Hey everyone, it's Anne.

The second installment of Marvel's Afro-Futurist Black Panther film franchise has viewers streaming back into movie theaters.

Because who doesn't want to watch powerful African women from an advanced civilization shred bad guys.

I am going to give you two options.

You can come to Wakanda, conscious or unconscious.

Okay, it's a superhero movie, and an American made one at that.

But meanwhile, we are living in a golden age of African science fiction and fantasy, of a genuinely African futurism, non-Western, decolonized, rooted in African culture, history, and mythology.

Find out more after this. Wisconsin Public Radio

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I'm Anne Strange Champs.

Sitting in a movie theater,

watching Angela Bassett, Lupita Njongo, and Letitia Wright light up the screen and Wakanda forever,

it is almost hard to remember what it was like when the first Black Panther movie hit.

That impact that practically exploded around the world.

My name is Michae Mwangola.

I'm a performance scholar

exploring what storytelling can do.

Millions of years ago,

a meteorite made of vibranium.

The strongest substance in the universe

struck the continent of Africa.

A warrior shaman received a vision from the panther goddess burst. The warrior became king and the first black panther, the protector of Wakanda.

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