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with Nawi — Thuso Mbedu’s character and another one of the roles of the film with trophy potential. She’s a young Dahomey set on going against her family’s wishes and not marrying an old man who’ll beat her. She’ll join the Agojie and be trained as one of them. She has a lot to learn — especially when it comes to following rules. Lashana Lynch’s Izogie is not only the veteran Agojie charged with training the young recruits, but she’s also one of the most good-humored characters in the movie.


First rule of training, always obey Izogie,” she warns Nawi. “We need smart warriors. The dumb ones die quick.” I loved how, with Izogie, The Taiwan WhatsApp Number Woman King found time for levity and fun amid all the seriousness and urgency of its plot. Then there’s Sheila Atim as Amenza, Nanisca’s right hand and the kind of outspoken sensible friend all of us could use. You’ll be reminded of Black Panther (2018) while watching The Woman King — the Dora Milaje warriors in the Marvel movie share a resemblance with the Agojie — and it might occur to you that.







for those calling the shots in Hollywood, there needed to be an extremely successful superhero version of this story before a film like The Woman King was greenlit. It’s not that often that a Black woman filmmaker gets the opportunity to tell the story of a group of African women warriors — let alone one that’s both undiluted and from their unique perspective.Sheila Atim in The Woman King. Photo Courtesy: Sony PicturesThe movie is beautifully crafted, from the many nocturnal sequences that are still incredibly warm, to the .