Brooke Obie’s viral piece “In Defense of Erik Killmonger and the Forgotten Children of Wakanda” on Shadow & Act is cited in the LA Times‘ “Pantherpedia: A Guide to the Cottage Industry of Essays about Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther“: Americans in Africa On a related subject, numerous essays explore the ways in which Killmonger’s
Brooke Obie’s viral article “In Defense of Erik Killmonger and the Forgotten Children of Wakanda,” written for Shadow and Act, has resonated with many people thinking deeply about the messages in Ryan Coogler’s genius film Black Panther. Now, Obie’s words in defense of Killmonger have been quoted in a New York Times piece on “What
From Shadow and Act: Disclaimer: This article contains serious spoilers about Marvel’s Black Panther. “To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost all the time.” This is James Baldwin’s prolific quote about being Black in America and