Breaking molds, making history: The Woman King and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Notes1 Prince-Bythewood, “With ‘The Woman King,’” A.frame, September 14, 2022.2 Coleman, “There’s a True Story Behind Black Panther’s Strong Women,” Time, February 22, 2018.3 Hall, “Cultural Identity and Cinematic Representation,” 68–82; Diawara, “Black Spectatorship,” 66–79; hooks, Black Looks.4 hooks, Black Looks, 116.5 Prince-Bythewood, “Gina Prince-Bythewood on the Oscars Shutout of ‘The Woman King,’” Hollywood Reporter, February 7, 2023.Additional informationNotes on contributorsDiana Adesola MafeDiana Adesola Mafe is professor of English at Denison University, where she teaches courses in postcolonial, gender, and Black studies. Her work tracks the literary and cinematic roles of and for women of color in African and diasporic discourses. Her current research focuses on representations of race and gender in speculative fiction with a special emphasis on the gothic. She has published two books, Where No Black Woman Has Gone Before: Subversive Portrayals in Speculative Film and TV (University of Texas Press, 2018) and Mixed Race Stereotypes in South African and American Literature: Coloring Outside the (Black and White) Lines (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013). She has also published articles in MELUS, African American Review, Camera Obscura, The Journal of Popular Culture, Research in African Literatures, American Drama, English Academy Review, Frontiers, Safundi, and African Women Writing Resistance.