Isolationism In Black Panther

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Black Panther: The Journey to Become a King Wakanda is a fictional, utopian African country featured in the 2018 superhero film by Marvel Comics, Black Panther. In the film, ancestral African tribes formed Wakanda after a warrior gained superhuman powers from vibranium, a powerful, supernatural metal brought to Earth by a meteorite. The warrior, the original Black Panther, became the first king in the Wakandan monarchy and he established the country’s resolve to conceal the vibranium from the world’s evil inclinations. For thousands of years, the Wakandans obscured their city from view, maintained a strict policy of isolationism, and presented Wakanda to the world as an undeveloped country. Secretly, the Wakandans invested heavily into education …show more content…

While visiting California, King T’Chaka killed his brother, Prince N'Jobu, in self-defense during a confrontation involving the theft of vibranium to make weapons. To conceal the truth, King T’Chaka does not tell the Wakandans about his brother’s death and he exiled Erik Stevens, Prince N'Jobu’s American son. After eventually learning of his Wakandan heritage, Erik Stevens vowed to avenge his father’s death by overthrowing the Black Panther and becoming the new ruler of Wakanda. Erik Stevens trained as an American black-ops soldier to become Killmonger, a proficient killer and the story’s …show more content…

Nakia, his former lover, advised T’Challa that true leadership included helping other people to survive. T’Challa’s father warned, “You are a good man, with a good heart, and it is hard for good men to be kings” (Black Panther). T’Challa strived to uphold his duties as Wakanda’s new king, including keeping the vibranium hidden. But, his father’s decisions related to Prince N'Jobu’s death infuriated T’Challa. After Killmonger defeated him, and M’Baku revived him, T’Challa understood the repercussions of decisions, since sparing M’Baku ended up saving his own life. With this knowledge, T’Challa criticized the previous rulers of Wakanda as morally wrong for following old traditions simply due to their fears. Determined to undo the wrongs of his forefathers, T’Challa challenged Killmonger and won back his position as Black

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