Remember the groundbreaking film Black Panther? Just in case it went over anyone’s head..
AMAZING AFRICAN CULTURE FEATURING IN WAKANDA - A THREAD
AMAZING AFRICAN CULTURE FEATURING IN WAKANDA - A THREAD
1. Ghanaian designer Ozwald Boateng designed this piece that starred in the Black Panther film, which credits the dapper street style of Congolese Sapeurs.
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2. Angela Basset as queen Mother wears a large disc head dress. In most of her scenes she wears a smaller version of the hat borrowed from South African Zulu culture named ‘Iscolo’
Only worn by married women in SA, sometimes reaches a metre in diameter.
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Only worn by married women in SA, sometimes reaches a metre in diameter.
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3. One of the elders of Wakanda wears the distinctive locks of ovaHimba women from Namibia.
ovaHimba plait or twist their hair into thick locks, often leaving ends to puff.
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ovaHimba plait or twist their hair into thick locks, often leaving ends to puff.
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4. Several scenes in black panther feature “Wakandan” text, it is actually based on ‘Nsibidi’ - an ancient system of communication indigenous to the ‘Ejagham‘ of SE Nigeria & SW Cameroon in the Cross River region. Also used by the Ibibio, Efik & Igbo peoples.
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5. The ‘Dora Milaje’ tribe in the film wear gold neck rings. These are based on the Ndebele tribe of South Africa. Known as ‘Indzila’ , only married Ndebele women may wear the rings. The wealthier a husband is, the more rings a woman has.
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6. A Wakandan elder in the throne room wears a lip plate which draws inspiration from the Mursi culture in Ethiopia - also seen among Chai and Tirma. Seen as a source of pride and also identity.
Typically worn by women, but worn by a man in the film.
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Typically worn by women, but worn by a man in the film.
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7. In one of the early scenes in the movie, Killmonger steals a menacing long-horned mask from a London museum.
It is based on the ‘Mgbedike’ , a relic of Igbo origins in southeast Nigeria. Mgbedike translates as “time of the brave”
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It is based on the ‘Mgbedike’ , a relic of Igbo origins in southeast Nigeria. Mgbedike translates as “time of the brave”
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Black panther payed amazing homage to real african culture, so let’s appreciate it quickly.
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