The premiere of the new Black Panther movie, Wakanda Forever, has prompted an outpouring of affection for the late Chadwick Boseman, who portrayed T'Challa, ruler of the African kingdom of Wakanda, and who died of cancer in 2020.
The new film echoes this tremendous loss as the character T'Challa has died as well. Read NPR's review here.
Now movies are just movies, but the Black Panther saga is more than a Marvel superhero film. In its depiction of an advanced and powerful African nation, it has touched a chord in the Continent. Our blog has previously reported on the reaction in Ghana to the first film's premiere. Despite nitpicks about the "fake" African accents, as one viewer put it: "They are portraying the African sense of being there for each other. They're showing that Africans as a whole can stand up."
We covered the reaction of "big thinkers":"It's a reflection of what we would want our societies and countries to look like [on the African continent]," said physician Stellah Wairimu Bosire, the past CEO of the Kenya Medical Association and a human rights activist.
The Lion King celebrated its 25th anniversary on Broadway with a Tiny Desk concert that highlighted the "spine-tingling African rhythm and language" that is showcased in its music and lyrics.
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