Washington PostADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Marvel Comics movie “Black Panther” has wowed audiences across the United States and around the world, including Africans who have cheered on the African superheroes and their fictional Kingdom of Wakanda. A number of Ethiopians have noted on social media the similarities between Wakanda and Ethiopia. So I say #Wakanda minus its techno-utopia, curiosity for futurism and imagination (frankly the things we lack) = #Ethiopia. “Black Panther” is the best-selling film at the theater since the 3-D release of “Avatar” in 2013, he added. “Black Panther is an amalgamation and modification of Ethiopian and other African kingdoms, history, culture and places.

Source: Ethiopian News February 27, 2018 19:18 UTC