deelaundry:

crimson-waterlily:

hollahollagettchalla:

hollahollagettchalla:

heckyeahwinterpanther:

hollahollagettchalla:

I feel like there needs to be some kind of post for MCU fans on How To Write About Africa because I feel like there’s a lot of people out there who want to write about Wakanda and T'Challa but are worried about being problematic and that makes me sad because there’s SO MUCH GREAT meta to be had about T'Challa and Wakanda but at the same time there’s a lot of legitimate concerns about perpetuating racist stereotypes and yeah.

T'Challa and Wakanda could be such a great way to introduce people to amazing sci-fi concepts that people should know

This is SO needed. 

It’s so easy to be like ‘just try it!’ but the problem with this website is that people don’t think its okay for people to make mistakes. I’ve gotten messages from people who want to write about T’Challa/Wakanda but are nervous about how their work will be perceived and its so sad. 

We really need to gather some people who’d be interested in writing a nice little info post!

I’ll start

How to Write About Africa

How to Write About Africa II: The Revenge

Wikipedia - Afrofuturism

An Afrofuturist Reading List

We Are Wakanda

Writing With Color

Dark Matter (series)  Good anthology series as an intro to afrofuturism

People please add to this if you can :P

Here’s something I’ve learned while writing about other cultures, don’t use the linked posts until AFTER you have your first draft. You are going to be too worried about getting things right that it’s going to affect your story. Make all the mistakes you have to, I’ve made a few of mistakes about my culture so it’s okay.

Take your time, get your first draft, preferably even get your second draft,and then you can worry about this, this is also when you can start looking for opinions. 

Now there’s also @writingwithcolor they always have useful stuff, here’s their navigation page it’s got a lot of useful info, from books you can read to stereotypes and tropes to inspiration and description.

I like your idea, @crimson-waterlily; it does need one addendum:  If you find that a basic premise of your story is incorrect for the culture you’re trying to write, you need to value the culture more than your story.  That means you may have to completely overhaul or even throw out your draft.  That is ok!  You are not a bad person for having drafted it that way!  You didn’t know.  But now that you do know, it’s up to you to do the right thing.