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    The Beauty And The Power Of African Blacksmiths - NPR

    Apr 21, 2019 · In the fictional world of Marvel's Black Panther, the Afro-futurist utopia of Wakanda has a secret, almost magical resource: a metal called vibranium. Its mythic ability to store energy...

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    Afrofuturism: Creativity of the Black Mind - University of Florida

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  3. Smithsonian Magazine
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    What Is Afrofuturism? | Smithsonian

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    The Museum Heist Scene in ‘Black Panther’ Adds Fuel …

    Mar 5, 2018 · Concept art from Black Panther of Killmonger preparing to steal back a looted Vibranium artifact made in Wakanda from the Museum of Great Britain. Courtesy of Marvel.

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  5. CNN
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    Afrofuturism: The genre that made Black Panther - CNN

    Feb 12, 2018 · Black Panther, set in the near-futuristic fictional African nation of Wakanda, is a captivating Afro-vision. A world of monorails, flying cars and medical marvels – all made possible by the...

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    Welcome to Janelle Monáe’s Dreamworld - WIRED

    Apr 26, 2022 · In Ryan Coogler’s quintessentially Afro-futurist 2018 film Black Panther, residents of the fictional African country Wakanda mine a metal called vibranium to develop technology so advanced, so...

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    What is vibranium in Black Panther?
    In the fictional world of Marvel's Black Panther, the Afro-futurist utopia of Wakanda has a secret, almost magical resource: a metal called vibranium. Its mythic ability to store energy elevated vibranium to a central role in the fictional nation's culture and the metal became part of Wakandan technology, fashion and ceremony.

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    Is vibranium real?
    Its mythic ability to store energy elevated vibranium to a central role in the fictional nation's culture and the metal became part of Wakandan technology, fashion and ceremony. Of course vibranium isn't real.

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    Is Boseman a Wakandan 'vibranium'?
    Boseman’s costume, a 3D-printed ensemble, rendered in flexible materials to artfully appear as the fictional Wakandan element “vibranium,” is now on view in the new 4,000-square-foot exhibition “ Afrofuturism: A History of Black Futures,” at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC).

    What Is Afrofuturism? | Smithsonian

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    What influenced Afrofuturism?
    Now unleashed across the globe, Afrofuturism’s seismic influences can be seen in fashion, music, the visual arts, technology, science fiction and perhaps most recognizably in Ryan Coogler’s 2018 blockbuster Black Panther, starring Chadwick Boseman as T’Challa in the first Marvel film to host a mostly Black cast.

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    What happened to the curator in vibranium?
    Within seconds, the curator has collapsed to the floor, poisoned by her coffee. She should have paid more attention to what she was drinking than to the suspicious black man in the galleries, Killmonger tells her. He and his team, posing as EMTs, charges in, killing the museum security and taking off with the Vibranium artifact.

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    Why is Afrofuturism important?
    Afrofuturism has become an influential driving force in mainstream culture. From Nichols’ role on Star Trek to the phenomenon that Black Panther has become, Afrofuturism pushes the culture forward with narratives that depict Black people in momentary instances of freedom from contemporary oppressive forces.

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  8. Vector
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    Vibranium, Nigerium, and the Elements of a Pessimistic Afrofuturism

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    Vibranium Dreams and Afrofuturist Visions: Technology

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  10. VICE
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    Afrofuturism: The Radical Genre Imagining a Future for …

    Feb 12, 2019 · Afrofuturism 2.0 reveals itself in Black Panther ’s vibranium-run Wakanda, Janelle Monae’s sleek and sensual Dirty Computer album, Tananarive Due’s haunting African Immortals — visions of Black...

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    Afrofuturism to Vibranium and Beyond | Institute for …

    Engaging this definition and others, Afrofuturism: To Vibranium and Beyond offers students the opportunity to practice recognizing and engaging the audio, visual, and theoretical iterations of the aesthetic/philosophy by reading …

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