How The Black Panther Movie Has Raised Awareness In The USA & Elsewhere About Certain Types Of Contemporary South African Music & Dance

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest revision: August 5, 2018

This pancocojams post provides selected YouTube discussion thread comments which demonstrate how the 2017 Black Panther movie has raised awareness in the United States and elsewhere about certain genres of contemporary South African music & dance.

Note: I've added an Addendum to this post. The Addendum is the complete [to date] exchange between several commenters in a Black Panther Dance Challenge video's discussion thread. I've added this sub-thread because I find it interesting and want to share it with people reading this post. That sub-thread begins with a person self-identifying as an African criticizing Black Americans performing dance challenges and otherwise supporting the Black Panther movie because the movie was funded by White people.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those involved with the Black Panther movie. Thanks also to all those who are involved in the Black Panther Challenge dances. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/02/various-african-cultural-elements-that.html for the closely related pancocojams post entitled "Various African Cultural Elements That Are Found In The 2018 Fictional Black Panther Movie (with Black Panther trailer video)"

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SHOWCASE VIDEO EXAMPLES
The following videos are referenced in some of the comments given below.

Video Example #1: T'Challa & Shuri full lab scene(Black Panther 2018)



Nashaly Vega, Published on May 5, 2018

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Statistics as of August 4, 2018 12:26 PM EST
total number of views -175,238
total number of likes- 1,900
total number of dislikes -30

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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/08/babes-wodumo-ft-mampintsha-wololo-and.html for the pancocojams post entitled Babes Wodumo ft Mampintsha - "Wololo" (with a reaction YouTube video by The Ubinufu Space).

That post includes the official "Wololo" video and a reaction video posted by a group of Black men and women in the United Kingdom.

Comments from the YouTube Official "Wololo" video's discussion thread are given below as Comment Excerpts #1.

WARNING: This video may be considered inappropriate for children because of its focus on women shaking their butts.

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Video Example #2: Distruction Boyz - Omunye ft Benny Maverick & Dladla Mshunqisi (Official Music Video)



Distruction Boyz, Published on Dec 1, 2017
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Statistics as of August 4, 2018 at 12:38 PM EST
total number of views- 7,063,006 views
total likes- 45,000
total dislikes- 3,000

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Video Example #3 #Omunye
Black Panther Challenge | @mizzk.o



Kendra Oyesanya, Published on Feb 18, 2018
This is how me and the squad walked out of the Black Panther movie :)

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song: Omunye (feat. Benny Maverick, Dladla Mshunqisi)
Artist: Distruction Boyz
Album: Gqom Is the Future

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Statistics as of August 4, 2018 at 10:53 AM EST
total number of views: 1,580,403
total likes- 36,000
total dislikes- 520
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Kendra Oyesanya, the lead dancer is from Nigeria.

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Video Example #4: #BlackPantherChallenge
Black Panther Challenge - @jusbmore @klassikkaneck @splack



World Of Africa TV, Published on Mar 8, 2018
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Statistics as of August 4, 2018 12:01 PM EST:
total number of views: 453,018 views
total number of likes: 12,000
total number of dislikes- 270
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/08/babes-wodumo-ft-mampintsha-wololo-and.html for more information about the song "Wololo". Some comments about the inclusion of this song in the Black Panther movie are included below.

Also, click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npw4M2XLZK0 for that official video for the South African song "Omunye" by the Distruction Boys. That is the song that is featured in all of the Black Panther Dance challenges.

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SELECTED COMMENTS
Most of these comments refer to how the Black Panther and the Black Panther Challenge dance videos have raised the awareness in the United States and elsewhere about certain types of contemporary South African music and dance.

These comments are given under the links for their sources. Numbers have been added for referencing purposes only.

Comment Excerpts #1:
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlkybvVEQ4g Babes Wodumo ft Mampintsha - Wololo (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)
1. Sonia, 2018
"Thank you black panther for bringing me here to this amazing song and video"

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2. David Yvan, 2018
"Yoo, this was in black panther!"

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3. chukwudalu ibe, 2018
"It's an African song"

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REPLY
4. Mikaela Creedence, 2018
"Ben Grazuca watch Black Panther... it’s during Shuri’s lab scene"
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The comment from Ben Grazuca no longer appears in this comment thread, but one response indicated that he had insulted Americans for our lack of knowledge about this song. i.e. from Mikaela Creedence, 2018 "Ben Grazuca mmm sad 🤷🏽‍♀️ you clearly live a sad life, anyway I’m Canadian so you insulting Americans doesn’t hurt me"
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5. Faith Jonathan, 2018
"Ben Grazuca i think what he meant is that this song was featured on Black Panther and gain more attention...they played it on Shuri's Lab"

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6. Beverly Madondo Madondo, 2018
"I sang along to let those from Western and Eastern Africa know this hit is from the Southern 😂 ✌"

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7. Christine Kiki Anozie, 2018
"Black panther brought me here 💯💯"
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"Here" meaning to the official YouTube video of Babes Wodumo ft Mampintsha - Wololo

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8. IC Henry, 2018
"Heard this in BLACK PANTHER and its been stuck in my head for over a WEEK!!!"

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9. alicia906, 2018
"OMG!!!! I heard this song in Black Panther and immediately needed to have it in my life... I'm from Chicago. I'm sad that I'm a year late on knowing this song... but I Bangzzz it SO HARD IN MY CAR EVERY DAY!"

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10. IC Henry, 2018
"alicia906 I also feel so late to the South African music scene. When you get the chance check out other Gqom and S.A. house music videos! Afrobeats is 🔥 but South Africa is dropping FIRE tunes!!"
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"Afrobeats" is a contemporary music genre from Nigeria.

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11. Armon Hall, 2018
"Black Panther brought me to this greatness. 🙅🏿‍♂️"

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12. daniel peachey, 2018
"When people from overseas only heard of this song cause of BP but us lanzo people are still bumping to this after 2 years"
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I don't know what "lanzo people" mean, but from its usage, I assume it means people from South Africa.

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13. Tanya Kaseke, 2018
"Wakanda brought m here😍"

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14. Vaibhav Kalra, 2018
"from india with love..
cant understand a word but my new thang....
wakanda forever..🙌"

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15. Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, 2018
"Wakanda forever. Black Panther brings me here."

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Comment Excerpts #2
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Npw4M2XLZK0 "Distruction Boyz - Omunye ft Benny Maverick & Dladla Mshunqisi (Official Music Video)"

Pancocojams Editor's Note: This is the South African song that is used for all of the Black Panther Challenge dance videos. This video is given as Example #2 above.

1. LetsHangThough, 2018
"hands up if Black Panther led you here!"

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2. okuomose okuns, 2018
"LetsHangThough this tune wouldn't be yhis big without black panther dance challenges"

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3. LetsHangThough, 2018
"okuomose okuns I liked it before the challenge started, it was big before that. The challenge just revived it!"

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4. Nachaka Davenport, 2018
"Hands in the air. Black Panther led me here. Power to the people!"

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5. SUGAR TO SH&T*, 2018
"LetsHangThough
🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
I AM FROM THE U. S. And
CNN NEWS LED ME HERE!!!
🐾🐾BLACK PANTHER🐾
I couldn’t believe this most watched news station was playing clips of this video 😵
I was sitting watching the news when a CNN anchor stated that FORBES just announced that 🐾🐾BLACK PANTHER 🐾
Is the HIGHEST GROSSED SUPER HERO🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
Movie 🎥 of all times and it will be another one in the making.
Then I was shocked to see the news anchor show clips of this video and the beat of this music. I started moving my shoulders from side to side and waving my hands before I knew it my old ass was getting it. 🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
I am here for this sh&t*!!!!🐾🐾"
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*This word is fully spelled out in this screen name and in this comment.

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6. Kaylin Phillips, 2018
"I love how they used this in Black Panther 😍👏🏽 Wakanda Forever ✊🏽"

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7. KATO ABDO, 2018
"Me also😍😍😍"

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8. El Bee II, 2018
"It wasn't actually in the movie. But the guys that used it in the choreography totally smashed it. 🙅🏾‍♂️"

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9. Steevenlight75, 2018
"Lol I’m here because of Black Panther choreography"

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10. Susu Palmers, 2018
"Black panther brought me here! Where all my brothers and sisters from wakanda at 🙋🏽‍♀️🙋🏽‍♀️"

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11. Ada Ekwutife, 2018
"Susu Palmers meee I'm from wakanda lmao😛😂😂💀"

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12. sibu ncube, 2018
"Welcome to Wakanda 😁"

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13. Britt F, 2018
"This should have been on the Black Panther Soundtrack! I wish I understood the lyrics (language) but the beat is Hot🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!!!! Great Music and Great Dancing!!! #blackpantherchallenge
Much Love all the way from the U.S. 😘😘😘😍😍😍😁😁😁"

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14. HawkZulu, 2018
"Black Panther challenge brought me here.. MY GOD this song is lit. WAKANDA FOREVAHH!!"

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15. Actively So! Claudia, 2018
"South Africa is Wakanda Nation 😏😏😏"

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16. Timia Maya Kameeta, 2018
"Africans knew this before black panther already 😏🔥🔥🔥"

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17. Arry Lee, 2018
"Wakanda lead me here 😍 i love black folks ❤ love from indonesia"

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18. Ali Wilson, 2018
"Yes Black Panther movie compelled me to search for this track, but when I saw the video I was indeed disappointed....."

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19. IKINGW GAMER, 2018
"This Song wasn't part of black panther movie,it was a challenge on instagram. The song that played in black panther scene is called wololo"

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20. Miss Coco, 2018
"Thanks to black Panter for leading me here, Great beat"

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Comment Excerpt #3:
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfc_KZbQu_E Black Panther Challenge | @mizzk.o
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This video is given as Video Example #3 above.

1. Kendra Oyesanya, 2018
"Thank you all for the love! For the people asking yes we are the creators of the "Black Panther Dance Challenge" and we loved seeing everyones remake! #WakandaForever"

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2. Kona Jyun, 2018
"Amazing job well done on coming out with Black Panther challenge I've never been any more proud as an African to see our people appreciating themselves. Omunye by Distruction Boyz was the perfect song choice for this I watch this video st least three times a week, I'm so happy it went viral thank you for creating a new dance craze. 😎😍#WakandaForever #AfricaForever"

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3. myfddream, 2018
"Kendra Oyesanya Hey great job whos the artist and title of the challenge song. Cant find it."

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4. Kona Jyun, 2018
"myfddream Artist are Distruction Boyz and name of the song is Omunye. They are Zulus from South Africa."

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5. chi chi, 2018
"I saw this on Facebook. This went viral girl ❤❤❤❤"

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6. Bri.V.M., 2018
"Omg that was you lol? I saw this on Tumblr. This was too lit! 🔥🔥🔥"

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7. Reo Ndimande, 2018
"OmG, this is South African song by Destruction Boys😀😀 it's called "Omunye"...There's a part of a very popular dance on the video originating from SA too it's called" Gwaragwara" it was recently performed by Rihanna and went viral!! So excited!"

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8. ten ruwona, 2018
"Reo Ndimande It's amazing how Black Panther has exposed the talent in Africa"

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9. MseUnscripted, 2018
"It looked as if the Black Panther was blessing them as they danced out...they did the music more justice than the official music video...#MyPeopleAreBeautiful"
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"The official music video" that the commenter is referring to is the video for "Omunye".

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10. African Pegasus, 2018
"#GQOMFamily rise up!! South African music is making moves!

Plus her Gwara Gwara at 0:31 was legendary!! Utter bliss!!"
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"Omunye" is an example of "Gqom" music. The isiZulu word "omunye" has the sexual meaning of "being on top of". A commenter in the official video of that song shared that because of that word's meaning (not because of the video itself which isn't sexually explicit) the song "Omunye" was banned from playing on South African radios.

"Gwara Gwara is the South African dance that is usually performed to Gqom music."

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11. Brandy Wandera, 2018
"Those are South African dance moves."

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12. Roman Tick, 2018
"Brandy Wandera yes but not all! There was gwara gwara from SA and then Shaku Shaku and shoki from Nigeria but all together is fiiiiire"

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13. Tsholofelo Tau, 2018
"Because of the song I thought they were South African but then they started doing the gwara gwara and I was like NOPE that's not how we do it. But this is still great choreography so AWESOME!!!"

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14. Sibusiso Siso, 2018
"Black panther I salute all the way from South Afrika yeah u guys rocks"

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15. Kay D, 2018
"I saw this on Instagram after I watched Black Panther. On Thursday the week it came out. #WakandaForever ✊🏾✊🏾💖"

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16. HawkZulu, 2018
"Love to South Africa from you family in America"

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17. Roman Tick, 2018
"Shaku shaku and Shoki from Nigeria!! Gwara Gwara from South Africa all together is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥"

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18. Nothando Zulugirl, 2018
"This song is Omunye Phezu komunye by destruction boys - it's a Zulu song from South Africa - Shout out to black panther for putting Africa on the map. Translation of the song cost 1$ lol Hahaha"

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19. Darwin G, 2018
"Black panther is so much more than a movie, I love everything around it!"

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20. Laylaa Yverson, 2018
"Awesome how some black people who call themself black american and always denied there rooots ,beeing interested now,in the African culture, where there normaly belong too,since the film black panther comes out......is no more "i have a dream"now its "wakanda forever"...like it...

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Comment Examples #4
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNyVUIhvW64 #BlackPantherChallenge
Black Panther Challenge - @jusbmore @klassikkaneck @splack

This video is given as Video Example #4 above.

1. Nicole Falanka, 2018
"lol that movie is making us so proud"

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2. Flora Yeboah, 2018
"On point!..Im South African. I love my AFRICA!! Wakanda forever..."

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3. Clio MDC, 2018
"That gwara gwara with the guy in the dashiki was mad lit"

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4. LPTV, 2018
"It was going well and then they started barking like dogs"

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5. TheDent InRm'sChin, 2018
"LPTV That's in the movie. Go see it to understand"
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Some commenters wrote that "the bark" was actually a gorilla grunt, connecting these dancers with the Jabari ethnic group in the Black Panther movie. That also explains why one of the dancers wore a gorilla suit.

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6. Nthabiseng Kutoane, 2018
"So proud of the fact that the rest of the world is embracing our dance moves...and music!!"

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7. Jimmy Jones, 2018
"That ending tho!! 😂✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊ love it! #WAKANDAFOREVER ✊✊✊✊"

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8. MrAramis02, 2018
"the king of wakanda applauds these men despite being from jabari"

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9. Ntongo Breaker, 2018
"I really like every dance about wakada and the beat of the song really nice 😂😘😍😍😍😍"

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10. Praise Onaturals, 2018
"Real Entertainment! Wakanda Forever! I NEVER FREEZE! 😂😂😂😂😂"
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"Wakanda Forever" and "I never freeze" are two catch phrases from the 2018 Black Panther movie.

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11. BWC B, 2018
"You guys did well. It's one of the best ones taking the challenge."

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12. Brett Golightly, 2018
"Each time watching it can’t stop watching one in front middle in red!
Love how this all comes together during times like this! Now, if only some of my “fam” could accept my Western & Eastern African bloodlines....."

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13. dk dk, 2018
"Wakandans woooooohhhhh!"

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14. Antonieta Merces Reina Galan, 2018
"WAKANDA THE DANCE !!✋"

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ADDENDUM: DISCUSSION THREAD EXCERPT
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0E7bnTW0bw "Walking back into Black Panther movie like", published by World Of Africa TV on Mar 2, 2018
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This sub-thread begins with a person self-identifying as an African criticizing Black Americans performing dance challenges and otherwise supporting the Black Panther movie because the movie was funded by White people.

1. Andrea_, 2018
"Bruh! that movie was not even funded nor produced by the black community..it was funded and produced by white executives from dysney; it's a dysney movie that happened to have a black writer and black actors ..the movie itself has no actual tie nor resemblance to the actual black panther group ( that faught against police brutality done on ppl of color) but ironically the movie was strategically released on black history month to give black ppl yet another false feeling of empowerment; the movie seem like yet another movie made by oppressors to financially exploit something important to the black community such as the black panther group or movement 😦😯😳 is odd all of a sudden African Americans now suddenly want to claim their African roots..usually they alienate themselves from their African roots ..in the stated walk up to an african American and tell him or her that he's ancestors are African and see the reaction you get; they look at you like you called them the n-word in a derivative manner; I am African meaning I was born and raised in Africa but live in the states and upon living here I have been bullied both by a Caucasian and an african American for being African"

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2. Briste Belle, 2018
"Andrea_ so because you are an African and was bullied, you come here to spit rubbish?
I am African too, and you're an idiot.
All these superhero movies are not real but it empowers white people who are the most represented in them. It makes them believe they can do great things and with that empowerment, they actually start implementing it.
It's not a bad thing that African Americans are empowered by a marvel movie. Empowerment is empowerment. So the movie has a black writer, producer and actors but you care only about where the funding came from?
The best thing coming out of it is that it changed the mindset of many African American youths about their roots. As an African, I don't care if black Americans think being African is an insult because they don't understand, I know who I am and I'm proud of who I am you should too, rather than being hateful and bearing grudges."

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REPLY
3. Shewanda Pugh, 2018
"Where to even start with you?
1. The first appearance of the Black Panther comic book character predates the Black Panther Party by a few months. They're not related nor were they supposed to be.
2. Who cares who made the movie? Anytime diversity is presented in a positive form, we all win, as it's a pathway to greater tolerance.
3. This is a blockbuster film with a mega-budget, international success, and a cast made up of minorities. It opens the door to more such films as it proves we can pull in the crowds and have wide appeal.
4. It seems like you keep poor company. I don't know any African Americans who balk at having an African heritage. I don't know any who would bully someone because of where they're from. You need more positive, thoughtful, intellectual people in your life. Though with the negativity you spew, I'm not sure they'd want to be bothered."

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4. Asa J, 2018
"I really hate when people spew negativity, especially when they act like they have facts they don’t. BLACK PANTHER WAS DIRECTED, PRODUCED AND CAST BY BLACK PEOPLE. What are you so bitter about. You were bullied? So was I. What the hell does that have to do with the movie? Go tell your therapist because this is just not the place or the medium through which you should circumvent your issues. It just makes you look bad."

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5. isfvt tyug, 2018
"Somebody with some sense. You know how stupid these american blacks look smfh Dance when you can fund a damn movie."

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6. beejioux, 2018
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Various African Cultural Elements That Are Found In The 2018 Fictional Black Panther Movie (with Black Panther trailer video)

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Update: August 4, 2018

This is Part II of a three part pancocojams series on the 2018 Black Panther American movie.

This post showcases the official trailer for the 2018 Black PantherAmerican movie video and quotes excerpts from five online articles that highlight various African cultural elements that are found in that movie.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/01/possible-origins-meanings-of-names-from.html for Part I of this series. Part I presents information about the 2018 American movie Black Panther and suggest possible es origins and meanings for the names of various characters from that Marvel comic book series and that movie.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/02/reactions-to-2018-black-panther-movie.html for Part III of this series provides selected comments from a YouTube discussion thread about reactions to the 2018 Black Panther movie from Africans and from people from the African diaspora.

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The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who have created, developed, written, and drawn the comic book series Black Panther character. Thanks also to all those who are associated with the 2018 Black Panther movie. Thanks also to all others who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Marvel Studios' Black Panther - Official Trailer



Marvel Entertainment, Published on Oct 16, 2017

Long live the king. Watch the new trailer for Marvel Studios #BlackPanther. In theaters February 16! ► Subscribe to Marvel: http://bit.ly/WeO3YJ

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EXCERPTS FROM ARTICLES THAT HIGHLIGHT AFRICAN CULTURAL ELEMENTS IN THE 2018 "BLACK PANTHER" MOVIE
EXCERPT #1
From https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/how-black-panther-reimagined-african-style_us_5a7730e0e4b01ce33eb3e6d5 By Zeba Blay; 02/16/2018 04:38 pm ET Updated, 2/17/2018
From Zamunda To Wakanda: How ‘Black Panther’ Reimagined African Style
“Black Panther” is very much a mix of regional, ethnic and cultural customs. And that’s part of what makes it so brilliant.
..."aesthetically, “Black Panther” is very much a hodgepodge, a juxtaposition, a mix of regional, ethnic and cultural customs. And that’s part of what makes it so brilliant.

Costume designer Ruth E. Carter, in collaboration with production designer Hannah Beachler, created a “Wakandan Bible” early on in production, a tome that set the standard for “Black Panther” and the inhabitants of its world ― from the Dora Milaje, King T’Challa’s personal body guard, to the Jabari, a clan that lives in the mountains of Wakanda.

[Before the shoot], I had already been gathering information about the Maasai tribe, and I fell in love with the Dogon,” Carter told HuffPost. “The real Dogon tribe lived in the mountainous area in Africa and they were one of the first astronomers and they studied the stars and they performed a ritual every year where they created these amazing masks that shot up to the heavens. They were carved out of wood and they would adorn their bodies with these raffia skirts and brilliant colors. They were the inspiration for the Jabari tribe.”

Elsewhere in the film, Carter incorporated the traditional painted robes of the Ndebele people of South Africa in the blankets (which are actually shields) worn by Wakanda’s border tribe.

There’s one scene in the movie, in which King T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman), finds himself on the ancestral plane speaking with his dead father. T’Challa wears a tunic with an elaborately embroidered collar, reminiscent of those worn by Yoruba men in Nigeria. When his father appears to him, he is wrapped in traditional cloth in the style that many Ghanaian men do ― indeed the fabric itself is covered in Ghanaian Adinkra symbols for “strength.”

There are many aesthetic moments like this in “Black Panther,” many instances of cultural anachronisms that, somehow, work on another level. There is a flurry of various forms of traditional African attire, from vastly differing parts of the continent. It is, in some ways, nonsensical. In other, more important ways, it makes all the sense in the world. Wakanda is not real in the physical sense, but it is a spiritual ideal, a world representing what the diaspora is and could be if given the chance.

For Carter, the blending of cultures in the film isn’t necessarily about disregarding the significance of the clothes on display.

“Looking at it with modern eyes, it’s OK to pay homage to culture and tradition, but we weren’t trying to make a documentary,” she says. “We wanted to honor it in this futuristic way and a lot of the details of the indigenous African tribes easily translate into a futuristic model.”...

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EXCERPT #2
From https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/16/africa/black-panther-behind-the-scenes-marvel/index.html
(CNN) Wakanda is a lushly futuristic, equatorial enclave. A journey into Wakanda: How we made Black Panther
By Chris Giles, CNN; Updated 11:52 AM ET, Fri February 16, 2018
..."The production of Marvel's "Black Panther" (US release February 16) is a remarkable feat. It's a thrilling and refreshing spectacle on the big screen, capturing traditional African influences in a hypermodern context.

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It is a huge technical and creative undertaking for those working behind the scenes. The production, costume, jewelry and other designers and stylists are creating a whole new world -- one where nature and technology are intertwined.

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'Black Panther' fast facts 00:28
The film also bears with it an important responsibility on the designers and director that the images and representations of an African nation -- in a continent often lazily portrayed in the West -- are inspired by African groups.

A large part of the research process was traveling to Africa.
The team traveled up the coast of South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal, into the countryside and via urban districts.

Production designer Hannah Beachler. "When I came back we reworked everything. There was a lot achieved because of my experience of being able to able to touch and feel and be there and see. I had a better perspective," Beachler says.
"It's a lot about taking the ideas that people have about what it is to live in Africa and what it is to be African and retelling that story, reclaiming it I guess, and having this clarification," Beachler said.

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This story is also seen in what Wakandans wear, a mesh of traditional and hi-tech Afropunk influences.

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Roadmapping African influences
Ruth E. Carter [Black Panther movie’s costume designer]
"There were at least 10 different tribes that we gathered costume inspiration from, because Wakanda is a fictitious land in the Northern Central part of Africa, and it's imagined as a place that was never colonized.
"We could create something that honored African history, African-American history and also would be a new-found culture that would be unique to Wakanda," Carter said.

Carter instructed a team of over 100 buyers. This was no small undertaking, especially for Carter's first shot at a Marvel movie.

She visited Africa and drew influence from ancient tribes to establish the Wakandan people's unique characteristics.
"They wear things more avant-garde. Their hair is natural. They're sometimes barefoot. I would say the Afrofuturistic model is the one characteristic that goes throughout the Wakandan community," Carter says.
Carter was particularly inspired by the Dogon people of West Africa.
"They were a big inspiration for me because they were like astronomers and they lived in this mountainous area of Africa," Carter said.

Other tribes of sartorial inspiration were the Turkana people in East Africa, Hemba people in Congo, Suri tribe in Ethiopia and Tuareg people in western and northern Africa, among others.

However, Carter emboldened these costume designers with edgy, high-tech touches.

Carter said it was important to show this royal African family in a futuristic model."...

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EXCERPT #3
From https://qz.com/1003692/marvels-black-panther-and-wakanda-raises-questions-about-african-cultural-appropriation/ "Black Panther has some impressive superpowers—solving cultural appropriation isn’t one of them"
written by Lynsey Chutel; June 12, 2017
....“It’s a third world country: textiles, shepherds, cool outfits,” is how Martin Freeman’s character Everett K. Ross describes Wakanda. In the film, it’s the image Wakanda has put forth in order to protect itself and in real life, it’s what most audiences may think of when thinking about Africa in film and television—the “Coming to America” trope still firmly in place.

Behind a mighty waterfall that resembles Victoria Falls (Mosi-oa-Tunya as it is known locally), is an Eldorado of technology and innovation known as Wakanda.

[...]

The film was mostly shot in a studio in Atlanta, Georgia, the falls are actually shots of Iguazu Falls in Argentina and the skyscrapers are all CGI. And in Africa we generally refer to our panthers as leopards. Still, it’s an indulgent fantasy of what Africa could be, but also what may have been without colonial interference. It’s a reminder that the film is not a meditation on culture, but rather a comic book fantasy that is perhaps inspired by Afrofuturism.

[...]

The city T’Challa returns to has walls painted in the geometric patterns that resemble those of Ndebele culture in South Africa. Lupita Nyong’o is seen in what looks like a wax print dress as she stalks through one scene. In another, T’Challa’s mother, played by a white-haired Angela Basset, is wrapped in a Seanamarena blanket, a large part of Lesotho’s cultural heritage. The scene causing the most debate so far is that of a tribal elder in a tailored suit, with a large lip disc.

What’s significant about this aesthetic is not the question it raises about the roots of lip plates and body stretching in African culture, but rather the blending of the modern and traditional. It’s something that happens every day on the streets of Africa’s cities, with sneakers and suits in bold, bright wax prints, beaded jewelry adorning everyday wear, and even the Seanamarena blanket cut into this season’s bomber jacket trend. These trends are borrowed between different cultures as social media breaks down borders and encourages collaboration.

There are questions on whether African Americans should be borrowing from continental culture…
What’s more, this raises questions on appropriation among Africans, whether acknowledging the specific origins of the design should be enough, or whether, for example, Ghana should be acknowledged in every graphic that resembles Kente.

These are not questions the Black Panther film is going to answer, and it isn’t supposed to—that’s what the debate around appropriation misses. In a similar way to young, connected Africans, the film borrows here and there from a blended African culture. One can only hope that the film will acknowledge the origins of these elements and avoid appropriation."...
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EXCERPT #4
[Pancocojams Editor's Note: Notice that this article refers to another Marvel comic movie in which T'Challa, the Black Panther character appeared.]

From https://www.cinemablend.com/new/What-Language-Black-Panther-Actually-Speaking-Captain-America-Civil-War-129187.html by Gregory Wakeman, 2016 [the date stamp says "1 year ago" but the comments in the discussion thread say "2 years"]
"Captain America: Civil War isn’t just reuniting us with most of the Avengers. It’s also introducing us to two new superheroes. While we’ve revelled in the web-slinging exploits of a certain Peter Parker for quite a few films now, Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa/Black Panther is making his big-screen debut in the blockbuster. This means that movie audiences are now devouring every bit of information they can about Black Panther, which now includes the fact that his native language in Civil War and the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is Xhosa.

While Chadwick Boseman’s superhero actually spends most of Captain America: Civil War speaking English to the other English-speakers, there are one or two scenes that sees T’Challa talking to his father T’Chaka, played by John Kani, in a native Wakanda language. Co-director Joe Russo has now confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that they chose Xhosa for his language, admitting that John Kani actually taught Chadwick Boseman how to speak it.
The language we used for Wakandan is called Xhosa. John Kani, the actor who plays T’Challa’s father in the movie, speaks the language and taught it to Chadwick. It’s spoken by 7.6 million people in South Africa

The decision for Black Panther to speak Xhosa was quite a big one not just for Captain America: Civil War, but for the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, too. That’s because we’re almost certainly going to see T’Challa and his alter ego frequently uttering the language in his own solo film. It would just be weird if he didn't.

Xhosa is known as "the clicking language," as in order to properly pronounce its x’s, you have to put your tongue to the roof of your mouth and then make a clicking noise, which closely resembles the sound of a horse trotting. One of the official languages of South Africa, it is spoken by around 18% of the country’s population, while Nelson Mandela spoke it fluently."...
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Here are two examples of those comments from that article's discussion thread:
Stan Philip Samuel [2 years ago] 2016?
They picked the wrong language unfortunately. Xhosa is only spoken in South Africa. Wakanda has been geographically placed in Equatorial Africa near Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia (as seen in Iron Man 2). Maybe Swahili would have been a more appropriate selection. Leaving South African and African audiences confused at the lack of appreciation of our language spread. I guess they took the easy route and used it because John Kani knew the language, still does not make it right though. Oh well, it's a fictional world right?

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"MH Eingoluq, [2 years ago] 2016?
"It really just felt odd to me as a choice. I mean, John Kani is South African and speaks Xhosa, but as far as I know Chadwick Boseman doesn't and he's going to be starring in an entire film set* in Wakanda. So it's not obvious to me why they couldn't just pick a language from that general area.

*I mean, I haven't seen it or anything and plenty of Black Panther stories, including some of the best ones, are set outside Wakanda. But if the casting is 90% black people, which is awesome, it seems awfully likely that that's where it's going to be set."
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Click http://abcnews.go.com/International/black-panther-puts-spotlight-xhosa-real-african-language/story?id=53142351 "Black Panther' puts spotlight on Xhosa, a real African language spoken by Nelson Mandela"
By JAMES LONGMANANGUS HINES; Feb 16, 2018, 12:10 PM ET for an article about the inclusion of Xhosa in Black Panther.

Also, here's a celebratory comment from a South African in a February 18, 2018 discussion thread from a YouTube video on this subject:
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVHwiH0eXjU Black Panther' puts spotlight on Xhosa, a real African language spoken by Nelson Mandela by news usa, Published on Feb 16, 2018
Alice Gauteng, February 18, 2018
"As a South African I was proud hearing Xhosa spoken in the movie. And tbey also wear Badotho blankets.
Coolest thing ever!

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Excerpt #5
From http://www.africanews.com/2018/02/17/black-panther-wins-the-hearts-of-africans Black Panther wins the hearts of African cinema fans; Daniel Mumbere 17/02 - 13:10
"Africans can’t get enough of the first Marvel superhero movie with a predominantly black cast.

Black Panther has received rave reviews from critics and cinema goers who have flocked to its’s premieres in Nigeria, Uganda and South Africa among others.

Some of the cast actually flew down to South Africa for the premiere, with Kenyan born actress Lupita Nyong’o, tweeting that ‘the excitement is spellbinding’.

'The people who made the film were very specific about the references they used in relationship to Africa. They are pulling from the best fashion and art.'

Wakanda
Black panther is set in the fictional African nation of Wakanda. It tells the story of the new king, T‘Challa/Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), who is challenged by rival factions.

The fictional African country is depicted as a verdant land with stunning waterfalls where spacecraft designed like tribal masks soar over a modern metropolis.

Directed by black director Ryan Coogler and featuring actors including Michael B. Jordan, Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong‘o and Forest Whittaker, the film has received widespread critical acclaim after years of criticism about the under-representation of black people in Hollywood.

[...]

Ugandans claim Wakanda
Ugandans who have two actors with roots in the East African country featured in Black Panther, Daniel Kaluuya and Florence Kasumba, have been showing why Wakanda is actually Uganda.

Chazzy Chaz
@SEEMUGASHA
When u watch Black Panther...look out for location on globe..Its not a coincidence Wakanda rhymes with Uganda and our guy is called O"Wakabi" and u see Murchison falls and rift valleys and impenetrable forests and mountains of the moon! Come vacation in Wakanda/Uganda. https://twitter.com/WOODY_THEGREAT/status/964407617077485569 …

3:12 AM - Feb 16, 2018

Asiimwe Jolly
@asiimwejolly1
The young one of a Uganda is a Wakanda....after all Wakanda is a fictional East African nation bordering Uganda, might as well be our baby. 😄😋 #BlackPanther #WakandaCameToSlay

5:06 AM - Feb 17, 2018


Janelle Villadiego
@jdcv_17
"As it turns out, the filmmakers, prod. designers, & costumers of Marvel’s #BlackPanther imagined Wakanda as an amalgamation of real African nations, economies, & cultures, including Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, & the Congo."🇳🇬🇰🇪🇺🇬🇿🇦🇨🇩👏https://www.inverse.com/article/40961-black-panther-wakanda-real-life-inspirations-africa …

6:50 AM - Feb 14, 2018"...

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ADDED FEBRUARY 25, 2018
Excerpt 6:
From https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/behind-black-panther-hidden-meanings-stunning-wakanda-costumes-200814997.html
Behind 'Black Panther': The hidden meanings of those stunning Wakanda costumes
by Gwynne Watkins, February 24, 2018

[quotes from an interview with Black Panther movie costume designer Ruth Carter]
..."the Dogon tribe were the first astronomers. They do a ceremony once a year where they adorn themselves in these brilliant raffia skirts and wood-carving masks that shoot up to the stars — they’re really tall. And they do these moves that sweep the earth. I was fascinated by that. So Ryan wanted the Jabari to wear grass skirts during battle, and the Dogon was the perfect place to start with the inspiration. We used the wood carving design for the armor for the Jabari. So when we see Winston Duke (as M’Baku), he really is representing the Dogon tribe of ancient Africa....

And then the Dora Milaje were inspired by many indigenous tribes of Africa. The color was the brilliant red of the Maasai. When you see these pictures of them with their beadwork, you see this red that is just so prominent and so strong, and really beautiful with these bald heads, and they stack beads, and it’s just phenomenal. So I upped the color of the design to be a much more brilliant red so they could have this part of Africa that was undeniable in its brilliance and in its color. Also their neck rings were inspired by the Ndbele tribe of South Africa....

[in reference to the various tribes of Wakanda] the Merchant Tribe representing the Tuareg, the River Tribe representing the Surma and the Kongo, the Mining Tribe representing the Himba...

And I wanted to apply the art of the tribes to their costumes. For example, silver is a precious metal for the Tuareg, and that fit within the Wakandan ideology of vibranium, because vibranium is also silver. So I combined the silver from the Tuareg look with that aubergine-baby blue kind of mixture for the Merchant Tribe of Wakanda.

The same goes for the River Tribe. The cowry shell was a form of commerce [in West Africa], it was how they traded. And so I used a lot of the cowry shell on Lupita’s costume, and a lot of beads and shells because she represented the river and the water and the grass."...

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Excerpt #7:
From https://twitter.com/diasporicblues/status/964900111129174021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fdebirhan.com%2F2018%2F02%2Fwakanda-ethiopia-tchala-menelik-ii-black-panthers-copy-right-issues%2F

Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17 [2018]
Thread on African tribes/cultures featured in #BlackPanther. #Wakanda
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This thread includes a number of references to the influence on the Black Panther movie of various African ethnic groups which have already been mentioned in this pancocojams post. However, here are some tweets about additional ethnic groups or aspects from various ethnic groups that Waris highlighted that haven't been mentioned thus far in this post [I've given numbers to these tweets as they are given here for referencing purposes only.]
1.
Waris
@diasporicblues


Feb 17
Zulu headdress. Queen Ramonda wears a distinct headdress. It's reminiscent of the reed Zulu flared hats or "Isicholos." The Zulu headdresses are traditionally worn by married women for ceremonial celebrations.

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2.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Igbo Mask. In one scene Erik Killmonger wears a mask. The masks, known as Mgbedike, are distinguished by the large size and bold masculine features. They are used in Igbo rituals and are designed to contrast the female dancers with their more feminine beauty. #BlackPanther

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3.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Ndebele Neck Rings. Shuri and the Dora Milaje have outfits with a prominent collar. The South Ndebele peoples of Zimbabwe/South Africa wear neck rings as part of their traditional dress and as a sign of wealth and status. #BlackPanther #Wakanda

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4.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Many of the costumes have a distinctive red earthy tone. This was done by studying the colors used by the Himba people of north-western Namibia. Himba people are known for applying a red ochre paste, known as "otjize", to their skin and hair. #BlackPanther #Wakanda


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5.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Forest Whittaker plays shaman Zuri who's the spiritual leader of Wakanda. He wears ornate flowing robes known as an Agbada. It's one of the names for a flowing wide-sleeved robe worn by men/women in much of West Africa, and North Africa. #BlackPanther #Wakanda

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6.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Tuareg scarfs. Several characters in the film wear large scarves covering their head and face. These are similar to the ones worn by the Tuareg people. The Tuareg people inhabit an area in North and West Africa. #BlackPanther #Wakanda

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7.
Waris
@diasporicblues

Feb 17
Replying to @diasporicblues
T'Challa's Kente scarf. Kente, known as nwentom in Akan, is a type of silk and cotton fabric made of interwoven cloth strips and is native to the Akan people of Ghana. #BlackPanther #Wakanda
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Here's a tweet in that discussion thread from another blogger:
8.
IG: PHILANIZUNGU
@Philani_Zungu01

Feb 17
Replying to @diasporicblues
Michael B is also wearing a Zulu lion claw necklace normally worn by Zulu Kings. ^^Google Shaka Zulu for pics.
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"Michael B [Jordan] plays the character Erik Killmonger in this 2018 Black Panther movie.
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ADDED August 4, 2018
An additional African element in the Black Panther movie is the snippet from the popular South African 2016 dance song "Wololo" by Babes Wodumo ft Mampintsha - Wololo was played at the beginning of the scene when T'Challa, accompanied by some members of the Dora Milaje, enters his sister Shuri's lab. The August 2018 pancocojams post http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/08/babes-wodumo-ft-mampintsha-wololo-and.html provides includes a video and comments about that scene.

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Traditional African Languages, Arabic Languages, & Other Sources For Names In The 2018 Black Panther Movie

Edited by Azizi Powell

Latest Update: August 21, 2021

Previous title: "Possible Origins & Meanings Of Names From The 2018 Black Panther Movie"

This is Part I of a three part pancocojams series on the 2018 Black Panther American movie.

Part I presents information about the 2018 American movie Black Panther and suggest possible origins and meanings for the names of various characters from that Marvel comic book series and that movie.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/02/various-african-cultural-elements-that.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases the official trailer for the 2018 Black PantherAmerican movie video and quotes excerpts from five online articles that highlight various African cultural elements that are found in that movie.

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2018/02/reactions-to-2018-black-panther-movie.html for Part III of this series provides selected comments from a YouTube discussion thread about reactions to the 2018 Black Panther movie from Africans and from people from the African diaspora.

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All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who have created, developed, written, and drawn the comic book series Black Panther character. Thanks also to all those who are associated with the 2018 Black Panther movie. Thanks also to all others who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2018 BLACK PANTHER MOVIE
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Panther_(film)
"Black Panther is a 2018 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. It is the eighteenth film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film is directed by Ryan Coogler from a screenplay by him and Joe Robert Cole, and stars Chadwick Boseman as T'Challa / Black Panther, alongside Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, Angela Bassett, Forest Whitaker and Andy Serkis. In Black Panther, T'Challa returns home as king of Wakanda but finds his sovereignty challenged by a long-time adversary in a conflict that has global consequences.:...

[...]

Premise
After the events of Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to Wakanda. But when two enemies conspire to bring down the kingdom, T’Challa must team up, as the Black Panther, with CIA agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje—Wakanda's special forces—to prevent a world war.[3]....

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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE POSSIBLE ETYMOLOGY OF AFRICAN OR AFRICAN SOUNDING NAMES FROM THE BLACK PANTHER MOVIE
This pancocojams post provides possible origins & meanings for the African names or African sounding names of the main characters in the 2018 Black Panther movie.

This selected list of character names is from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/fullcredits.

For information about these characters, read the Wikipedia article about the Black Panther movie whose link is given above.

I've numbered these names for referencing purposes only.

Additions and corrections are welcome.

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POSSIBLE ORIGINS & MEANINGS OF VARIOUS NAMES FROM THE 2018 BLACK PANTHER COMIC BOOK SERIES AND MOVIE
The name of the actor playing this role is given first followed by the name in that comic series/movie.

1. Chadwick Boseman - "T'Challa" / Black Panther

UPDATE: Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-name-tchalla-in-africa-united.html for an August  2021 pancocojams post entitled "The Name T'Challa In Africa & The United States Prior To The Black Panther Comic Book" for my latest compilation of information/comments about the name "T'Challa". 

I'll leave this older version here for those who want to continue reading this section. 
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I'm not sure what the name "T'Challa" means. However, I've found the following examples of "Challa" in Africa:

a) The name "T'Challa" may have been based on the actual name of a late 19th century "lesser king" in Angola as documented in the book Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa by Francisco Travassos Valdez, which was published in 1861.

https://books.google.com/books?id=jewMAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA172&lpg=PA172&dq=challa+tribe+africa&source=bl&ots=K7Z6KjzPc6&sig=6A793jD4tmnsfZWClT9Q_bRMqyU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjt9pGFxYDZAhVC7FMKHaiDBO04ChDoAQg6MAY#v=onepage&q=challa%20tribe%20africa&f=false

Francisco Travassos Valdez, the Portuguese author of Six Years of a Traveller's Life in Western Africa, writes that his journey in Africa "commenced in 1852". Discussion of King Challa (termed the great king Challa at one point in this book) is found in chapter VI.. Challa's name is given earlier in that chapter, but the main portion that refers to him and his people is found on pages 192-211.

King Challa is also mentioned in the more widely known book The Golden Bough:
Google Books Result
https://books.google.com/books?isbn=162558251X
James Frazer - 2013 - ‎History
"The Matiamvo is a great king or emperor in the interior of Angola. One of the inferior kings of the country, by name Challa, gave to a Portuguese expedition the following account of the manner in which the Matiamvo comes by his end”...
[WARNING: That 1861 book and the passage from that book which is quoted in The Golden Bough contains graphic descriptions of slaughter.]
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"In the context of this quote "inferior kings " means "lesser kings" who owed submission to the great king" (in that region). That great king and all of his people-including his lesser kings-were formally under the control of the Portuguese, in large part because the Portuguese's guns "vomited death".

b) "Lake Chala, also known as Dschalla,[1] is a crater lake in a caldera[2] on the borders of Kenya and Tanzania on the eastern edge of Mount Kilimanjaro"...
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Chala
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"Lake Chala" is also given as "Lake Challa"

c) name of an ethnic group in Nigeria's Plateau State
From http://allafrica.com/stories/201306210697.html 21 JUNE 2013
Daily Trust (Abuja)
"Nigeria: Plateau - Fulani, Challa to Form Vigilante Group
Jos — Fulani, Challa and other tribes in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State have resolved to form a joint vigilante group to help restore peace to the area.

This was contained in a communique presented at the end of a stakeholders meeting between the joint security committee and relevant stakeholders from Bokkos Local Government Area in Jos yesterday. The meeting which was chaired by the commander of the Special Task Force (STF), Major General Henry Ayoola, resolved that measures must be put in place to regulate the influx of illegal immigrants into the state for peace to be sustained."..
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UPDATE March 7, 2018
Here's another African name that is quite similar to the name "TChalla":
From https://www.last.fm/music/Tshala+Muana
"Tshala Muana is a [female] singer from the Democratic Republic of Congo. She began her career as a dancer for the great Zairian singer Abeti Massikini, practising "mutwashi" dances from the Kasai region. In the 80's she began performing as a singer. She has enjoyed success in several West African countries, more so than in her own country."...
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Also, "tshala" is Zulu word that means "sow"/"plant" and is the title of a contemporary South African Gospel song. https://africangospellyrics.com/2013/01/15/tshala-sowplant-by-sphumelele-and-joyous-celebration-16/

I don't know whether any of the information given here had any influence on the selection of the name TChalla as the name for the 1966 Black Panther comic book character (and later the name for the movie character).
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ADDED: March 13, 2018: The traditional African word "tshala" and name "Tshala" appears to be pronounced with a silent "t", but the "t" is pronounced in the name of the fictional character "T'Challa".
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ADDED:
"T'Challa" is a Togolese (West African) surname.
T'Challa is listed as the 26th most common surname in Togo, West Africa in this forebear.com list of  most common Togolese surnames names: https://forebears.io/togo/surnames

Here's more information about that last name from https://forebears.io/surnames/tchalla;
"The meaning of this surname is not listed.

[T'Challa is the] 30,791^st Most Common surname in the World

Approximately 17,344 people bear this surname

MOST PREVALENT IN:

Togo

HIGHEST DENSITY IN:

Togo”
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Here's an except about the name Tchalla that predates the Black Panther  comic bookmovie character's name:
From https://www.names.org/n/tchalla/about

…"Fun Facts about the name Tchalla

How Popular is the name Tchalla?

Tchalla is the 79,216th most popular name of all time.

How many people with the first name Tchalla have been born in the United States?

From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 8 babies born with the first name Tchalla in the United States.

What year were 5 or more babies first named Tchalla?

The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1975 when it was given as a first name to 8 new born babies.

When was Tchalla first recorded in the United States?

The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Tchalla is Monday, November 6th, 1961.

What year had the most people named Tchalla born?

The highest recorded use of the first name Tchalla was in 1975 with a total of 8 babies.

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Here's information about a contemporary soccer player (footballer) whose last name is T'Challa:

From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_Tchalla
"Vincent Orode Tchalla (born 7 October 1987) is a Nigerian-Togolese football striker, who plays for Akanda FC.

Career

Tchalla began his career by ASKO Kara and joined in summer 2008 to Tunisia who signed for Club Africain, he scored in his first season in the CLP-1 five goals,[1] on 21 November 2008 turned back after visa problems.[2] Tchalla signed for the 2009 season for Club Athlétique Bizertin a loan contract and will turned back in January 2010 to Club Africain.[3]

International career

Tchalla was called up on 20 November 2008 for a friendly game for the Togo national game against Rwanda national football team.[4]

Full name            Vincent Orode Tchalla

Date of birth       7 October 1987 (age 33)

Place of birth      Kaduna, Nigeria

Height   1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Position(s)          Striker”…
-end of August 21, 2021 Update-

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2. Lupita Nyong'o - "Nakia"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakia_(name)
"Nakia is a unisex given name of Arabic origin, meaning "pure" and "faithful."[1]"

From http://www.muslimnames.info/name/nakia
"Nakia

The meaning of the name Nakia is Pure, faithful"
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Note that a lot of contemporary African American female names are from Arabic, or Swahili, or from other language sources, including newly coined African American names end with "a" (pronounced "ah").

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3. Danai Gurira - "Okoye"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okoye
"Okoye is a family name (surname) originating in Nigeria. It is an Anambra dialect derived from the central Igbo name Okorie (meaning someone born on orie market day).
Okoye
Pronunciation uh-KOY-ay
Origin
Region of origin: Nigeria
Language(s) Igbo"...

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4. Daniel Kaluuya - W'Kabi
It's possible that the name "Kabi" is a clip of the Arabic male name "Kabir" (prefaced by a "W" + an apostrophe.
Here's information about the name "Kabir" from http://quranicnames.com/kabir/
"Meaning of Kabir
Kabir is an Arabic name for boys that means “great”, “powerful”, “leader”. It is used 40 times in the Quran."
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The Arabic male name "Kabir" is also spelled "Kabeer".

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5. Angela Bassett - "Ramonda"
Ramonda is a variant form of the female name "Ramona". Inserting a "d" in the name "Ramona" gives this name a contemporary African American feel (as adding a "d" or a "da" [pronounced "dah"] suffix to a name is one way that African Americans coin names; example "Towanda" [instead of "Towana"] and "Shalonda".

Here's information about the name "Ramona" from https://nameberry.com/babyname/Ramona
"Gender: F Meaning of Ramona: "wise protector" Origin of Ramona: Spanish, feminine variation of Ramon"
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Also, it occurs to me that the name "Ramonda" is similar to the currently popular Igbo female name
Chimamanda", meaning "God knows" (nickname "Amanda"). A famous Nigerian with this name is novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Read my comments below about the close similarity between the name "Wakanda" for the fictional African nation and the name "Uganda" and "Rwanda" for real African nations.
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6. Forest Whitaker - "Zuri"
a) From http://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/zuri/2350#.WnDziqinHcs
"Zuri - Baby Girl Name Meaning and Origin | Oh Baby! Names
Zuri is a name used among African-Americans as a way of celebrating their heritage; Zuri is the Swahili name for “beautiful”. After consulting a Swahili dictionary, we also came upon other following definitions: good, nice, pretty, lovely, cute and attractive."
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Although the name "Zuri" is usually used among African American as a female name, it also has been given to African American males.

b) From https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/zuri-el/
"Zuri-el
Zuri-el [N] [E] [H]
(my rock is God ) son of Abihail, and chief of the Merarite Levites at the time of the exodus. ( Numbers 3:35 )"

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7. Letitia Wright - "Shuri"
a) This name may have been coined by rhyming the Swahili name "Zuri". The etymology of the name "Shuri"

b) https://www.behindthename.com/name/shuri/submitted
Given Name SHURI
GENDER: Feminine & Masculine
USAGE: Japanese

[..]

Meaning & History
From Japanese 秋 (shu) meaning "autumn" combined with 里 (ri) meaning "village". Other kanji combinations are possible."

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8. Winston Duke - "M'Baku"
Here are some possible sources for the name "M'Baku" (minus that name's beginning consonant and apostrophe)
a) http://babynames.merschat.com/name-meaning.cgi?bn_key=32606
"Baku is a Japanese name for boys meaning “A good spirit known as the eater of dreams”

b) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannesburg
"Johannesburg … also known as Jozi, Joburg and Egoli) is the largest city in South Africa and is one of the 50 largest urban areas in the world.[8] It is the provincial capital and largest city in Gauteng, which is the wealthiest province in South Africa.[9] While Johannesburg is not one of South Africa's three capital cities, it is the seat of the Constitutional Court. The city is located in the mineral-rich Witwatersrand range of hills and is the centre of large-scale gold and diamond trade."...

b) From https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2015/03/11/theres-a-company-exclusively-selling-licensed-jobu-figurines-from-major-league
"Jobu is of course the voodoo doll of big-hitting Cuban refugee Pedro Cerrano in the 1989 film, [Major League](played by Dennis Haysber"...

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10. John Kani - "King T'Chaka"
a) From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka
"Shaka kaSenzangakhona (c. 1787 – 22 September 1828), also known as Shaka[a] Zulu..., was one of the most influential monarchs of the Zulu Kingdom.

[...]

The figure of Shaka still sparks interest among not only the contemporary Zulu but many worldwide who have encountered the tribe and its history. The current tendency appears to be to lionise him; popular film and other media have certainly contributed to his appeal. Certain aspects of traditional Zulu culture still revere the dead monarch, as the typical praise song below attests. The praise song is one of the most widely used poetic forms in Africa, applying not only to spirits but to men, animals, plants and even towns.[42]

Other Zulu sources are sometimes critical of Shaka, and numerous negative images abound in Zulu oral history. When Shaka's mother Nandi died for example, the monarch ordered a massive outpouring of grief including mass executions, forbidding the planting of crops or the use of milk, and the killing of all pregnant women and their husbands. Oral sources record that in this period of devastation, a singular Zulu, a man named Gala, eventually stood up to Shaka and objected to these measures, pointing out that Nandi was not the first person to die in Zululand. Taken aback by such candid talk, the Zulu king is supposed to have called off the destructive edicts, rewarding the blunt teller-of-truths with a gift of cattle.[10]

The figure of Shaka thus remains an ambiguous one in African oral tradition, defying simplistic depictions of the Zulu king as a heroic, protean nation builder on one hand, or a depraved monster on the other. This ambiguity continues to lend the image of Shaka its continued power and influence, almost two centuries after his death.[25]

He is Shaka the unshakeable,
Thunderer-while-sitting, son of Menzi
He is the bird that preys on other birds,
The battle-axe that excels over other battle-axes in sharpness,
He is the long-strided pursuer, son of Ndaba,
Who pursued the sun and the moon.
He is the great hubbub like the rocks of Nkandla
Where elephants take shelter
When the heavens frown...

Traditional Zulu praise song, English translation by Ezekiel Mphahlele"...

b) From https://www.behindthename.com/name/shaka/submitted
"Given Name SHAKA
GENDER: Masculine
USAGE: History
PRONOUNCED: SHAH-kah
OTHER FORMS: Tshaka, Tchaka, Chaka

[...]

Meaning & History
Allegedly derived from Zulu iShaka or uShaka, the name of an intestinal beetle that causes abdominal bloating and menstrual irregularities. Shaka is the name of the most influential Zulu warrior king, supposedly given because his unmarried mother blamed her pregnancy symptoms on the iShaka beetle. (Zulu names often refer to the situation of the bearer's family when he or she was born.)"
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"TShaka" is also spelled "T'Shaka".

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11. Florence Kasumba - "Ayo"
"Ayo" is a Yoruba (Nigeria) unisex name element meaning “joy”
Here are some examples of this name element from http://www.allthingsnigeria.com/2011/male-yoruba-baby-names-beginning-with-a/
"Ayo-Joy
Ayoade - The Blessed Crown
Ayobami - Wealth Meet Me
Ayobamidele - My Joy Follow Me Home
Ayobamiji -Joy Wakes Up With Me
Ayodeji - Twice The Joy / My Joy Is Doubled
Ayodele - Joy Arrives Home

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12. Sydelle Noel - "Dora Milajes" #1 / "Xoliswa"
"Xoliswa" is a female name from the nation of South Africa and the nation of Zimbabwe (and perhaps other nations in the Southern Africa region).
Here's some information about that name or examples of that name
a) From http://www.thisismybabyname.com/listings/xoliswa-ndebele-zimbabwe-baby-girl-name/
"Name-xoliswa
Origin-Ndebele
Country-Zimbabwe
Meaning-forgiveness
Gender-Girl
xoliswa is a Baby Girl name of Ndebele origin meaning forgiveness."

b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OciLYkisNW4
"Xoliswa Ndoyiya - Nelson Mandelas Personal Chef since 1992"
Steve Kokor, Published on Mar 9, 2013

C) From https://www.names.org/n/xoliswa/about
“A user from South Africa says the name Xoliswa is of Xhosa-African origin and means "Peace".”
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"Dora #1" refers to the fictional "Dora Milajes"
From http://www.slashfilm.com/who-are-the-dora-milaje/
Who Are the Dora Milaje? What You Need to Know About the Badass Women of ‘Black Panther’
Posted on Thursday, February 15th, 2018 by Jazmine Joyner

"Supermodels to Soldiers
Christopher Priest, the comic book writer touted as “The Man Who Made Black Panther Cool,” says he based the Dora Milaje on supermodels Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell: “The first time we see [Black Panther] is not in the costume, but in Armani silk with a shaved head, flanked by Tyra Banks and Naomi Campbell – famous models the Dora Milaje were based upon.”

When they first appeared in the comics, the Dora Milaje looked very much like their model inspirations, with long flowing hair, fabulous flowing dresses, and high heels. They were a far cry from how they’re now seen in the new Marvel film and recent comic book iterations. Clad in full armor, wearing face paint, and rocking shaved heads, these women are presented as true soldiers.

Comic Book Origins
The first appearance of the Dora Milaje was in Marvel Comics’ Black Panther #1, written by Christopher Priest with art by Mark Texeira. Prior to that, there were warrior women present in Black Panther comics, but they weren’t officially Dora Milaje until Priest took over.

On his blog, Priest talks about how the idea of the Dora Milaje evolved out of the need to show the discord in Wakanda: “The concept of the Dora Milaje (Wakandan for ‘Adored Ones’) evolved out of the brilliant work of Panther scribe Don McGregor, who theorized Wakanda was actually made up of a great many indigenous tribes, and that not all tribes liked each other.”

The hero and king, constantly trying to keep the peace, decides to have girls from each of his nation’s tribes sent to the Golden City to unite as an army and protect Wakanda and the Royal Family. The Dora Milaje exist in the comics as visual representations of the peace and strife within T’Challa’s home."...
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Click http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Dora_Milaje_(Earth-616) for more information about the Dora Milajes.

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13. "Jabari" (fictional tribe/ethnic group)
From http://www.ohbabynames.com/meaning/name/jabari/2062#.Worb9Kjwbcs
"Jabari is a masculine name popularized by African-Americans. It comes from the Swahili language and means “the brave one” (i.e., fearless). Swahili is an East African language spoken primarily in the counties of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. African naming customs (like many cultures around the world) reflect the hopes and the dreams of the parents for their children. With a name like Jabari, parents are wishing bravery upon their sons.

Popularity of the Name Jabari
Jabari first appeared on the American male naming charts in 1974 which coincides with a time when African-Americans began to look toward African names (particularly Swahili) in keeping with their own ancestral heritage. Since Jabari is almost exclusively used within the African-American community (roughly 14% of the U.S. population), the name hasn’t climbed too far up the charts. His peak popularity was actually in 2006 at position #608 on the charts (pretty respectable considering the name gets a smaller audience). Today Jabari is back down at the bottom of the Top 1000 boy’s naming list, but we think high school basketball phenom Jabari Parker might change all that in the coming years. We expect Parker to bring some national media attention to his unusual yet powerful name."...
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The Swahili name "Jabari" (pronounced jah-BAH- re) comes from the Arabic male name "Jabbar" meaning "mighty; brave" https://imuslim.name/2014-meaning-Jabbar-muslim-arabic-names.html.
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UPDATE: I haven't found a traditional African language origin/meaning for the "N'Jadaka", the given name of Erik Killmonger portrayed by Michael B. Jordan. My guess is that this is a contemporary made up name which fits the science fiction custom of using an apostrophe for African and other "exotic" names, and also fits the American preference for names beginning with"J".

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ADDENDUM #1: MORE COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THESE NAMES
Some of these names are actual names from certain traditional African languages (and Arabic*) or are clips (a portion), or other forms of those names.

Given in no particular order, those languages and names are:

1. "Zuri" - Swahili

2. "T'Shaka" Zulu

3. "Okoye" - Igbo ("Okoye")

4. "Ayo"- Yoruba

5. "Xoliswa" - Xhosa/Ndebele

6. "Nakia" - Arabic

7. "Kabi" is a clip of the Arabic name "Kabir"
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*Note that Arabic has been spoken in North Africa, East Africa, West Africa, and Central Africa for centuries before European colonization of those regions. As such, Arabic could be considered a "traditional" African language.

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Some names in the Black Panther movie follow -the longstanding custom by science fiction and fantasy writers of giving "apostrophe names" to signal exoticism ("T'Challa", "T'Shaka", "M'Baku", "and "W'Kabi")

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The African American's long standing preference for the sound "sh" or "ch" may have influenced the selection of the names "T'Challa", "T' Shaka", and "Shuri"

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The name T'Challa may be a variant form of a East African geographical name; the name of a Nigeria ethnic group, and/or the name of a historical king in Angola (also given as "Western Africa), and/or name of a lake in Tanzania/Kenya - ("Challa" as in the name "T'Challa)

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The name "Shuri" may be a variant name "Zuri" or may have been created by rhyming an a "real" (already existing) name ("Shuri" rhymes with "Zuri")

Alternatively, the name "Shuri" may be a clip of a Hebrew (Biblical) name ("Zuri-el" for the name "Zuri")

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The name for the fictional nation "Wakanda" also rhymes with the names of the real African nations of Uganda and Rwanda. The made up name "Wakanda" also rhymes with Kinyarwanda", the official language of Rwanda.

"Wakanda" also sounds a lot like "Luanda", the name of the capital and largest city in Angola. Among the other real African names that end with "anda" or "da" is the currently popular Igbo female name "Chimamanda" and its nickname "Amanda". ("Chimamanda" is the first name of the highly acclaimed Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.)

The name "Wakanda" is also similar to the name "Zamunda", the fictional African nation in the 1988 American movie Coming To America, starring Eddie Murphy.

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The name "Ramonda" "sounds like" an African American variant form of a Spanish female name or is actually an African American variant name ("Ramonda"); also consider the name that was given to this fictional African nation - "Wakanda".

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The name "N'Jobu" may have its source in "Joburg". "Joburg" is the nickname of "Johannesburg".

Alternatively, the name "N'Jobu" may be a variant form of the name of a Voodoo doll figurine from the 1989 movie Major League.

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The name "M'Baku" may be a form of the Japanese name "Baku".

Alternatively, the name "Baku" may be a form of the name of an Azerbaijan city ("M'Baku")

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ADDENDUM #2: EXCERPT FROM AN ARTICLE ABOUT APOSTROPHES IN SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY BOOKS
From https://www.tor.com/2013/08/27/apostrophes-in-science-fiction-and-fantasy-names/ Apostrophes in Science Fiction and Fantasy Names" by Mignon Fogarty, Tue Aug 27, 2013
...."Who Started Using Apostrophes in Sci-Fi and Fantasy Names?

Apostrophes in science fiction and fantasy names are often attributed to Anne McCaffrey, whose popular Dragonriders of Pern series included character names such as F’lar. Dragonflight, the first book in the series was published in 1968, but appeared in short story form in Analog science fiction magazine in late 1967. Although McCaffrey may have been extraordinarily influential in popularizing this use of the apostrophe, I did find a few earlier examples:

1955—J’onn J’onzz (Martian Manhunter), character introduced in Detective Comics #225

[...]

1965—Muad’Dib, creature and constellation in Frank Herbert’s Dune
1967—T’Pau and T’Pring, characters in Star Trek episode “Amok Time” by Theodore Sturgeon

[...]

Even though McCaffrey wasn’t the first author to use apostrophes to give her characters an exotic feel, the popularity of her books did seem to boost the idea. A few years later, in 1969, Roger Zelazny (another popular author who probably helped solidify the trend) wrote about a race of people called the Pei’ans and a place called D’donori.

Note: Commenters have pointed out and I have confirmed that H.P. Lovecraft used apostrophes in names much earlier. The earliest character name I found with an apostrophe was Pth’thya-l’ya in his 1936 novella The Shadow over Innsmouth. The earliest general name I found with an apostrophe was the city R’yleh in his short story “The Call of Cthullhu.”

[...]

In fact, although my search wasn’t exhaustive, the earliest example I could find of a character in science fiction or fantasy whose name had an apostrophe was the Frenchman Paul D’Arnot in Edgar Rice Burroughs’ book Tarzan of the Apes, which was first published in a magazine in 1912.3

Maybe American authors such as McCaffrey and Zelazny thought European or Arabic names were a little more exotic and drew on that for their characters’ names, and it’s also worth noting that McCaffrey was of Irish descent and had such strong ties that she actually moved to Ireland later in life, so perhaps she was influenced by all those O’Sullivans and O’Connors.”...
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This author also speculates that the new American state of Hawaii in 1959 with locations that included apostrophe spellings ("including the islands of Hawai‘i, Maui, O‘ahy, Kaho‘olawe, Lana‘i, Moloka‘i, Kaua‘i, and Ni‘ihau") also influenced the use of apostrophe in names for science fiction and fantasy writings to denote exotic characters.

As Mignon Fogarty mentioned in this article, a number of Arabic given names include apostrophes. And, from my admittedly limited research, it seems to me that Irish, French, and Arabic names include more apostrophes than traditional African language names.

With regard to this pancocojams post about the "African names" from the 2018 Black Panther movie, except for the name T'Shaka, I've disregarded the consonent + apostrophe beginning of those names, and focused on "sussing" out the remaining part of those names.

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Comments That Refer To "Nambia", "Zamunda", "Wakanda", & Other Fictional Nations Which Were Prompted By Trump's Mispronunciation Of An African Nation's Name

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post documents various mostly lighthearted comments and tweets that were written in response to one of United States President Trump's gaffes* during a September 2017 United Nations luncheon with leaders of several African nations.

The content of this post is presented for cultural purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.

*I found another comment that Trump made at that same luncheon -that "I've so many friends going to your countries trying to get rich, I congratulate you." - to be far more serious and disturbing than the probably mispronunciation of an African nation's name. Click https://www.cnbc.com/2017/09/20/trump-congratulates-african-leaders-for-making-his-friends-rich.html for an article about that statement.

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INFORMATION ABOUT THE "NAMBIA" GAFFE TRUMP MADE DURING THE AFRICAN LEADERS LUNCHEON
From http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-mispronounces-namibia-luncheon-african-leaders-article-1.3509832
"President Trump mispronounced the name of a southern African country in a meeting with African leaders in New York City Wednesday.

“In Guinea and Nigeria you fought a horrifying Ebola outbreak,” Trump said at the luncheon during the U.N. General Assembly. “Nambia’s health system is increasingly sufficient.”

The country’s name is Namibia. A White House pool report said the President was referring to Namibia."...

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From http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-nambia-gaffe/ "Donald Trump Refers to the Nonexistent Country of Nambia and the Tweets Are Practically Writing Themselves" by Kathy Ehrich, posted on September 20, 2017
"President Donald Trump mistakenly referred to the African nation of Namibia as Nambia in a speech on Wednesday — and social media users were quick to pounce on the gaffe.

“Nambia’s health system is increasingly self-sufficient,” Trump said at a working luncheon with African leaders. Earlier, he can also be heard mistakenly referring to “Nambia” in his opening remarks.

The White House later clarified in an official transcript that the president was referring to Namibia, a country in southwest Africa, according to The Hill.

Even so, Twitter users were quick to hone in on the error, making jokes and teasing the president for making yet another blunder.

[...]

Trump has often been criticized for his gaffes and misspellings, including time he tweeted the nonsense word “covfefe.”

One Twitter user hearkened back to that much-mocked error, joking that “Covfefe is the unofficial beverage of Nambia.”
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Why did Trump try to praise "Namibia's health system? Here's some information about that Southern African nation's health system:
From http://www.nhp.com.na/about-us/
"Namibia Health Plan (NHP) was established in 1995 to provide a world class, uniquely Namibian medical aid plan to help cover medical costs.

Since then, NHP has grown rapidly to become one of the largest medical aid funds in our country, providing for the healthcare needs of more than 54,000 beneficiaries. We are also the first choice for Namibians as shown by the results of the PMR Africa surveys where NHP was presented with the Diamond Arrow award for excellence in the medical aid industry in Namibia for six consecutive years (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015). NHP was also nominated the most efficient medical aid fund by healthcare providers in 2014."...

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SOME OF THE FICTIONAL NATIONS MENTIONED IN THESE COMMENTS
(given in alphabetical order)

NAMBIA - a fictional African nation referred to by Trump was probably a mispronunciation of the name of the Southern African nation of "Namibia". The names of the African nations of "Gambia" and "Zambia" also sound like the word "Nambia".

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NARNIA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Chronicles_of_Narnia
"The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages.[1][2] Written by Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and originally published in London between 1950 and 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted several times, complete or in part, for radio, television, the stage, and film.
Set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals, the series narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of that world."...

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WAKANDA
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakanda_(comics)
"Wakanda is a fictional nation appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.[1] It is the most prominent of several fictional Bantu African nations in the Marvel Universe, and it is home to the superhero Black Panther. Wakanda first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966), and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby.[2]

Location
Wakanda is located in Northeastern Africa, although its exact location has varied throughout the nation's publication history: some sources place Wakanda in East Africa, just north of Tanzania,[3] while others - such as Marvel Atlas #2 - show it bordering Lake Turkana, near Somalia, Kenya and Ethiopia (and surrounded by fictional countries like Azania, Canaan, and Narobia). In the Captain America: Civil War movie, Wakanda was shown on a map at the northern end of Lake Turkhana, at a fictional point bordering Ethiopia, Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya.

History
The Wakandan royal line began with Bashenga, an ancient Wakandan whose first and only appearance was in Black Panther vol. 1 #7 (Jan 1978). Bashenga was supposedly the first king of unified Wakanda, and the first Black Panther some 10,000 years ago.[4]

In the distant past, a massive meteorite made up of the sound-absorbing mineral vibranium crashed in Wakanda, and is unearthed a generation before the events of the present-day. T'Challa, the current Black Panther, is the son of T'Chaka, the Black Panther before him and a descendant of Bashenga. Knowing that others would attempt to manipulate and dominate Wakanda for this rare and valuable resource, T'Chaka conceals his country from the outside world. He sells off minute amounts of the valuable vibranium while surreptitiously sending the country's best scholars to study abroad, consequently turning Wakanda into one of the world's most technologically advanced nations. Eventually, however, the explorer Ulysses Klaw finds his way to Wakanda, and covers up his work on a vibranium-powered, sound-based weapon. When exposed, Klaw kills T'Chaka, only to see his "sound blaster" turned on him by a grieving teenaged T'Challa. Klaw's right hand is destroyed, and he and his men flee.[4]"...

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WESTEROS
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Thrones
"Game of Thrones is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. It is an adaptation of A Song of Ice and Fire, George R. R. Martin's series of fantasy novels, the first of which is A Game of Thrones. It is filmed in Belfast and elsewhere in the United Kingdom, Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Malta, Morocco, Spain, and the United States. The series premiered on HBO in the United States on April 17, 2011, and its seventh season ended on August 27, 2017. The series will conclude with its eighth season in 2018 or 2019.[1]

Set on the fictional continents of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has several plot lines and a large ensemble cast but centers on three primary story arcs."
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Click https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_A_Song_of_Ice_and_Fire for more information about "Westeros:.

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ZAMUNDA- The fictional African nation featured in the 1988 American movie Coming To America.
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_to_America
"Coming to America is a 1988 American romantic comedy film directed by John Landis, and based on a story originally created by Eddie Murphy, who also starred in the lead role. The film also co-stars Arsenio Hall, James Earl Jones, Shari Headley and John Amos. The film was released in the United States on June 29, 1988. Eddie Murphy plays Akeem Joffer, the crown prince of the fictional African nation of Zamunda, who comes to the United States in the hopes of finding a woman he can marry. The film spawned a brief U.S. television spin-off series."
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Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/02/the-origins-meanings-of-jaffe-joffer.html for the 2014 pancocojams post entitled "The Origins & Meanings Of "Jaffe Joffer" & Other Names From "Coming To America" (with videos)".

Also, click http://madamenoire.com/188391/bet-you-didnt-know-secrets-behind-the-making-of-coming-to-america/3/ for other suppositions about the source/s of the name "Zamunda".

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OTHER GAFFES THAT ARE MENTIONED IN SOME OF TRUMP'S COMMENTS

TWO CORINTHIANS
From http://www.npr.org/2016/01/18/463528847/citing-two-corinthians-trump-struggles-to-make-the-sale-to-evangelicals "Citing 'Two Corinthians,' Trump Struggles To Make The Sale To Evangelicals", January 18, 2016
...There were a few stumbles during Donald Trump's sojourn to Liberty University on Monday.

He mispronounced a book of the Bible. He cursed — twice. And on Martin Luther King Day, the GOP presidential candidate said he was honoring the slain civil-rights leader by dedicating to him the record crowds he says he drew for the school's opening convocation. (Students are required to attend.)

"We're going to protect Christianity. I can say that. I don't have to be politically correct," he thundered at the beginning of his speech at the conservative evangelical university.

Then he moved on to cite "Two Corinthians 3:17, that's the whole ballgame. ... Is that the one you like?" Trump asked. "Now the Lord is that Spirit: and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is liberty."

That's a verse that's etched on campus buildings, but that verse comes from "Second Corinthians" — not "Two."

Students in the room snickered and laughed, and advisers to two of Trump's top rivals, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, were quick to point out the gaffe on Twitter."...

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"COVFEFE"
A number of people mentioned the word "covfefe" in their tweets or comments about Trump's "Nambia" gaffe.
Here's information about "covfefe:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_on_social_media#.22Covfefe.22
"On May 31, 2017, Trump sent out a tweet that read, in its entirety, "Despite the constant negative press covfefe". The tweet was deleted only hours after its posting.[62] It immediately went viral, becoming an Internet meme and a source of widespread jokes.[63] The tweet was liked and retweeted over a hundred thousand times, making it one of the most popular tweets of 2017 to that date, as people speculated on the meaning of the word "covfefe".[64] About five hours later, Trump deleted it and sent out another one, asking people what they thought "covfefe" could mean".

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FREDERICK DOUGLASS
A few of the comments that were written in response to this latest gaffe [i.e. mispronouncing the name of an African nation at a luncheon with African leaders] also referred to Trump's referring to 19th century African American orator and activist Frederick Douglass as though he were still living: on February 1, 2017: In a televised speech honoring Black History Month, United States President Trump described Frederick Douglass as "someone who has done a terrific job that is being recognized by more and more people, I notice".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/02/the-self-resurrection-of-frederick.html for a Part III of a three part pancocojams series about Frederick Douglass. Part III includes examples from a twitter page that is supposedly hosted by a "resurrected" Frederick Douglass.

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THE BOWLING GREEN MASSACRE
Some commenters also mentioned the gaffe that Trump's spokesperson Kelly Anne Conway made about a massacre in Bowling Green which never happened - "The Bowling Green massacre is a fictitious incident alluded to by U.S. Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway in interviews with Cosmopolitan and TMZ on January 29, 2017, and in an interview on the MSNBC news program Hardball with Chris Matthews on February 2, 2017. Conway cited it as justification for a travel and immigration ban from seven Muslim-majority countries enacted by United States President Donald Trump. However, no such massacre occurred"... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling_Green_massacre

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SELECTED COMMENTS ABOUT TRUMP'S NAMBIA GAFFE
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-hosts-african-leaders-un-nambia_us_59c2b29fe4b0c90504fb0cfe?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009 Trump To African Leaders: My Friends Go To Your Countries To Get Rich He also praised Africa’s non-existent nation of Nambia, By Jesselyn Cook, 9/20/2017 [Selected comments]-all from 9/20/2017]
1. Fred Arcala
"We should try it improve our relations with Zamunda...they’re like super rich and would be a great place for one of president the Donald’s golf courses or towers."

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2. Skam XChapman
"Prince Akeem Joffer is the longest serving African leader."

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3. Brian Board
"How is his wife doing? She moved pretty far to be with him."

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4. Heather Mazza
"Open up a McDowell's"

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5. Heather Mazza
"Start a new Soul Glo line"

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6. Sigrid Coulthurst ·
"I'm sure Wakanda would be a better option."

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7. Peter Oelbaum ·
"ladies and gentlemen give it up for Sexual Chocolate."

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8. Linge Ndabambi ·
"I think it's actually south of Zemunda landlocked by Pandora."

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9. Rhiannon Mills ·
"Take a left at the wardrobe, pass Narnia, and first stop on the right is Nambia, where covfefe grows wild."

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10. Suzanne Whitney
"Surely Trump knows that the finest healthcare in the entire world is in Munchkinland! Who doesn't know this?"

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11. Will Roane ·
"I certainly hope he opens trade with Wakanda. Just think of the benefits of the Vibranium rights alone!"

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12. Cindy Godet
"He'll be reading the awesome Bible book of 2 Corinthians while visiting Nambia and drinking a nice hot cup of Covfefe!"

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13. Brenda Garrett ·
"I wouldn't be surprised if he doubled down and says there really is a place. The capitol city is Covfefe."

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14. Gerry Huffpo
"Nambia must be when thry speak Covfefe...."

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15. Stuart Tarleton ·
"Namibia is south of Angola on the south west coast of Africa. Nambia is it's small more affluent brother and it is close to Nevernever land."

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16. David Acheson ·
"And it's just south of Mordor."

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17. Everett Vann Eberhardt ·
"Bordered by Zemunda, whose King, James Earl Jones, and Crown Prince, Eddie Murphy, missed his big U.N. speech."

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18. Daniel Villa ·
"I was waiting for him to make a reference to Tarzan and Jane for letting him stay with them while he's there.."

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19. Ken D. Blackwell ·
"Could be worse. He could’ve referenced Wakanda."

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20. Juskin Mitchell
"Don't give him ideas. He might invade them to get the vibranium."

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21. Greg Weiner ·
"Yeah and Wakanda has great resources of Vibranium dude. Check it out. Totally real."

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22. Wade Lance ·
"Two Corinthians walk into a bar in Nambia…"

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23. Christian Hinrichs ·
"Is the capital of Nambia not Bowling Green?

#BowlingGreenMassacre
#neverremember
#Nambia
#vivaNambia
#Covfefe"

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24. Brian Lesyk ·
"According to Two Corinthians, Nambia was an ancient country which bordered Covfefe."

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25. Tricia Lynn
"At least he didn't say Zamunda....."

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26. Dustin Narcisse ·
"I saw Nambia on the Game of Thrones map during the opening credits"

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27. Meryl Vincenzo ·
"Nambia is where they grow corfefe."

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28. Oleg Slivnyak ·
"I remember that not long ago Nambia was at war with Covfefe. Well, look at both of them now..."

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29. David Earl Williams III ·
"He enjoys having his covefefe in Nambia 😂"

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30. Rick Darrington ·
"I think he probably meant “Narnia!”😉😂"

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31. Dana Brewer Harris
"Frederick Douglass is in Nambia right now."

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32. Cecelia Thomas ·
"He probably just wants to meet the Prince of Zamunda!"

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33. Marty Grifka
"Then he can go get covfefe at wakanda and watch the pink panther premiere"

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34. Camille Dickinson
"That's where all those emails from African Princes come from...."

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35. Lee Reed
"The covfefe mines in Nambia?"

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36. Sanjeev Madhav
"Wait! He forgot to mention Westeros! Yuge mistake!!! Complete covfefe!"

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SELECTED TWEETS ABOUT TRUMP'S NAMBIA GAFFE
From https://twitter.com/hashtag/nambia?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag
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Julie Lynn‏ @bellafortunate Sep 20
Nambia, the world's top producer of covfefe.

#PrayForNambia #nambia

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2.
Tony Groeblinghoff‏ @groeblbubble Sep 20
Was #Nambia responsible for the #Bowlinggreen massacre? We may never #Covfefe

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3.
Rainbow Doom‏ @RobinCook Sep 20
Frederick Douglass was ambassador to Nambia. This has been brought to you by Alternative Facts Theater.

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4.
Jillian Leyba‏ @jillianfuqua Sep 20
Replying to @groeblbubble @JoyAnnReid
I think #Nambia is also where Frederick Douglass is living these days.

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Tony Groeblinghoff‏ @groeblbubble Sep 20
Many people don't know this but Obama is from Nambia as well.

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Tony Groeblinghoff‏ @groeblbubble Sep 20
That would explain why no Nambians were at the YUGE inauguration ceremony for Trump.

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7.
YS‏ @NYinLA2121 Sep 20
You guys shouldn’t make fun of Nambia.

Without Nambia, we would not have any covfeve.

#Nambia

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8.
bad Trini‏ @LSAT62 Sep 20
Thank God he didn't have to say "Niger". #Nambia

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9.
Tony Posnanski‏Verified account @tonyposnanski Sep 20
Say what you want but #Nambia makes the best damn cup of Covfefe this side of Bowling Green.

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10.
TheRealManface‏ @Mr_Manface Sep 22
Things to do in #Nambia
1. Find it
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Here are two more tweets that were written in response to Trump's Nambia gaffe:
From http://people.com/politics/donald-trump-nambia-gaffe/ Donald Trump Refers to the Nonexistent Country of Nambia and the Tweets Are Practically Writing Themselves; by Kathy Ehrich, September 29, 2017
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((((JoshuaWarren)))) @JoshWarrun
Footage of the Prince of #Nambia leaving the @UN after meeting with @realDonaldTrump. // @KagroX @dailykos
2:43 PM - Sep 20, 2017
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This tweet included a gif of "Prince Akeem" from a clip of the 1988 Coming To America movie.

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Benjamin Siemon ✔@BenjaminJS
Nambia doesn't exist and already has better health care than we're about to get from Republicans.
3:01 PM - Sep 20, 2017

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ADDENDUM- SELECTED COMMENTS THAT MENTION NAMBIA FROM 9/24/2017 ARTICLE
From http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-travel-ban-north-korea-venezuela_us_59c8457ce4b0cdc7733215a1?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
POLITICS 09/24/2017 07:59 pm ET "Trump Issues New Travel Ban That Now Includes North Korea And Venezuela"

The new restrictions, slated to go into effect on October 18, broadens the scope of the ban from Muslim-majority countries.

by Jeff Mason and Phil Stewart
"WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Sunday slapped new travel restrictions on citizens from North Korea, Venezuela and Chad, expanding the list of countries covered by his original travel bans that have been derided by critics and challenged in court.

Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Somalia were left on the list of affected countries in a new proclamation issued by the president. Restrictions on citizens from Sudan were lifted.”...
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Here are a few selected comments from that article*. All of these comments are from September 24, 2017; numbers for referencing purposes only)

*Note that there were other comments that referred to Nambia.

1. Patty Taylor Dutcher ·
"But what about Nambia? Where can we get our covfefe?"

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2. Benita Cassell
"If you ask Fredrick Douglass he will bring some back the next time he visits Nambia."

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3. Carolyn R Parsons Chaffey ·
"What about Nambia? Any travel ban issued there? Makes about as much sense as the rest."

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4. Mike Clark ·
"I suppose that travel ban also includes Nambia and Coveffe?"

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5. Catherine Race-Kelly
"If he didn't include Nambia and Confefe, why bother?!"

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6. Jack Goodwin ·
"What about Nambia and Narnia? I'm really concerned about immigrants from there"

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