Is Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Based On Real African Beliefs?

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever dropped a teaser, and the sequel to the original movie impressed a lot of people. At one stage, there was some concern when Chadwick Boseman ( T’Challa) passed away. Still, the movie finally happened and fans saw a teaser at the San Diego Comic-Con. A lot of symbolic stuff, and the antagonist made people say “wow.” But is it based on any sort of real African beliefs? 

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever –  King T’Challa’s Death

The movie took time to emerge, especially as Chadwick died. However, fans heard last year, that production didn’t plan on recasting the powerful character. Instead, the sequel looks at who replaces King TChalla. Historically, this sort of thing was often fraught with tension in Africa. 

The synopsis reveals that Queen Ramonda (Angela Bassett), Shuri (Letitia Wright), M’Baku (Winston Duke), Okoye (Danai Gurira) and the Dora Milaje (including Florence Kasumba), fight to protect their nation from intervening world powers.”  

Additionally, fans will meet Tenoch Huerta as Namor, king of a hidden undersea nation in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. Now, is that a steep bit of imagination? Or do people who live in real Africa believe in that sort of thing? Wakanda is fictional, but probably all Marvel fans know that it’s believed to be based in East Africa. Actually, Ryan Coogler once mentioned that it was styled on Lesotho. which is surrounded by South Africa in the south of the continent. 

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Spiritual & Symbolic

While some people argue that the place is more like Tanzania or somewhere around Kenya and Ethiopia, it matters very little. Across Africa, the original inhabitants migrated south. To this day, there are people living in the west of Africa (Botswana) who miraculously share the same mother tongue as those who live in Lesotho in the east. And, across Africa, you will find extremely spiritual people with a mix of both Christian and ancestral beliefs. 

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever involves an underwater city which isn’t an uncommon belief in Africa and across the world. In fact, Dr. Pat Holliday’s book “Marine Spirits Under the Sea” also talks about how many people across the world not only know they exist, but some believers ascribe them as the source of demons and powerful entities. 

Allow us to give you just one example of powerful gods that live in water. Between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is a massive hydroelectric dam known as Kariba. The Batonka people believe that their river god, Nyaminyami will throw down the dam wall one day. In fact, back in the 1950s. floods swept away the coffer dam at the height of construction. Of course, that was because the god was protecting the birthright of the localized and relocated communities. 

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – One Fan Thought The Teaser was ‘Ancestral’ 

Meaww reported that one fan who saw the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever teaser on Twitter wrote, “This feels f*****g ANCESTRAL. MY GOD. Prepare your gowns and crowns. We showing up like it’s the very first time again! #WakandaForever.”

Actually, that word couldn’t be a better choice for Africa where ancestors play a huge role in many localized beliefs and lore. Actually, the cultural aspects of the African-themed movie look set to make this yet another blockbuster. You can watch the teaser on the Twitter link below. 

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