Nairobi, Sept. 4 -- News that Wakanda Forever King Chatwick Boseman, 43, died last Friday hit Black Panther fans like a tonne of bricks. Diagnosed with colon cancer in 2016, the illustrious African American actor went on to play a range of iconic Black characters despite the chemotherapy he silently endured these last four years.

Tributes immediately flooded in on social media from across Hollywood and the world. Everyone from Barack Obama and Denzel Washington to Kamala Harris and Samuel L. Jackson expressed their shock and heartfelt sorrow at Boseman's demise.

A graduate of Howard University and Oxford's British Academy of Dramatic Acting thanks to his UK tuition being covered by Denzel, Boseman paid tribute to his mentor and role model...