REFLECTION & REASON

Wakanda Forever review, written by guest blogger Mutendei Writes With reviewing a monumental movie like Wakanda Forever, just as I did for the first Black Panther movie, any review must be held against what makes this movie, just like the first one so important, and what better place to start than with the title, Wakanda Forever . With the weight of Black Panther and Wakanda ’s historic and cultural linkages to Black and African heritage, consciousness and communities, and their inherent pro-anti-oppression and self-determination movements, the Black Panther movie, and its sequel Wakanda Forever , cannot measured without dissecting it through a multi-layered socio-political lens held against a backdrop of global racial – geo-politics. Consequently, the Black Panther series as the wonderful first movie depicted is steeped in the mythology of Black/ African political, geographical, and spiritual independence, presented as a holistic haven construct, (akin to the Afrolantis , Corne...

The Woman King review, written by guest blogger Mutendei Writes GO WATCH THE WOMAN KING! Having done a second watch, The Woman King is definitely a masterpiece of cinematography, the remixes on history notwithstanding. The highpoints of the movie are the scale and splendour of the sets, alongside off course, the Agojie warriors. The Dahomey Kingdom we are presented with, clearly and courageously depicts how well organized pre-colonial Africa was, both culturally and commercially (the slave trade still a meaty bone of contention for the movie.) With all the good though, there are some considerable diminishing faux pas that must be addressed as much as the movie deserves celebration. Let me start with tackling two prominent concerns that jumped off the screen. 1)       The Woman King should have been a series. Given the money-politics of Hollywood that feature as a point of contention in several cast interviews about its creation, I can concede that just g...