6/26/2023 0 Comments Black panther young princeI felt like that type of place with such history for African American people is really important and could provide a really compelling backdrop to this story. The town that I created is an analog for a lot of small towns. In Selma and Birmingham of all places, which was right in the heart of the civil rights struggle. My dad was in the Air Force so we moved around a lot when I was coming up, but that’s where they were born and raised. Smith: I know Alabama very well, like Chicago. What was it like stepping out of Chicago, and going into the deep south in Alabama? He’s still in America and his two friends that he met the year before are there with him.ĭuBois: In the next part of the series, the characters are in a very southern Alabama city. So what is it like when all of his princely power is stripped away? This does play into the next book as well. So I wanted to put him in a school on the Southside of Chicago that doesn't have all of the resources that he has in Wakanda, and he has to remain anonymous. So I wondered what would it be like if he had all of his privilege taken away? I wanted to get him out of Wakanda and see who is this 12 year old, really? Since I lived in Chicago for 14 years, I knew that city very well. Smith: Well you know that T’Challa comes from Wakanda where he is a prince so he’s got bodyguards, and people waiting on him hand and foot.
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