With the debut of Netflix’s hit Luke Cage, based on the Marvel comic book character, black heroes are getting some of the love they deserve. (Fighting crime isn’t easy. A little recognition is ...

2018 proved to be a big year for heroes. From the page to the screen, loved and loathed characters alike captivated audiences and left us all wanting more. The super-powered King of Wakanda may be a ...

As part of its growing acquisition of content from Africa, Netflix has announced its first original African animated series - Mama K's Team 4. The series is produced by award-winning South Africa ...

How a groundbreaking new superhero series is reshaping kids’ TV, redefining global storytelling, inspiring a new generation of viewers and changing the way the world sees Africa. Senior Contributor.

Having found fame in international art circles for her natural hair sculptures championing African culture, Black beauty and women’s rights, Laetitia Ky has now set her sights on building a cinema ...

“Black Panther/T’Challa is very different from other black superheroes because he is African, he’s not African-American,” says Cindy Jackson, who oversees the Comic Arts Collection at Virginia ...

All the symbolic weight attached to “Black Panther” — as a major Hollywood blockbuster with an African superhero, an African-American director, a majority-black cast and a vision of a highly advanced, ...

On Feb. 15, Marvel’s “Black Panther” was released to U.S. audiences. The film is the most recent addition to Marvel’s ever-expanding superhero franchise commonly known as MCU, the Marvel Cinematic ...

A South African superhero who prefers fighting inequality rather than villains is going down a storm as Cape Town hosts the continent's largest pop culture, fantasy and gaming festival. Captain South ...

AFA copy 39088019752179 gift from Janet Stanley. "We all know the colonial and stereotypical images of the African continent and of the people living there. Especially older comics such as The ...