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“If you were not so stubborn, you would make a great queen.”
“I would make a great queen, because I am so stubborn.”
“Wakanda is strong enough to help others and protect ourselves at the same time.” Bell Hooks argues that Black Women go beyond just resisting sexism and racism. They reinvent themselves through alternative texts that take control of how audiences look at them. It takes the gaze of Black women and contests and interrogates the vision of their embodiment on multiple levels.
Nakia (the external spy of Wakanda) is a character that does just that, not only taking apart the White saviour trope as a Black African woman saving her people but being beyond a romantic partner as someone who can intellectually think about her own pursuits. She is an intellectual who is aware of African’s colonial history and she is able to think about the security of her people, while thinking about Black people and people at large. Her story pursuits are not stagnant and neither is her story in Black Panther (2018) dir. Ryan Coogler
“Nakia and Okoye are allowed to be the full expressions of themselves, as women pursuing their passions while determining how their lives will unfold.
“Black Panther” offers a refreshing reprieve from the misogynistic media with which we are regularly bombarded by showcasing empowered women that are inspiring because of their contributions to their country and the way they show up in their own lives. Women who know that love does not keep you from your life purpose, romance does not come before your personal values and you are a better partner when you are in purposeful pursuit of your calling.”The women of ‘Black Panther’ are empowered not just in politics and war, but also in love.
Danai Gurira as Okoye & Lupita Nyong’o as Nakia in “Black Panther”
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