{"id":1165163,"date":"2022-07-25T11:35:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T11:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/black-panther-meet-the-british-ghanaian-starring-in-wakanda-forever\/"},"modified":"2022-07-25T11:35:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T11:35:53","slug":"black-panther-meet-the-british-ghanaian-starring-in-wakanda-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/07\/25\/black-panther-meet-the-british-ghanaian-starring-in-wakanda-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Panther: Meet the British-Ghanaian starring in Wakanda Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\" style=\"line-height: 2; letter-spacing: -0.5px;font-size: 18px;\">\n<p>                        <!--p class=\"ky_saved_articles_link\"><span class=\"ky_saved_articles_hide\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" class=\"ky_saved_articles_img\" alt=\"Black Panther: Meet the British-Ghanaian starring in Wakanda Forever\" title=\"Black Panther: Meet the British-Ghanaian starring in Wakanda Forever\"><\/span> Bookmark<\/p-->\n<p>British-born Ghanaian actress, Michaela Coel, has been officially announced as one of the latest additions to the Black Panther franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Award-winning Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson was seen in the newest trailer released for the much-anticipated sequel, \u2018Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.\u2019<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WAKANDA FOREVER <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HzXzGUgK6z\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/HzXzGUgK6z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Black Panther (@theblackpanther) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblackpanther\/status\/1551015080967356416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since the announcement at Marvel\u2019s panel for Comic-Con in San Diego on July 23, the trailer finally hit the internet with many fans already set for the release on November 11.<\/p>\n<p>The over two-minute trailer also includes a heartfelt tribute to deceased Black Panther actor, Chadwick Boseman.<\/p>\n<p>Michaela, 34, will be playing Aneka, a self defence instructor for the Dora Milaje.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Aneka is played by Michaela Coel<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Marvel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Marvel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MarvelStudios?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#MarvelStudios<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DisneyPlus?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#DisneyPlus<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDCC?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SDCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDCC22?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SDCC22<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SDCC2022?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#SDCC2022<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ComicCon?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#ComicCon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/K6nfnqogbD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/K6nfnqogbD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 one above all \ud83c\udf0c (@killxxone) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/killxxone\/status\/1551014815484747778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 24, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The actress has made a name for herself in shows such as the comedy-drama series <em>I May Destroy You<\/em>, which won her the Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 2021 Emmys.<\/p>\n<p>She has strong ties to her Ghanaian heritage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/COf1bPwBhYQ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>The writer never hesitates to showcase her roots through fashion and other forms of art as she is occasionally draped in Ghanaian-made Kente cloth.<\/p>\n<p>She is one of the six leaders in comedy honoured for Variety\u2018s 2021 Power of Women.<\/p>\n<p>Ghanaian stylist <strong>Nana Kwasi Wiafe<\/strong> who was the brain behind her costume indicated that Michaela was inspired by two of Ghana\u2019s<em> \u201cmost powerful Queens. Nana Yaa Asantewaa, Queen of Ejisu and Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, mother of Asantehene<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Black Mirror star is also reported to be joining the cast of the upcoming Mr &#038; Mrs Smith series.<\/p>\n<p>                <!-- Post Tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/black-panther-meet-the-british-ghanaian-starring-in-wakanda-forever\/\">Source<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British-born Ghanaian actress, Michaela Coel, has been officially announced as one of the latest additions to the Black Panther franchise. Award-winning Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson was seen in the newest trailer released for the much-anticipated sequel, \u2018Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.\u2019 WAKANDA FOREVER pic.twitter.com\/HzXzGUgK6z \u2014 Black Panther (@theblackpanther) July 24, 2022 Since the announcement at Marvel\u2019s panel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1165165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[94,15837,1156,21332,21355,21304],"class_list":["post-1165163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-black","tag-britishghanaian","tag-meet","tag-panther","tag-starring","tag-wakanda"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1165163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1165163\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1165163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1165163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1165163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}