In short, Shuri is a kick-ass feminist questioning the status quo. She obsesses over the absence of women Black Panthers and her future as an “invisible” princess. Throughout the novel but especially in the early scenes where Shuri submits to ceremonial preparations, she ponders the restrictions imposed upon royal women and the apparent absence of royal princesses and Dora Milajae (Wakanda’s revered warrior women) from memoriums like portraiture and scupltures. Unfortunately, Shuri finds mother’s requirements ill-suited to her nature and passions. The Queen Mother ended Shuri’s combat training and requires her to dress and behave “appropriately”. Shuri is a princess whose mother is intent on forcing her to be “ladylike”. They race to save the herb while Challenge Day looms ever closer and armies amass outside Wakanda’s border. During this expedition, Shuri has a vision before learning the Heart Shaped Herb that gives the Black Panther his powers is dying. She enlists Shuri for an (illicit) expedition to a ceremony outside the palace. K’Marah is the granddaughter of the ruler of the Wakandan Mining Tribe. Her “friend” (as arranged by her mother the Queen Mother), is Dora Milajae in training K’Marah. She works in a laboratory, developing splodey technology. Shuri is the 13-year-old sister of King T’Challa, Black Panther of Wakanda, who has reigned for the last 3 years since his father’s death.
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