Episode 37: Wakandan Society in the MCU (Part 1 of 2)

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of Black Panther, Chris grabbed Sabrina, her brother Brandon Kesselly (@BCKesso) of The Rising Young Minds and NerdCraft Nation, and returning guest Karama Horne (@theblerdgurl) to discuss a variety of interesting topics. What is life like in Wakanda as depicted in the MCU? How does Ryan Coogler's film tackle the topics of "otherness," the diaspora, and Pan-Africanism? All that and more in this extended deep dive of the Oscar-nominated film.

Works Cited:

Nnedi Okorafor -  Black Panther Long Live the King 1-3

Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations
Linda Heywood’s paper on the Kingdom of Kongo
Black Panther and the Black Monolith Fallacy

Next Week: Wakanda Opens Up to the World—Now What? (Part 2 of 2)

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