If you’ve been following along with us this week, you’ll know that in our panel on December 6, the question of the “Black Panther effect” came up. Simply put, this is the rising tide lifting all boats theory, in which the tide is the raging success of the Marvel films and comics, and the all boats is every other African creator. Needless to say, the effect of Black Panther, in all of its forms, had its pros and cons.
One of the pros is that people from all over are finally listening to the stories African creators have been telling for generations.
In this #ReadingAfrica guest essay, author Buki Papillon explores what it means to tell your stories and to have those stories heard.
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