By Sewe Ishola,

The stars of the highly anticipated film, Black Panther have stepped out again, this time, they cover the March 2018 edition of Essence magazine.

The stars, which include Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Forrest Whitaker, Letitia Wright spoke to writer Karen Good Marable about why this fantasy of an African nation Wakanda, feels so right and so real.

Also, Oscar-nominated actress Angela Bassett shares how the director Ryan Coogler called her up to play the character of Queen Ramonda, King T’Challa’s mother.

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