N'Jadaka AKA Erik Killmonger, 2018

The fictional character N'Jadaka, AKA Eric Stevens and Erik Killmonger, of Marvel Comics' Black Panther series has a PhD in Engineering and an MBA from MIT, where he eventually teaches. He makes his first appearance in "Panther's Rage," Black Panther, Vol. 2 No. 6 (September 1973).

Timeline: 2010s

Career: Arts & Humanities

Object: Image

Collection: Africa(n), Afrofuturism, Pop Culture, Rising Voices 1995-Present

External Link: http://marvelcinematicuniverse.wikia.com/wiki/Erik_Killmonger

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