Lupita Nyong'o has been to Benin, West Africa, to film Warrior Women, a documentary about a little known all-female army. Via guardian
, in which Nyong’o starred as Nakia, a spy for Wakanda’s Afro-futurist, all-female army the Dora Milaje.
This is news to Nyong’o because, while she may be the most prominent African in Hollywood she is not from round here. Did you know Africa is a hugely diverse continent, home to more than 3,000 ethnic groups speaking some 2,000 languages? Yep, and sadly, that still needs saying, so Nyong’o said it: “I just get frustrated when other people assume we’re all the same!”
This all sounds pretty ass-kicking, but of course the real Agoji weren’t actually comic-book heroes. That is reflected in their recruitment practice which, according to one oral historian, wasn’t always voluntary. “Girls who did not want to get married could choose to join the army,” he told Nyong’o. But also: “Married women who committed adultery were forced into the army by their husbands.
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