", to their skin and hair.

( 8 ) Agbada

Shaman Zuri played by Forest Whittaker wears ornate flowing robes known as an Agbada. It's one of the names for a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men/women in much of West Africa, and North Africa.

(9) Dogon masks

The Dogon mask were brought into the movie, Black Panther. There was a lot of inspiration taken from the Dogon people. They live in the central plateau region of Mali, in West Africa.

(10)-Tuareg scarfs

Many of the characters in the movie, Black Panther, wore large scarves covering their head and face. The scarfs are similar to the ones worn by the Tuareg people. The Tuareg people inhabit an area in North and West Africa.

(11) Turkana fashion sense

The Turkana people in Kenya had their fashion sense brought into the movie. Other tribes of sartorial inspiration were featured.

Nice movie
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BTW
Things I like about the movie
*their accent
*not making Africa look like a poor country God forgot.
*the starting scene where black panther beat up Boko Haram in sambisa forest.
*Good story
*the villain
*the ending scene when kilmagore watched the sunset that his father promised
The list goes on.

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Nice that they adopted cultural themes from all parts of Africa. I think thats the essence of Wakanda, to represent the promising future of Africa as a whole, without losing the essence of its historical past.

Best movie so far in 2018!

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(4) Igbo Mask


The Igbo masks known as Mgbedike was worn by Erik Killmonger in a scene in the movie, Black Panther. The Mgbedike are distinguished by the large size and bold masculine features. They are used in Igbo rituals and are designed to contrast the female dancers with their more feminine beauty.

IGBO amaka bikonu

you can check out the article I wrote about Nigeria and Wakanda here
https://www.nairaland.com/4375724/nigeria-wakanda-could-been

nice

It's incomplete.
They left out the famous Fulani herdsmen.

Black panther

Igbo Amaka

Nice move...more to come

Was an entertaining movie ... has made $700M (N250 billion) so far in ticket sales

Cool.

Nice

Killmonger doesnt look like a bad guy to me. He was right jor

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‘Agbada’ is a Yoruba word.

The design is similar across groups who wear them but each group has a peculiarity to the design local to it - the type worn in the movie will determine what part of West Africa the design was taken from and what name it should be referred to here.

On the side, Forest Whitaker is of Igbo ancestry.

Great movie. A must see by all

Where can i download the movie