Indigenous Futurism is about daring Indigenous, Indigenous writers and other creators to reject colonial ideas and encourage them to dare to imagine and create their own world and theirs from an alternative perspective, one that is free of colonialism, sexism and even racism. This is not only an imagining of a better future but also a rebuttal to colonialism. There is no denying that Black Panther is an excellent example of showing African futurism. The movie embodies the UN's Sustainable Development Goals – it depicts an Africa with gender equality, no hunger or poverty, health, and clean energy. 

In this context, Wakanda is an African superpower that can challenge the racist fantasies of the West. Women can be respected as warriors and leaders, American war criminals can be tried internationally in Wakanda's courts, Wakanda's aircraft can protect its people from foreign drones, and the science and technology in Africa are at the top of the world (Canavan, 2018). 

The film imagines and rewrites the Africa of the past, present and future. The design aims to bring awareness to the power of indigenous cultural beliefs for people and give them hope for the future. 

Dunne and Raby describe speculative design as: "an activity where conjecture is as good as knowledge, where futuristic and alternative scenarios convey ideas, and where the goal is to emphasize implications of 'mindless' decisions for mankind (Wikipedia, n.d., para. 2)." The critical and speculative design that they propose allow people to re-examine the world in a different angle, venture into the future and communicate different ideas. The Black Panther films break the hold of Western discourse and counter the inherent image of Africa as primitive and backward; Africa is no longer a vulnerable community, and the black people highlight their position–strong opposition to the hegemony of imperial discourse. In addition, the independent and self-empowered female characters are portrayed, and these different ideas are an extension of the critical and speculative design.