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A CRITIQUE OF THE THEMES OF BLACK MASCULINITY, BLACK FEMININITY AND AFRICAN IDENTITY IN THE BLACK PANTHER.

By Jovita Akahome

Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther (2018) includes the themes of masculinity among black males, femininity among black females and black identity crises. Black Panther raises pertinent questions about the definition of the African identity and the African-American response to it. T’challa and Killmonger appear to illustrate opposite sides on the spectrum of the entire black male experience. Coogler also appears to use iconography to present the black woman and her femininity in a way that is different from the norm. Although the movie is set in the fictitious country of Wakanda, its core elements seem to be metaphors for the current condition of the African continent. The use of these metaphors inspire inquiry into the subjects of black masculinity, black femininity and black identity.

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