[NEWS] Six links about Black Panther and Wakanda (#blackpanther, #wakanda)

[rfmcdonald]

• The Counterfactual History Review takes/u> a look at the plausibility of Wakanda, as a society, and finds it holds up. (There's something to be said about having the problems of one's own society being indigenous, not imposed by colonizers.)


• This article takes a look at the interest of Lesotho, a mountainous kingdom of southern Africa that was never quite fully colonized, on the idea of Wakanda.


• What is the relationship of Wakanda to Africa and the wider black diaspora? This article makes an argument. (Spoilers.)


• Queer representation in Wakanda is a real thing. All the more frustrating, then, if it is not quite realized.


• The Toronto Public Library's The Buzz points readers to more comics exploring Black Panther and Wakanda.


• Vulture takes a look at Christopher Priest, the writer who helped make Black Panther the character he is today more than a decade ago but then disappeared.

Comments

[dewline]

Looking forward to reading these after I see the movie.

Also, there's an article on Priest in New York Magazine?