The Black Panther Reader

#TheBlackPantherReader

Gathered by: Roberto “Tito” Soto-Carrion

@BXtito

rsotocarrion@gmail.com

Table of Contents:

Intro to Black Panther:

The Black Panther Viewing Guide brought to you by Intelligent Mischief, Mobilize the Immigrant Vote, and Movement Strategy Center By Jamie McKelvie

What You Need to Know Before Seeing Black Panther By Abraham Riesman

A Message To Black Folks Planning On Acting EXTRA At The Black Panther Premiere By Lincoln Anthony Blades

Ta-Nehisi Coates Helps a New Panther Leave Its Print By Roberto Ito

The Real History Behind the Black Panther By Ryan Mattimore

Black Panther Is a Marvel Movie Superpowered by Its Ideas By Jamelle Bouie

6 Black Panther Comics to Read Before and After the Movie By Joelle Monique

We Sink Our Claws Into “Black Panther” with Ta-Nehisi Coates By Still Processing

The Cultural Significance of Black Panther:

Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America By Carvell Wallace

 Representation Matters: Long Before the Movie, Black Panther Validated My Black Self By Lance Williams

Chadwick Boseman and Ryan Coogler on How ‘Black Panther’ Makes History By Ramin

Setoodeh

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on 'Black Panther': All This Fuss Over a Superhero Movie? By Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Black Panther Is More Than a Superhero Movie By Christopher Orr

Black Panther Double Sided Review: on White People, Marvel, and Black Storytelling By Stephane Dunn

‘Black Panther’ Brings Hope, Hype and Pride By Salamishah Tillet

‘Black Panther’ Poised to Shatter a Hollywood Myth By Brooks Barnes

The Cultural Importance of Marvel’s Black Panther By TME News Room

The Revolutionary Power Of Black Panther By Jamil Smith

Black Folks Showed Up And Showed Out For The Opening Of 'Black Panther' By Sydney Scott

5 Culture Leaders On What Makes 'Black Panther' So Special By Sameer Rao

The Stars of ‘Black Panther’ Waited a Lifetime for This Moment By Reggie Ugwu

The 'Black Panther' Cast Is Dominating The Covers Of All Your Favorite Magazines By Dominique Johnson

Why “Black Panther” Is A “Must See” For All Black Students By Vivett Dukes

'Black Panther' And The 'Very Important Black Film' By Gene Demby

The Many Meanings of Black Panther’s Mask By Kwame Opam

‘Black Panther’ Cosplayers: ‘We’re Helping People See Us as Heroes’ By Walter Thompson-Hernandez

'Black Panther' Top-Grossing Film in History at 33 AMC Theaters By Pamela McClintock

After ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Wonder Woman,’ It’s Time for the Myth of the Fanboy to Fade By Owen Gleiberman

‘Black Panther’ Smashes Records With $218 Million at Holiday Weekend Box Office By Dave

McNary

‘Black Panther’ Smashes Box Office Records and Hollywood Myths By Brooks Barnes

Black Panther: The Album is number one on the Billboard 200 By Opheli Garcia Lawler

‘Black Panther’ Surpasses ‘Straight Outta Compton’ as Top Grossing Film by a Black Director By Jessica Bennett

Black Art  For Broke Blacks: Passport to Wakanda By The Visibility Project

The Touching 'Black Panther' Hashtag Inspired by a Mother's Eight-Year-Old Son By Joi Childs

How Teaching 'Black Panther' In Korea Changed My Students' Ideas Of Blackness And Representation By Wilkine Brutus

I Took 7th Graders to See ‘Black Panther.’ Here’s What They Said. By Kevin Noble Maillard

Black Panther’s Four-Day Total: $427 Million Worldwide and a Slew of Shattered Records By Yohana Desta

‘Black Panther’ Is a Legit Phenomenon, but Will It Be an Oscar Player? By Kristopher Tapley

Black Panther is one of the most important cultural moments in American history By Shaun King

The Game-Changing Success of Black Panther By David Sims

On Black Panther, and Why Our Art Matters By Ill Doctrine (Jay Smooth)

These Photos Of Black Kids Watching ‘Black Panther’ Highlight Why This Film Was Needed By Chris McGonigal

There is a Balm in Wakanda or Why Black Joy Matters By Crunkadelic

'Black Panther' Success Leads to $1M Donation to Oakland STEM Center By Kevin L. Jones

Why I Connect To ‘Black Panther’ As An Asian Man By Colin Lieu

Black Panther Continues to Slay Box-Office Records, Nears $1,000,000,000 Worldwide By Anne Branigin

‘Black Panther’ Crosses $1 Billion at Global Box Office By Rebecca Rubin

History and Black Cultural Politics:

5 Lessons from Black Panther That Can Save Our Lives — and Transform Black Politics By Frank Leon Roberts

Understanding Wakanda and the Traumas of Colonialism in Africa By Dwayne Wong

How 'Black Panther' Taps Into 500 Years of History By The Hollywood Reporter

Black Panther Engages with Decades of Black Liberatory Theory—And Is Also a Great Movie By Nate Marshall

The Provocation and Power of Black Panther By Vann R. Newkirk II

‘Black Panther’ and the Revenge of the Black Nerds By Lawrence Ware

Black Panther Is The Ultimate Love Letter To Black Beauty By Khalea Underwood

Black Panther Boldly Tackles The Flaws Of Black Excellence By Sesali Bowen

The Passionate Politics of “Black Panther” By Richard Brody

A ‘Black Panther’ reflection through the lens of a queer guy who hates superhero flicks By Ernest Owens

The Liberating Visions of Black Panther By Jonathan W. Gray

Wakanda and the Un-Hoteping of Pan-Africanism By Cherae Robinson

The Wakanda Suit We Share: The Role of Weaponized Tech In Combating Systemic Black Trauma By Ken Miles

Black Feminist Meditations on the Women of Wakanda (Spoiler Alert) By Robyn C. Spencer

WAKANDA FOREVER By Gloria Ladson-Billings

On the Duality and Double Consciousness of Black Panther  By Carolyn Hinds & Clarkisha Kent

In The Crosshairs Episode 21: BLACK PANTHER, Black Art, and Black Liberation: An Interview with Femi By Crossfader Staff

Why "Black Panther" Is Revolutionary, Even Though It Isn’t By Aviva Chomsky

Afrofuturism, Liberation & Representation in “Black Panther”: A Roundtable Discussion By Democracy Now

Amandla Stenberg passed on Black Panther due to light skin: “There Are Spaces I should Not Take Up" By Eye Candy

Black Panther in Conversation  Featuring Chadwick Boseman  and Lupita Nyong'o with  Ta-Nehisi Coates By The Apollo Theatre

Why Big Thinkers Can't Stop Talking About 'Black Panther'  By Joanne Lu

Non-Black People of Color Are Salty About Black Panther's Success By Sanjana Lakshmi

Black Panther Resistance: From Oakland to Wakanda

Black Panther film fuels calls for release of jailed political activists By Sam Levin

The 16 Black Panthers Still Behind Bars By Bakari Kitwana

The Panthers’ Revolutionary Feminism By Salamishah Tillet

Oakland’s Two Black Panthers: The Movie and the Movement By Sandhya Dirks

Waiting for Wakanda: Black joy on film as epic resistance By Sherronda J. Brown

#WakandaTheVote Allows for Voter Registration at ‘Black Panther’ Screenings By Zahara Hill

 'Panthers' fiction, and the harsh Black Panther reality By Nayaba Narinde

 Black Panther is great. But let’s not treat it as an act of resistance By Khanya Khondlo Mtshali

Black Panther Mania: From Oakland to Wakanda By Robyn C. Spencer, Mary Phillips, Angela D. LeBlanc-Ernest & Tracye A. Mathews

Oakland embraces ‘Black Panther’ and its hometown ties By Peter Hartlaub

Black Panther Begets Political Action Beyond the Big Screen Angela Helm

Don’t sleep on Oakland — not just Ryan Coogler By Teju Adisa-Farrar

Ex-Black Panther freed after 43 years in solitary confinement By AFP

Lessons from Wakanda: What Black Panther Raises for Black Organizing By Higher Ground Strategies

African Americans, Africans, Pan-Africanism, and the African Diaspora:

How ‘Black Panther’ Dissects Tension Between Africans & African-Americans By Jessica Bennett

‘Black Panther’: What the movie industry does to races it doesn't understand By Abigail Arunga

John Leguizamo Emotionally Discusses The Importance Of ‘Black Panther’ For The Latino Community By Araceli Cruz

 ‘Black Panther’: Why the relationship between Africans and black Americans is so messed up By Larry Madowo & Karen Attiah

Truth is Stranger Than Fiction The Order of The Black Panther in Ancient America By Jeremie Samuel

African fans are embracing Black Panther’s Afrofuturistic fantasy of Africa By Lynsey Chutel

All The Caribbean Actors Cast In Marvel's Black Panther Movie By Karibbean Kollective

From north to south, Afro-Brazilians organize all-black viewings of “Black Panther” By William Mansque

Haiti: The real life Black Panther’s Wakanda with Badass Women Warriors Too By Bettymedia

“Black Panther” and the Invention of “Africa” By Jelani Cobb

Coogler’s Black Panther Is Black America’s Proof of Life Statement to Africa By Dr.Herukhuti

My 8-Year-Old Afro-Latino Son Inspired the Viral #WhatBlackPantherMeansToMe Hashtag By Kayla Marie

Could Haiti be the real Wakanda? By The Race Card

African audiences are having a very emotional response to Black Panther: 'We were humanised, and that matters' By Zoah Hedges-Stocks

Audiences Across Africa Hail Black Panther for Humanizing Black Characters By Cika Oduah

“Black Panther” Is Inspiring Black Brazilians to Occupy Elite, White Shopping Malls By Juliana Goncalves

America's Wakanda  By Boima Tucker

After Black Panther: When The Excitement Of Wakanda Fades, Please Don't Forget About Africa By BlackGirlDiplomat

Marvel's Black Panther is a boon for Nigeria's Homegrown Comic Superheroes By Yomi Kazeem

Pan-African Panther  By Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò and LaKeyma Pennyamon

How to build Wakanda: Lessons for African leaders from 'Black Panther' By Taa Wongbe

Black Panther Curriculum, Readers, Syllabi, and Lesson Plans:

Wakanda Curriculum By Tess Raser

#BlackPantherChallenge By blackpantherchallenge.org

Introduction to the #WakandaSyllabus By Dr. Walter Greason

The Wakanda Reader By Brentin Mock

Women of Wakanda:

The Women of 'Black Panther:' 'They Are Kings Because of the Queens' By Variety

Ryan Coogler Talks Black Identity And The Powerful Women Of Wakanda By Ivie E. Ani

Women of Wakanda: Powerful heroines shine in 'Black Panther' By Britni Danielle

The legendary Dahomey Amazons are the real-life all-women’s army in Black Panther By Bridget Boakye

Black Panther Has A Message For Black Men: Trust Black Women By Sesali Bowen

Wakanda forever: The overt feminism of ‘Black Panther’ By Melissa Silverstein

5 ways that 'Black Panther' celebrates and elevates black women By Anika Reed

Lupita Nyong'o on the powerful role of women in the film Black Panther By Nightline

Black Panther Breakthrough Star Letitia Wright on How She Became Shuri, Wakanda's Brainy Princess By Alexandra Pechman

The Best Moments of the Women of Black Panther By Carle Lane

Digging the Dora Milaje? Then Love the Dahomey Women Warriors By Maiysha Kai

The Power of Women in West Africa: Queen Mothers By Rain Queens of Africa

Yet Another Reason Why Shuri From Black Panther Is The Greatest Disney Princess Ever By Damon Young

Wakanda's Indomitable Culture Is Why the Women of Black Panther Are so Dynamic By Charles Pulliam-Moore

We Need To Talk About The Significance Of Princess Shuri And Seeing A Black Girl In STEM By LaVita Tuff

There’s a True Story Behind Black Panther’s Strong Women. Here’s Why That Matters By Arica L. Coleman

The Feminism of Black Panther vs. Wonder Woman  By Shoshana Kessock

Black Panther and Afrofuturism:

An introduction to afrofuturism By Lawrence Ware

Afrofuturism: The genre that made Black Panther By Chris Giles

Futurism, Futurity, and the Importance of the Existential Imagination By Paul Kuttner

Black Panther brings Afrofuturism into the mainstream By Clarisse Loughrey

How the Beauty Looks of Black Panther Express African Pride and Afrofuturism By Alisha Acquaye

‘Black Panther’ Costumes Are Peak Afrofuturism By Racked Video

'Black Panther' proves why Afrofuturism matters By Devindra Hardawar

The past, present and Afrofuturism of 'Black Panther By Charlotte ML Bailey

The resurgence of Afrofuturism goes beyond ‘Black Panther,’ to Janelle Monáe, Jay-Z and more By Sonia Rao

Kendrick Lamar and Sza Embrace Afrofuturism in 'All the Stars' By Beatrice Hazlehurst

Danai Gurira On Her 'Black Panther' Role: 'She Protects What We Would Have Been' Michel Martin

Afrofuturism, sci-fi and why 'it is a radical act for Black people to imagine having a future' By Reza Dahya

The Interpretive Matrix of Wakanda (Deeper Still the Mothership Connection) By Lawrence Brown

Black Panther World Premiere Red Carpet: An Ode To Afrofuturism? By Afika Jadezweni

What Black Panther Could Mean for the Afrofuturism Movement By Michael Bennett

Space is the Place: The architecture of Afrofuturism By Patrick Sisson

Fear of a Black Universe By Kaila Philo

The Afrofuturism Behind 'Black Panther' By Brent Staples

Black Panther Brings Afrofuturism to the Big Screen By RadioOpenSource.org

'Black Panther': How Wakanda Got a Written Language as Part of its Afrofuturism By Bill Desowitz

A Georgia Tech Expert in Afrofuturism Reflects on the 'Black Panther' Phenomenon Q&A with Susana Morris By Michael Pearson

“Don’t Scare me like that, Colonizer!”

 An Open Letter to White People Who Are Upset Because Black Panther Is So Racist By Michael Harriot

We Need To Start Barking At White People Who Speak Out Of Turn By Damon Young

Racist trolls are saying Black Panther fans attacked them. They’re lying. By Aja Romano

Ben Shapiro is mad that black people are excited for “Black Panther” By Rachel Leah

People Are Spreading Fake Claims of Violence at "Black Panther" Screenings By Lauren Rearick

Twitter Trolls Post Fake Claims of Racially Motivated Assaults at 'Black Panther' Showings By Ryan Parker

White Folks Are Going Out of Their Way to Discredit ‘Black Panther’ with Disgusting Fake Tweets and Other Tactics By Tracy

‘Black Panther’ Turns Hollywood’s White Gaze On Its Head By David Dennis, Jr.

Why museum professionals need to talk about Black Panther By Casey Haughin

'Black Panther' raises difficult questions in museum community By Mary Carole McCauley

The Museum Heist Scene in ‘Black Panther’ Adds Fuel to the Debate About African Art Restitution By Sarah Cascone

Are White Film Critics Grading Black Panther on a Curve? By Andreas Hale

If You Want To Be An Effective Ally, Be Quiet And Know Your Place By Brandi Miller

Is 'Colonizer' The Best Word For Problematic White People Ever? By Damn Young

White Writer Calls Black Panther ‘Hollywood’s Worst Nightmare,’ Blames It for White People’s Problems By Monique Judge

LGBTQI-GNC Representation in Wakanda:

Don’t Play with Our Emotions: Black Panther and Queer Representation By Briana Lawrence

Marvel Misses Another Easy Opportunity for LGBTQ Representation With Black Panther By Charles Pulliam-Moore

The Black Panther Lesbian Romance That Almost Was By Dennis Hinzmann

‘Black Panther’ Actor Says Her Character’s Queer Flirtation Scene Was Deleted By Jenna Marotta

Black Panther Actor Florence Kasumba Addresses the Movie’s Lack of Queer Representation By Jaime Broadnax

Don't Forget Roxane Gay (and Queer Superheroes), Hollywood! By Daniel Reynolds

Wakanda Wednesday: How gender shapes the world of Wakanda  By Tirhakah Love

'Black Panther' Screenwriter Addresses Deleted Gay Romance Rumors By E. Oliver Whitney

Queer, powerful women are the heart of the new 'Black Panther' By Charles Pulliam-Moore

World of Wakanda: Short-Lived But Powerful Tale of Fierce, Queer Love By Maite Urcaregui

Dear White Gay Men, Black Panther Is Not About You By Phillip Henry

The Imagined: Wakanda as Home

Building The World Of Wakanda By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Wakanda and the Black Imagination By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Black Panther's Mythical Home May Not Be So Mythical After All By Winona Dimeo-Ediger

Why the world of Wakanda is so necessary today By Maya Phillips

‘Black Panther’ is a milestone in African Americans’ search for home By Peniel E. Joseph

Would-Be Wakanda: Black Panther and the Congo Paradox By Ewuare Osayande

Wakanda is where every urbanist wants to live By Alissa Walker

'Black Panther's' glorious depiction of Wakanda envisions the Africa of black dreams By Joy Ann-Reid

The Blackest Place On (Marvel) Earth By Collogate

Black Panther and the Search for Home By Zitu Madu

Our Invisible Wakandas: A Black Planning Scholar’s Reflections on Black Panther & Saving Historic Black Places By Andrea Roberts, Ph.D

Wakanda: The Chocolatest City  By Brentin Mock

Wakanda and the Un-Hoteping of Pan-Africanism By Cherae Robinson

Wakanda Forever: Black Panther Was Beyond My Wildest Dreams… By Julian Long

Wakanda's Prosperity Isn't So Far-Fetched for Africa By Noah Smith

Dreams of Wakanda By WNYC

Are Black Americans Allowed In Wakanda?  By Jolie A. Doggett

Transformative Justice in Wakanda By Adrienne Maree Brown

The Forgotten Children of Wakanda:

In Defense Of Erik Killmonger And The Forgotten Children Of Wakanda By Brooke Obie 

An American Monster in Wakanda (Spoilers) By Talynn Kel

Killmonger Was Wrong, and Ya’ll Know It By Jason Johnson

‘Black Panther’ And The Need For Black ‘Bad Guys’ On-Screen By Ja’han Jones

You Love Killmonger At The Expense Of Black Women By David Dennis Jr.

Killmonger is the Real Hero For Those Who Refuse to Assimilate Into an Elitist Blackness That Leaves Many Behind By Erin White

The Song of Killmonger By Spencer Kornhaber

Can’t We All Just Get Along? Black Panther Is Revisionist History By Briana Lawrence

The Trouble With Hero Worship: Is #TeamKillmonger Also #TeamToxicMasculinity? By S.D. Chrismon

The Tragedy of Erik Killmonger By Adam Serwer

The Powerful Politics of Killmonger By Matthew Rozsa

Killmonger is a fictional character in 'Black Panther', but his Misogynoir is Real By Ayaana Marie

We are not Wakanda. We are Erik Killmonger By Daren W. Jackson

The Polarizing Responses to Killmonger Reflect Our Inability to Deal with Black Childhood Trauma By Brittany Willis

The Many Dimensions of Black Panther  By Melvin L. Rogers

 Chadwick Boseman Agrees: “T’Challa Is The Enemy, Killmonger Is Trying To Achieve Greatness By Eye Candy

Erik Killmonger Is Not A 'Super-Villain,' He Is A Super-Victim Of Systemic Oppression By Ameer Hasan Loggins

Black Panther and Anti-Blackness:

Non-Black People Of Color Are Salty About  Black Panther's Success By Sanjana Lakshmi

Chinese Viewers Hated ‘Black Panther’ Because There Were Too Many Black People in It By Carl Samson

“A torture for the eyes”: Chinese moviegoers think Black Panther is just too black By Echo Huang

Black Panther Through a Critical Lens: Critiques, Questions, and New Possibilities

13 Critiques of "Black Panther" By Modern Maroon

‘Black Panther’ Is Not the Movie We Deserve (Spoilers) By Christopher Lebron

The Most Important Moment in Black Panther No One Is Talking About By Benjamin Dixon

After 'Black Panther': Roxane Gay on What's Still Missing From the Marvel Universe By WNYC

There Is Much to Celebrate–and Much to Question–About Marvel's Black Panther By Steven Thrasher

The Most Important Moment in Black Panther No One Is Talking About By Benjamin Dixon

“Coogler’s Brilliant Black Panther?: Africans, DOS, Woke Black Women…and Oh Yeah, Dying Black Men”  By T. Hasan Johnson, Ph.D

The Racial Politics of Black Panther By Mikhail Lyubansky, Ph.D

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Wakanda? By Justin Charity and Micah Peters

Academics In Cars Ep1 Marvel's Black Panther By Jared Ball

Wakanda Future Do You Imagine? A Critical Examination of the Aesthetics, Culture, Politics, and Symbolism of the Blockbuster Film ‘Black Panther’ By Son of Baldwin

Get me Outta Wakanda By Black Agenda Radio

I have a problem with Black Panther By Russell Rickford

‘Black Panther’ feels radical — but also mute when it comes to portraying America By Alyssa Rosenberg

We've been duped. Black Panther is anti-revolution By Azad Essa

Pan-African Dreams: A Skeptic's Take on Black Panther By Ismaail Qaiyim

Is Black Panther co-opting African struggles against oppression?  By Shihab Rattansi

We Are Only as Good as Our Critics: Prioritizing Cultural Critics of Color By Elizabeth Mendez Berry

‘Black Panther’ offers a regressive, neocolonial vision of Africa By Patrick Gathara

The Religion of Black Panther's Jabari Tribe Raises Questions About Cultural Appropriation  By Charles Pulliam-Moore

Yes, “Black Panther” Is a Little Anti-Muslim By Amer Zahr

'Black Panther': A Contrarian View  By Daryl M. Scott

3 Ways 'Black Panther' Could Have Been More Radical By Brittani McNeill

 Watching “Black Panther” With My  Black, Muslim American Daughters By Autumn Allen

But What If You Don’t Want to Go to Wakanda? By Racquel Gates and Kristen J. Warner

 Why does a white CIA agent play the hero to Killmonger's villain in 'Black Panther'? By Lynn Stuart Parramore

Recommend Readings:

Parable of the Talents/Parable of the Sower/Kindred, by Octavia Butler (really, anything from Butler)

Cities Imagined: The African Diaspora in Media and History, by Walter Greason and Julian Chambliss

A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance, by Nathalie Hopkinson; also check Hopkinson’s Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City

Faces at the Bottom of the Well by Derrick Bell

Afrofuturism 2.0: The Rise of Astro-Blackness, edited by Reynaldo Anderson and Charles E. Jones

Black Space: Imagining Race in Science Fiction Film, by Adilifu Nama

Territories of the Soul: Queered Belonging in the Black Diaspora, by Nadia Ellis

Cosmos Latinos: An Anthology of Science Fiction from Latin America and Spain, by Andrea L. Bell, ed.; Yolanda Molina-Gavilán

If You Love Black Panther, You Have to Read Nnedi Okorafor's Books By Frannie Jackson

15 books you need to read after seeing Black Panther By Christian Holub

What to Read After Watching ‘Black Panther’ By Concepcion De Leon

 The Cultural Aesthetics of Wakanda:

Why Fashion Is Key to Understanding the World of Black Panther By Tanisha C. Ford

From Zamunda To Wakanda: How ‘Black Panther’ Reimagined African Style By Zeba Blay

The Wonder of Wakanda: How This Black Utopian Space Is a Game Changer for Artists and Audiences By Anne Branigin

'Black Panther' Costume Designer Draws On 'The Sacred Geometry Of Africa' By Mallory Yu

Wakanda Is a Fake Country, but the African Language in ‘Black Panther’ Is Real By John Eligon

How ‘Black Panther’ Got Its Gorgeous Afrocentric Hair By Crystal Martin

‘Black Panther’ Designer Wale Oyejide Celebrates the Immigrant Experience Through Clothing 

By Marielle Bobo

‘Black Panther’ Costume Designer Ruth E. Carter Discusses Wakandan Style and $5,000 Denim Shearlings By Andrew Gruttadaro

Marvel Studios Brings 'Black Panther' to NY Fashion Week By The AP

Black Panther is a stunning reimagining of Africa’s aesthetic for Hollywood movie fans By Edward Ademolu

18 Mind-Blowing Details About The Dora Milaje Costumes In "Black Panther" By Crystal Ro

How Black Panther’s intricate costumes help tell its story By Killian Wright-Jackson

The Dora Milaje Costumes In ‘Black Panther’ has Filipino Elements  By Jacque De Borja

From Wannabes to Wakanda: Ruth E. Carter Costumes Our Cultural Consciousness By Maiysha Kai

Adorning Wakanda: Meet Douriean Fletcher, the jewelry designer for 'Black Panther' By Jevon Phillips

Black Panther Designer Ruth Carter Reveals the African Symbols Embedded in the Costumes By Karma Horne

‘Black Panther’ brings unexpected boost to makers of African inspired clothing By Nedra Rhone and Shelia M. Poole

African cosmologies: spiritual reflections on the ‘Black Panther’ movie By Yolanda Pierce

Black Panther: The Secrets of Wakandan Wardrobe By NowThisNerd

Some Created Epic Collages of The Black Panther Looks with the Traditions that Inspired Them By Eye Candy

‘Black Panther’ Composer Infuses Score With Trove of African Sounds By Jon Burlingame

How IsiXhosa Became The Official Language of Wakanda on 'Black Panther' By Sabelo Mkhabela

Learn More About Xhosa, The Real South African Language Spoken By Wakandans In 'Black Panther' By Ashleigh Atwell

Black Hair's Blockbuster Moment By Tiya Miles

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Gathered by: Roberto “Tito” Soto-Carrion

@BXtito

rsotocarrion@gmail.com