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Thursday, 15 March 2018

Is Black Panther about Ethiopia?


Saving the technological marvel aside and fictional elements let me drop you facts and you decide
  1. First the two symbolic animals (Ethiopian black lion vs black panther)
2. The lion of Judah was one of the titles of the Ethiopian Emperors. The black lions were Ethiopian anti-fascist resistance movement during the second world war that secured Ethiopian independence against colonization.
3. Haile Selassie addressing UN in 1963 vs T-challa
4.Both Wakanda & Ethiopia are located in East Africa and were Isolationist. The highlands of Ethiopia naturally contributed to the independence. “"Encompassed on all sides by the enemies of their religion, the Ethiopians slept near a thousand years, forgetful of the world by whom they were forgotten" (Gibbon)
5. Sellassie kick started the Organization of African Unity in 1963 to support independence of other fellow African countries and other aims ,welcomed and gave land to African diaspora who were living in the Americas and Europe. Refer the Rasterferai movement.

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