"A Marvel story. Written by a Nigerian Woman. Set in Lagos. Superhero's name: NGOZI. What a time to be alive."



Nigeria’s cultural galaxy has a new star to sit alongside Nollywood films and the Afrobeats music takeover: Marvel’s first Nigerian superheroine, Ngozi, whose story the comic book powerhouse has set in Lagos.


Ngozi — whose name means "blessing" in Nigeria's Igbo language — acquires superpowers after she encounters an extraterrestrial being known as a "symbiote." These creatures — and their most famous incarnation, Spider-Man villain Venom — will be at the heart of the upcoming Venomverse event that will span across the publisher's titles.

As part of Venomverse, Ngozi will also be rubbing shoulders with Black Panther, the titular star of one of Marvel's most anticipated movies, and supervillain the Rhino.


"Wahala ensues," Nnedi Okorafor, the Nigerian-American writer behind the comic, told BuzzFeed News, using Nigerian slang for trouble, chaos, and shit generally hitting the fan.


You might have already heard of Okorafor, an award-winning science fiction writer who grew up between the US and Nigeria. Who Fears Death, her fantasy novel set in post-apocalyptic Sudan, is currently being turned into an HBO series produced by George R.R. Martin.

Okorafor is keeping tight-lipped about the exact storyline of "Blessing in Disguise," but revealed that Ngozi is inspired by the Chibok girls kidnapped by Islamist militants Boko Haram in 2014.

"Her likeness is based on one of the Chibok girls. That was something that was important to me," she said. "I’ve wanted to write a story on the Chibok girls for a while. That’s been kicking around my head for a while. So when this opportunity came up, I was like, this is gonna be a girl who is living her normal, everyday life and then thrust into a situation where everything was normal, and then suddenly everything wasn’t. My brain just went straight to those girls."



Okorafor knew instantly where the action had to be. “A superhero narrative in Lagos practically writes itself. Lagos is so exciting. I wanted things that are set where the characters are from, and connected to that area. There’s so many stories there, so much energy.”

Nigeria's comic book scene, like others across the continent, has been booming in recent years.
And Okorafor is unfazed about smashing even more barriers as Marvel makes its entry. “I want young Nigerians to take away that all of these things are possible. That our stories are important and can be told in multiple media forms. We can have a story in Marvel that tells a story about Nigerians, by Nigerians."

"I’ve come across a lot of African artists and writers who felt they won’t be successful if they tell their own stories unless they tell it in a specific way, and I really want young creatives to get away from that."

It’s also the first time a Marvel story will be set in a real-life African country.


https://www.buzzfeed.com/monicamark/marvels-universe-of-superheroes-has-officially-come-to?utm_term=.syZVbg8wZ#.oo7XLADrW

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