Last week, we were sipping coffee in Westview, learning how a comfortable illusion can rewrite reality to control citizens. Today, we’re heading somewhere very different: Wakanda. A place that rewrote its own reality — and in doing so, preserved its strength.
When Black Panther hit theaters, it wasn’t just a movie, it was a cultural earthquake. But underneath the action and Afrofuturist glow, there’s a lesson worth holding onto: cultural identity isn’t just heritage. It’s resistance.
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