The revenge of the subalterns
The second 'Black Panther' film is a fierce critique of the West's (neo)colonial adventures in Africa and the Americas.
The second 'Black Panther' film is a fierce critique of the West's (neo)colonial adventures in Africa and the Americas.
No primer aniversario do estreno do filme 'Black Panther,' re-publicamos o ensaio de Russell Rickford traducido em Português.
How the celebrated film Black Panther stacks up in its depiction of decolonized African feminism.
In the Global North, Africa never inspires radically new terms of representation. It always presents itself as an entity grounded in an anthropological reality.
Black Panther arrives as black America diversifies, but the US becomes more isolationist. It's not beyond many African Americans to reflect nativist tendencies.
Anyone committed to an expansive concept of Pan-African liberation must regard 'Black Panther' as a counterrevolutionary film.