AHR Interview is excited to present a new four-part series on the recent blockbuster film Black Panther. In these episodes, AHR editorial assistant Charlene Fletcher speaks with four different scholars about their reactions to the film and what it evokes about the culture and politics of African and African diasporic history. The first episode features a fuller introduction to the series as a whole.This episode features Sean Jacobs, Associate Professor of International Affairs at the New School, the author and coeditor of numerous books on South African politics and culture, and the founder of the innovative website Africa Is a Country.