Lupita’s ‘’Black Panther’’ movie to premiere in Kisumu

 Lupita Nyong'o PHOTO COURTESY

Kisumu city has been chosen for the premiere of the much anticipated movie "Black Panther" Kisumu will get to watch it first as an honour to the actress Lupita plays Nakia, a Wakanda spy and former flame of new king T’Challa

"Black Panther" that features Hollywood actress Lupita Nyong’o will be premiered in Kisumu on February 13, the residents of Kisumu will have the privilege of watching Marvel’s most anticipated movie before everyone in the country as an honor to the actress.

Speaking to Sunday Nation, Imax marketing manager Flora Njagi said they chose Kisumu because Lupita was “a girl from that soil”.

 Lupita Nyong'o and Chadwick Boseman on set PHOTO COURTESY

After the death of his father, T'Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T'Challa's mettle as king and as Black Panther, gets tested when he's drawn into a conflict that puts the fate of Wakanda and the entire world at risk.

 Nyong'o plays the warrior Nakia, whom she describes as both a "loyalist" and a "rebel."

Traditionally the Wakandan Dora Milaje, "Adored Ones" or wives-in-training, speak only Hausa, and only to their king, the Black Panther. Chosen from rival tribes, their presences maintain a balance of power preventing civil war

Nakia is groomed as part of a group of Wakandan women known as the Dora Milaje, and while maintaining the peace, she develops feelings for king overtime.

 Lupita Nyong'o on set

In an interview with Teen Vogue, Lupita Nyong’o discussed how Black Panther deviates from the roles superhero movies often relegate women to, and how their characters work together instead of tearing each other down.

“My character, Nakia, [is] a departure from the character you see in the comic books,” Nyong’o said. “She’s this independent woman, super patriotic but also very questioning of her society, and I liked that. With her complicated relationship with T’Challa, I knew it was going to be kind of sexy, and I was like, ‘OK, I definitely want in.'”

The movie will open on February 16 worldwide.