{"id":4489,"date":"2019-09-05T18:43:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T18:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=4489"},"modified":"2019-09-09T16:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T16:05:22","slug":"lupita-nyongo-reflects-on-why-black-panther-was-so-refreshing-her-first-book-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/lupita-nyongo-reflects-on-why-black-panther-was-so-refreshing-her-first-book-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Lupita Nyong\u2019o Reflects On Why \u2018Black Panther\u2019 Was So Refreshing, Her First Book, And More"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lupita Nyong’o on the October 2019 cover of “Vanity Fair.” Photo: Jackie Nickerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Black Panther <\/i><\/b>broke down significant barriers in Hollywood as an all-black film, grossing $1.347 billion in box offices across the world.<\/b> Nyong\u2019o shared with Vanity Fair her thoughts on why the film was such a breath of fresh air.\u00a0 \u201cIn <\/b>Black Panther,<\/i><\/b> I felt that the African experience was allowed to exist aspirationally,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s more common in America to hear of the struggle of black people than it is to hear of the success.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Undeniably, it has been a trend to focus on the struggle and victimization of black people, rather than tuning into our victories, culture, and endless contributions to the world.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Nyong\u2019o continues: \u201cSo when <\/b>Black Panther<\/i><\/b> came along…it was so refreshing to work on an African narrative that did not lead with the struggle of being African.\u201d<\/b> In August, Marvel announced that the sequel to<\/b> Black Panther<\/i><\/b> will be released in May of 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n

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Her first book,<\/b> Sulwe<\/i><\/b>, is set to be released on October 15th. The children\u2019s book will center on colorism, self-esteem, and how true beauty comes from within.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The book follows a little girl named Sulwe who is bullied for being \u201cthe color of midnight,\u201d which is based on Nyong\u2019o\u2019s personal experiences.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

The concept for <\/b>Sulwe <\/i><\/b>was inspired by a letter she received from a girl, where she struggled to accept the shade of her skin. <\/b>\u2018Dear Lupita,\u2019 it reads, \u2018I think you\u2019re really lucky to be this black but yet this successful in Hollywood overnight. I was just about to buy Dencia\u2019s Whitenicious cream to lighten my skin when you appeared on the world map and saved me.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Illustrated by Vashti Harrison, Sulwe<\/em> is composed of stunning, magical imagery; complete with a message of self-love and strength.\u00a0Pre-order Sulwe<\/i> on Amazon<\/a> today. To read the full feature with Lupita Nyong\u2019o , head over to Vanity Fair<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Black Panther broke down significant barriers in Hollywood as an all-black film, grossing $1.347 billion in box offices across the world. Nyong\u2019o shared with Vanity Fair her thoughts on why the film was such a breath of fresh air.\u00a0 \u201cIn Black Panther, I felt that the African experience was allowed to exist aspirationally,\u201d she said.\u00a0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173,174],"tags":[41,31,621,802,51,801],"class_list":["post-4489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-tv","category-books-books","tag-black-panther","tag-featured","tag-lupita-nyongo","tag-sulwe-book","tag-trending","tag-vanity-fair"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}