Life lessons | Ancestry | Existence
Which Ancestral Plane You Imagine Your Ancestors in?
Black Panther would be a good starting point — Boseman’s Legacy
Wakanda forever..
Wakanda was the fictional African nation where Boseman’s T’Challa was the king. Although Black Panther released in 2018, it still remains a source of inspiration and pride for Black people.
Even in the world of cinema or fiction, the representation matters. Because it allows us to dream. It tells us about our ancestors. They are revered as a source of wisdom and lessons.
They are our connection to the past, and are incarnations of history themselves. One loses the understanding of self if one loses the understanding of ancestors. Besides the link between past and future is lost.
If we sit back and start to imagine of our ancestors, which past world it takes us back to? Is it a century back New Jersey, New York, Arizona, Caribbean Islands, or is it Sierra Leone, Ghana, Tanzania and Kenya!
Is the attachment of umbilical cord to the ancestral world still imaginable?
Boseman’s death hurts so much whether in the movie or in real-life.
Most of you do know that Chadwick Boseman has died at the age of 43. Chadwick Boseman had played Black Panther in the Marvel cinematic universe. That’s how I came to know about him.
It’ was a very sad news. Each and every one of us are very sorry about the fact that such a talented actor died so fast. He had been battling cancer since long time. Let’s pay our respects with just five seconds of silence, if you have not. Our condolences.
I still remember his commencement speech to his Alma matter at Howard University, inspiring new graduates to live a purposeful life. He graduated with a degree of Bachelor’s in Fine Arts and Directing in 2000.
His sporty nature in school and college helped him play amazing roles in the movies ‘42’ and ‘Draft Day’. He beat out twenty-five other actors inclusive the likes of Denzel Washington to get the role of Jackie Robinson in ‘42’.
The immense success of ‘Black Panther’ changed Boseman’s life forever. He helped the movie to get hundreds of awards and nominations. The sequel is not the same without him. The void is too big to fill too soon. Wakanda will never be the same.
He was an inspiration and will always be one.
Now what we should learn from this? What each and every one should realize is that our time is limited. What happens if you die? What will happen? Who will remember you? Who will cry for you when you die?
The whole world cried for Chadwick Boseman. How about you? What have you achieved? What is your legacy?
You should realize and start what you have always been wanting to start. Start what you know inside your head that you should start from this day forward because your time is limited. You will not live 100 maybe even 80 years from now on.
So, do what you have to do now. Do everything that you have ever wanted to do. Do it right now. I’m not saying that you should go and skydive from a building. That’s not the whole point. It’s not what I’m talking about.
What you should do is do what will leave a legacy and give people something to cry about when you get on to that grave. When you die, on your funeral, people will say something good about you, where people will respect you.
So start from today. I hope that Boseman’s sitting up there and watching each and every one of us fulfill our life’s purpose. Fulfill and we can meet him up there and we can hug him at equal because we have accomplished something. Let’s make our ancestors proud.
This story is written in response to the invite from Mil. Thoroughly enjoyed the unconventional creativity it brought in me. Thank you.
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