Wakanda & History
This fictional African nation was never colonized by Europeans
What is Wakanda?
This character becomes the king of Wakanda in Black Panther.
Who is T’Challa?
Killmonger confronts a curator about African artifacts in this type of institution.
What is a museum?
At the beginning of Black Panther, Wakanda follows this policy to protect its resources and technology from the outside world.
What is isolation? (Accept: remaining hidden or isolated)
These two science-fiction franchises are compared in the presentation to examine different approaches to worldbuilding.
What are Black Panther and Star Wars?
This fictional resource allows Wakanda to develop its advanced technology.
What is vibranium?
Killmonger grew up in this California city, far away from Wakanda.
What is Oakland?
This collection of African artworks was looted by British forces in 1897.
What are the Benin Bronzes?
This character challenges T’Challa for the Wakandan throne and demands action against oppression.
Who is Killmonger?
This fictional African nation combines futuristic technology with African cultural traditions.
What is Wakanda?
This name describes the rapid European colonization of Africa during the late 1800s.
What is the Scramble for Africa?
This filmmaker directed the 2018 film Black Panther.
Who is Ryan Coogler?
The Kingdom of Benin, where the Benin Bronzes originated, was located in what is now this African country.
What is Nigeria?
At the end of Black Panther, T’Challa establishes this type of community facility in Oakland.
What is an outreach center?
This Academy Award-winning costume designer researched African cultural traditions when designing costumes for Black Panther.
Who is Ruth E. Carter?
European countries sought African colonies partly to obtain these valuable resources for their industries.
What are raw materials?
Unlike T’Challa, who grew up in independent Wakanda, Killmonger was raised in this country, where his experiences were shaped by racial inequality.
What is the United States?
In 2022, this American museum institution transferred ownership of 29 Benin objects to Nigeria.
What is the Smithsonian Institution?
Alongside Killmonger, this Wakandan spy argues that Wakanda should use its resources to help people outside its borders.
Who is Nakia?
In March 2018, this Marvel superhero film became the fifth-highest-grossing movie in U.S. box-office history at that time.
What is Black Panther?
Wakanda imagines how an African civilization might have developed without experiencing this historical concept.
What is European colonization?
T’Challa and Killmonger demonstrate that this shared identity does not represent one single experience or perspective.
What is Black identity?
Killmonger’s museum confrontation questions whether foreign museums have the right to possess and interpret African objects taken during this period of foreign domination.
What is colonialism?
By the end of Black Panther, T’Challa abandons strict isolation in favor of greater involvement with?
What is the international (Black) community?
This creative movement combines science fiction, technology, and African or Black culture to imagine different futures.
What is Afrofuturism?