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Bonisile John Kani, OIS, OBE (born 30 August 1942) is a South African actor, author, director and playwright. He is known for portraying T'Chaka in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Black Panther (2018), Rafiki in The Lion King (2019) and Colonel Ulenga in the Netflix films Murder Mystery (2019) and Murder Mystery 2 (2023).
T'Chaka is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.He is the father of T'Challa and Shuri.He was the king of Wakanda and Black Panther before T'Challa; he inherited both titles following the death of his father, T'Chanda aka Azzuri the Wise.
Yvette Marie Stevens (born March 23, 1953), [1] better known by her stage name Chaka Khan (/ ˈ ʃ ɑː k ə ˈ k ɑː n / SHAH-kə KAHN), [2] is an American singer. [3] Known as the "Queen of Funk", [4] her career has spanned more than five decades beginning in the early 1970s as the lead vocalist of the funk band Rufus.
A little-known fact: The name Chaka was given to a young Yvette Marie Stevens at the age of 13 by a Yoruba priest, and translated it means woman of fire. ...
Black Panther's birth name is T'Challa, and he is the son of the previous Black Panther, T'Chaka. He is the king and protector of the fictional African nation of Wakanda, a technologically advanced society drawing from a supply of vibranium, a fictional metal of extraordinary properties. Along with possessing enhanced abilities achieved through ...
Chaka Khan. Rufus ploughed on with a series of strong albums and hits like “Sweet Thing” and “Stay”. But then, in 1978, Khan released her solo debut, which was a hit, and Rufus recorded a ...
N'Yami – T'Challa's biological mother marries her husband T'Chaka for Bast's approval until she fell ill and died from childbirth. Ramonda – T'Challa's caring stepmother and biological mother of Shuri. Shuri – T'Challa's half-sister and Ramonda's biological daughter. S'Yan – T'Challa's uncle and T'Chaka's brother. He was later killed by ...
Chaka Khan has been telling fans something good for 50 years and her hard work will officially be recognized on Nov. 3, when she is (finally) inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.