Organizational Culture Analysis Black Panther

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Subject Area:Cultural Studies

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It celebrates and acknowledges everything about African-American and African society’s identity, politics and culture. Wakanda is an imaginary African country used to reveal how the nation secretly possessed highly advanced technology as an approach to explore the African diaspora, address issues relating to racism and colonization, and respond to oppression (Johnson). The history of Wakanda and the African-Americans in the United States is unique and distinctively different. Wakanda was a progressive African nation that shielded itself from the world to avoid ‘colonization’ while the African-Americans like Killmonger, the villain, were political radicals because of racial exploitation. Killmonger and King T’Challa personalities, behaviours, values and attitudes represent what they had unconsciously developed throughout their individual childhoods (Beauchamp). Even though Erik grew up as an African-American man, he knew Wakanda was his true home (Black Panther).

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Identity Group Culture Organizational culture refers to the values, assumption and beliefs of a community, society, or an organization (Saylor). Wakanda may not have been a real country but the costumes they wore represented real African tribes and cultures. The border tribe wore blankets cloaks which is a traditional garment for the Basotho community in Lesotho. They disguised themselves as simple farmers but the blanket cloaks signified them as warriors. Wakanda was made up of five tribes and other groups that played an important role in the cohesion of the nation. The Panther tribe was made up of the royal family. this included King T'Challa, Princess Shuri and Queen Ramonda. The royal family was protected by the Dora Milaje lead by General Okole and her first-in-command, Ayo (Horne).

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The Dogs of War were the secret police of Wakanda. He is surrounded by his various tribe members, donning their stylish cultural garbs. The suits and dresses of the tribal leaders were quite outstanding, to say the least, and would definitely dominate the runways today. The Wakandan fashion represented a mix of old and new African Prints from Algeria, Nigeria, Ethiopia and South Africa (Leyva). This fashion mix presents a challenge for an audience to balance the world way, the Wakandan way and understanding how this highly advanced African nation functions and excels. Tradition is key to the people of Wakanda and yet, it also thrives in technological and medical advances in the world. ’ Its technology was so unique because it was made from Vibranium, a rare element only found in Wakanda.

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The people of Wakanda feared that if discovered, the Vibranium would be extracted and used to cause wars around the world. Killmonger had a different belief regarding the same matter. He argued that Wakanda and the rest of the African descendants were in a sense ‘cousins’ (Serwer). Therefore, he could not comprehend how and why Wakanda lay silent while over two billion people who looked like them lived harder lives under oppression while Wakanda had the resources and opportunity to liberate them. He ended the war and united four of the five tribes. The Vibranium was used to develop highly advanced technologies for the people of Wakanda (Black Panther). This fictional element was the strongest and most precious resource in Wakanda.

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They used it to make weapons, vehicles, trains, holograms and black panther suits. This rare metal was also used to make Black Panther’s suit. Black Panther also inspired cultural pride in all communities around the globe. It promoted a sense of awareness of one's origin of culture, traditions, history, racial and ethnic heritage (Hewitt). Works Cited "Black Panther".  IMDB, 2018, https://www. imdb.  Quartz Africa, 2018, https://qz. com/africa/1210704/black-panthers-african-cultures-and-influences/. Accessed 17 Sept 2018. Fagan, Kaylee. "All the Futuristic Technologies In 'Black Panther,' And How Close They Are to Becoming Reality". Horne, Karama. "Everything You Need to Know About the Tribes of Black Panther's Wakanda".  Syfy, 2018, https://www. syfy. com/syfywire/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-tribes-of-black-panthers-wakanda. com/@olaking/the-cultural-impact-of-the-black-panther-movie-on-the-african-diaspora-1fdd329a8405. Accessed 17 Sept 2018. Leyva, Alcy. "The Beauty of Culture and Conflict in Marvel's Black Panther".

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