Editor's Note: This story was originally published in May 2016 and has been updated. Black Panther hasn't hit theaters in the U.S. yet, but it's already breaking records. According to movie ticket ...

Yes, he's a comic book character. And he lives in an imaginary place. But it may be based on a regional powerhouse that flourished in what is now... If you haven't heard of the Marvel superhero Black ...

“OUR culture has been destroyed and thrown into the dustbin because of the Eurocentric way our stories have been told. We have let Europeans tell our stories forgetting that we are the owners of the ...

The action hero lives in the imaginary nation of Wakanda, the most technologically advanced society in the world. Is there a basis for it in... Editor's Note: This story was originally published in ...

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