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The highly anticipated debut of Shuri’s solo comic book series penned by Nnedi Okorafor is finally here! While it does carry on some of the previous storylines from Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Black Panther run, as well as those from the Marvel film incarnation of Shuri, Shuri #1 delves deeper into the princess’s inner life. According to […]

According to Marvel, Shuri, the technological wizard behind much of T’Challa’s weaponry and the suits he dons as Black Panther and protector of Wakanda, will be getting her own comic book title soon. Penned by science fiction phenomenon Nnedi Okorafor, who was recently named one of the best science fiction writers of the past 150 […]

Nnedi Okorafor and Marvel Comics now have an established working relationship, as they were apparently pleased enough with her work on their Black Panther: Long Live the King collaboration to bring her back to pen Wakanda Forever, a three part arc which features the Dora Milaje. Following the audience reception of the all female warriors […]

Nnedi Okorafor’s star is rising rapidly in literature at large. The winner of Nebula and Hugo awards has been tapped by Marvel to write an eight-page series, she has a short story in the Star Wars short story anthology, From a Certain Point of View, and is having her 2010 book Who Fears Death turned […]

Valentine’s Day is tomorrow and as usual it’s got me reflecting on how utterly diabolical consumerist culture is, how it influences and perpetuates our constant need to measure who is most worthy of love, affection and gifts. And why we think it is our business to begin with. It also has me deeply bitter about […]

I hated summer reading lists growing up — hate is a strong word, but it’s honest.

By Terrence Sage The following is a list of comics either ongoing or releasing this year. It is focused on either Black creative teams penning the adventures of superheroes, or comics that star Black superheroes in a prominent light!

If you’re a book lover, a literature lover, or a writer of any sort who needs recommendations on what to read, you’re in luck because NPR has released a “best of” list of over three hundred books in several different genres. I have gone through the trouble of looking through the list for work by […]

By: L. G. Parker By now you’ve heard of Atlanta-based artist Makeda Lewis. The 25-year-old multidisciplinary artist’s Avie’s Dreams, an Afro-Feminist coloring book and surrealist poem, has been celebrated by Saint Heron, Nylon, Blavity and more. In its rich pages, uncolored images are accompanied by introspective words that speak to the artists journey as a […]