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Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero: how Wakanda Forever broke the mould

Hollywood’s first major Black female superhero: how Wakanda Forever broke the mould

BLACK Panther: Wakanda Forever rewrote Hollywood’s script for superhero movies. English professor Diana Adesola Mafe was recently involved in an academic roundtable that offers a critical conversation about it and another film set in an African kingdom, The Woman King. She argues that Wakanda Forever is a breakthrough film. We asked her why. DIANA ADESOLA MAFE, Professor of English, Denison University Why are these two films such talking points? As big-budget productions with Black female heroes, The Woman King and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever invite discussion and debate about Hollywood representations of Africa and the kinds of roles that women…
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