Just because African artists also worked on it doesn't stop making it a capitalist project, in addition to the 'wakandification' & essentialization of African cultures, it still largely & purposely serves capitalist interests, no one said Africans were exempt from wakandification https://twitter.com/Titanbaddie/status/1277889054730792960

Intentionally omitting that from the critiques that have been circulating around just serves to insulate Beyonce's part and investment in the project largely for her capitalist interests.

Folks just don't wanna grapple with the fact that Beyonce is a capitalist that is touting Black capitalism as Black liberation.

This thread also highlights how continental Africans also play a part and engage in wakandification and how much of our aspirations and telling African stories are interwoven in colonial and capitalist logics. https://twitter.com/miss_mumbz/status/1277381500300910592?s=19