wakanda
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Wakanda Stole the Show at This Year’s MTV Movie Awards
The world of Wakanda inundated this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards, and we’re not mad about it at all. From Tiffany Haddish’s opening sequence, in which she challenges “T’Chadwick Boseman” for the right to rule Wakanda, to Michael B. Jordan’s sharp jab at Roseanne Barr, Black Panther and its cast served us all our…
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Wakanda Mess Is This? Teacher Believes Wakanda Is a Real Country After Student’s Presentation
I can’t believe wypipo really think Wakanda is real. A Marvel fanatic and college student, known as AlexeyShved1 on Reddit, gave a presentation on Wakanda, its economy and power struggle. The student’s professor surely believed the presentation because she’d never even heard of the Black Panther movie! The whole thing came about after the student…
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Wakanda for the Win: Serena Williams Brought Superhero Style to the French Open
She’s baaaaaaack. … Serena Williams on Tuesday proved her bounce-back complete after the difficult birth of baby Alexis Olympia by winning her first grand-slam match at this year’s French Open, beating Czech opponent Kristýna Plíšková 7-6(4), 6-4. And she did it in Black Panther-worthy style, with the hip-length braids she rocked at the recent royal…
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The Black Person’s Guide to Avengers: Infinity War
This review contains spoilers … I think. I’m not really sure, but if this article ruins your moviegoing experience, I apologize. Also, if this review ruins your moviegoing experience, you need to get a life. I’m sure your news feeds and timelines are filled with reviews and think pieces about one of the most anticipated…
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T’Challa Gets the Hang of ‘Black Jeopardy’ via Becky’s Potato Salad
The undisputed Black Panther, actor Chadwick Boseman, more than held his own as host of Saturday Night Live this weekend, although his shine was slightly dimmed by Cardi B’s pregnancy announcement. The funniest skit of the night was Boseman as the Black Panther (T’Challa) in the show’s ongoing sketch, “Black Jeopardy”—“the only game show where…
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The Visitor’s Guide to Cookouts in Wakanda
Hello, and welcome to Wakanda! After noticing an increase in tourist visa applications and bookings at the newly renovated Downtown M’Arriott Garden Inn, the staff at the Wakanda Bureau of Tourism would like to offer some advice to first-time visitors to our great empire. Our temperate climate and the success of the documentary Black Panther…
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Judge of Characters: Learning to Share the Culture When Black Panther Goes Beyond the Black Community
Black Panther has revolutionized superhero movies—well movies in general. The film with the predominantly black cast has broken records, sparked community service and inspired STEM center openings around the United States, and with that greatness comes the responsibility of sharing the culture. It’s very obvious that black people experience T’Challa and his kingdom in a…
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Is It Safe Now to Admit That T’Challa Got His Ass Whooped on That Mountain Twice?
So I’m going to say something. And you can fight me if you want to. But even if you do want to fight—and I’d rather not because I’m wearing some really nice boots today and I don’t want to scuff them—it’s not going to make what I’m about to say any less true. OK, so…
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Black Panther Wraps Up 1st Month With $605 Million Domestic Total, Making It the 7th Film to Cross $600 Million Mark
Black Panther continues to be the best thing to ever grace the big screen, rounding out the end of the month by topping the weekend box office for the fifth-straight weekend. According to Forbes, that officially makes Black Panther the first movie since Avatar (2010) to top the weekend box office for five straight weekends.…
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Make Wakanda Real by Embracing Your African Roots
Growing up as a Ghanaian American in Central Massachusetts during the 1980s was a constant series of “firsts.” I checked boxes identifying myself as a “first-generation” American. I was the first child of my African immigrant parents to take ballet and gymnastic classes. I was their first Girl Scout, first overpriced prom experience and first…