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Ghanaian Fans Have One Nit To Pick But Otherwise Adore 'Black Panther'

Action movies are as popular here as anywhere else. But this one has a special resonance.
A scene from Black<em> Panther.</em> The titular hero, played by Chadwick Boseman, is on the right.

There was no red carpet, but there were drums, dancing, and general mayhem.

The premiere of Black Panther on Thursday night was definitely the wildest event in the history of the movie theater at the central mall in Accra, Ghana, says Joshua Nyamekye, who works as a ticket collector there. Before the night was over, fans trying to crowd into the theater left Nyamekye, 23, looking like he'd been roughed up by the titular clawed hero himself.

But Nyamekye doesn't resent his wounds; he was just as

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