The French government was disturbed by a scene from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, where its army is shown as looters
The French Defense Minister denounced the false representation of French soldiers in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, where they appear as if they were going to loot resources from the fictional African kingdom of Wakanda.
Je damnne fermement cette representation mensongère et trompeuse de nos forces Armées.
Je pense et rends hommage aux 58 soldats français qui sont morts en défendant le Mali à sa demande face aux groupes terroristes islamistes. https://t.co/KpnFIcatPt
— Sebastien Lecornu (@SebLecornu) February 12, 2023
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“I strongly condemn this false and misleading portrayal of our military.“Sébastien Lecornu tweeted.
“I think of and pay tribute to the 58 French soldiers who died defending Mali against Islamist terrorist groups.“.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows French soldiers imprisoned kneeling in front of the Queen of Wakanda, a fictitious place, wearing uniforms similar to those used by the French military deployed in Mali. A French minister must also answer for her actions before the UN.
Is France planning to censor Black Panther: Wakanda Forever?
The Ministry of Defense admits the freedom of an “artistic work”, which France does not censor or want to withdraw.
But instead, “there can be no revisionism on the recent action of France in Mali“, point out sources from the ministry.
“We intervened at the request of the country to fight against the terrorist armed groups, far from the story told in the film. In other words, a French army that arrives to plunder their natural resources“, they add.
France is taking particular care of its image in West Africa, after the military juntas of Mali and Burkina Faso called for the withdrawal of French troops, deployed in the Sahel region since 2013 to fight the jihadists.
The minister’s reaction is part of Paris’ desire to respond to the “narratives of our competitors” in Africa, they recognize in the ministry.
It is a direct allusion to the deterioration of the image of France in public opinion in the Sahel, aggravated by Russian propaganda, and especially by the media system of the Wagner paramilitary group.
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Source: AFP
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