When I first heard about this movie, I was really happy - then, when thinking about it some more, I felt less enthusiastic: when Disney\'s first movie with a non-white main character came out ("Mulan"-), the setting was in ancient China - and thereby kids would get a light introduction to Chinese history and civilization. The next "non-white" main character was Pocahontas, and the setting was an ancient South American civilization. Now, with the first black main character, the setting is NOT an ancient African empire, which would have given kids a light introduction to African history, but in New Orleans... Is Disney under the impression that Africa has no history and civilizations good enough for a great setting for a movie? If so, they really need to learn!

Well, I was simply trying to consider things from the children\'s perspective:
The way things are now - generally in the Western World, and in countries like Sweden in particular - children get NO introduction to the history of African civilizations whatsoever. They simply have no clue that Africa even has a history. Hence, a "light-weight" introduction to that history through a children\'s movie would at least give children a "feel" for that fact that there were great civilizations in Africa too, just like "Mulan" and "Pocahontas" gives children a "feel" for that there were ancient civilizations in those places. Sure, there\'s definitely a need for a serious, deep, and heavy education in African history for all children and Black children in particular, but I don\'t think that it can be expected from a children\'s movie, and especially not one from the Disney Corporation.