{"id":1531,"date":"2018-02-13T20:23:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/?p=1531"},"modified":"2018-02-26T17:51:53","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:51:53","slug":"black-panther-destined-commercial-success-maya-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jsis.washington.edu\/africa\/black-panther-destined-commercial-success-maya-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Maya Smith on the Cultural Importance of &#8220;Black Panther,&#8221; Afro-Futurism, and Black Joy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UW Assistant Professor in French &amp; Italian Studies Maya Smith published a fantastic article for Nerdist titled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/why-black-panther-will-be-commercial-success-essay\/?utm_source=UW+News+Subscribers&amp;utm_campaign=3458d26dab-UW_Today_Tuesday_February_13_2018&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_0707cbc3f9-3458d26dab-308719813\">&#8220;Why Black Panther is Destined for Commercial Success,&#8221;<\/a> touching on the Marvel Comics pop culture phenomenon\u00a0<em>Black Panther<\/em>. 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