Wakanda 101
The rare metal that Wakanda is Built on
What is Vibranium?
She is Wakanda’s chief scientist and designs most of its technology.
Who is Shuri? (T'challa's sister)
A foreign policy approach where a nation intentionally avoids involvement with other countries.
What is isolationism?
Wakanda hides its true power to avoid becoming this to other nations.
What is a target for exploitation?
According to the Vox article, this force shapes international politics, often placing non‑Western nations at a disadvantage.
What is racism?
The person who becomes king after the death of T'chaka
Who is T'challa?
This traumatic event shaped Killmonger’s worldview.
What is the murder of his father, N’Jobu?
According to the Vox article, Wakanda follows this IR theory emphasizing security and caution.
What is defensive realism?
Opening Wakanda risks exposing this strategic asset to the world.
What is vibranium?
Colonization harmed African states by creating long-term poverty, violence, and weak institutions.
What is imperial exploitation?
This mountain‑based tribe challenges T’Challa during the coronation ritual.
Who are the Jabari?
She is the fierce general of the Dora Milaje
Who is Okoye?
Defensive realists argue states arm themselves for this reason.
What is insecurity about other states’ intentions?
Killmonger’s worldview is shaped by this real-world historical pattern.
What is the global oppression of the African diaspora?
Wakanda represents a vision of Africa untouched by this historical system of domination.
What is colonialism?
This advanced technology hides Wakanda’s true appearance from outsiders.
What is the holographic barrier (cloaking technology)?
T’Challa struggles between tradition and this new responsibility.
What is redefining Wakanda’s role in the world?
Wakanda’s political system is this type of government.
What is a hereditary monarchy
By the film’s end, T’Challa opens Wakanda because he believes powerful nations have this responsibility.
What is helping others and sharing resources ethically?
Killmonger symbolizes the pain and fury of this globally dispersed population.
(looking for a name of the group of people he belongs to)
What is the African diaspora?
To claim the throne, a challenger must undergo this ritual at Warrior Falls.
What is ritual combat?
Killmonger believes Wakanda must intervene globally to accomplish this goal.
What is liberating oppressed Black people worldwide?
Wakanda rejects foreign aid and immigration to avoid this IR danger: mixing outsiders with domestic security.
What is the risk of external interference/invasion?
The debate between T’Challa and Killmonger reflects this major IR debate.
hat is the conflict between isolationism and interventionism?
The film critiques these modern global inequalities shaped by colonialism and systemic racism.
What are global power imbalances?