Dora Milaje#Queen Divine Justice

The Dora Milaje first appeared in Black Panther, vol. 3 #1 (November 1998), created by writer Christopher Priest and artist Mark Texeira.{{cite book |last1=DeFalco |first1=Tom |last2=Sanderson |first2=Peter |last3=Brevoort |first3=Tom |last4=Teitelbaum |first4=Michael |last5=Wallace |first5=Daniel |last6=Darling |first6=Andrew |last7=Forbeck |first7=Matt |last8=Cowsill |first8=Alan |last9=Bray |first9=Adam |title=The Marvel Encyclopedia |date=2019 |publisher=DK Publishing |isbn=978-1-4654-7890-0 |page=115}} Priest, however, claimed that credit for their creation really should go to his Marvel Knights editors Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada, "who thought it would be great if the Panther had female bodyguards."{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=October 6, 2018 |title=Priest Credits Joe Quesada and Jimmy Palmiotti For Dora Milaje - 20 Years of Marvel Knights at Cup O'Joe NYCC 2018 |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/joe-quesada-christopher-priest-marvel-knights-cup-o-joe-nycc-201/ |access-date=April 30, 2022 |website=Bleeding Cool News And Rumors |language=en}} The Dora Milaje share similarities with the Dahomey Amazons (Agoji), the all-female military regiment of the Kingdom of Dahomey,{{cite web |date=February 24, 2018 |last=Carter |first=Terry |title=The Female Warriors Who Inspired Black Panther's Dora Milaje Are Freakin' Badass |url=https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Dora-Milaje-Black-Panther-Real-44595808 |website=Popsugar |access-date=February 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180227035707/https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/Dora-Milaje-Black-Panther-Real-44595808 |archive-date=February 27, 2018 |url-status=dead}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/oct/23/warrior-women-with-lupita-nyongo-review-a-kick-ass-tale-worthy-of-an-oscar |title=Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong'o review – a kick-ass tale worthy of an Oscar |first=Ellen E. |last=Jones |date=October 23, 2019 |newspaper=The Guardian}}{{cite magazine |last=Coleman |first=Arica L. |date=February 22, 2018 |title=There's a True Story Behind Black Panther's Strong Women. Here's Why That Matters |url=https://time.com/5171219/black-panther-women-true-history/ |magazine=Time |location= |access-date=November 12, 2022}} which was located in West Africa in what is now the Republic of Benin.

The 2017 series "World of Wakanda" written by Roxane Gay and Yona Harvey, tells the story of the couple Ayo and Aneka, two former Dora Milaje.{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Sydney |title=Roxane Gay And Yona Harvey Didn't Hesitate To Take On The 'World Of Wakanda' |url=http://www.essence.com/entertainment/roxane-gay-yona-harvey-world-wakanda-exclusive |access-date=February 6, 2017 |work=Essence |date=November 11, 2016}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4866569/roxane-gay-marvel-lumberjanes/ |title=Roxane Gay on How to Build a More Inclusive Comic Book Industry |first=Eliana |last=Dockterman |date=July 28, 2017 |magazine=Time}}

In the 2018 limited series Wakanda Forever, written by Nnedi Okorafor, the Dora Milaje act in team-ups with Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Avengers.{{Cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/wakanda-forever-brings-dora-milaje-rest-marvel-universe-1095200 |title='Wakanda Forever' Brings Dora Milaje to the Rest of the Marvel Universe |first=Graeme |last=McMillan |date=March 16, 2018 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/fighting-for-wakanda-forever |title=Fighting for Wakanda Forever |first=Tucker Chet |last=Markus |date=March 16, 2018 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}

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To keep peace in Wakanda, the Black Panther picked dora milaje ("adored ones") from 18 rival tribes{{Cite web |title=Dora Milaje Members, Enemies, Powers {{!}} Marvel |url=https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/dora-milaje |access-date=2025-06-08 |website=www.marvel.com}} to serve as his personal guard and ceremonial wives-in-training.{{Volume needed|c=y|date=August 2016}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2018/2/21/17017234/black-panther-dora-milaje-wakanda-warriors |title=Get to know the Dora Milaje, Black Panther's mighty women warriors |last=Broadnax |first=Jamie |author-link=Jamie Broadnax |date=February 21, 2018 |website=Vox.com}}

The Dora Milaje are trained in various African martial arts such as ngolo, musangwe and Nguni stick-fighting, as well as muay thai, silat, krav maga and others.{{Cite book |last=Horne |first=Karama |title=Black Panther: Protectors of Wakanda - A History and Training Manual of the Dora Milaje from the Marvel Universe |publisher=Epic Ink |year=2022}}

• Ailouros - A former Dora Milaje who was turned into a vampire by the Temple of the Shifting Sun vampire hive and took on the name Apostate.Avengers Academy: Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic #5-6. Marvel Comics.
• Aneka - A former leader of the Dora Milaje. She was arrested and stripped of her rank after killing a chieftain who had been victimizing the women in her village. After escaping, she became half of the vigilante duo known as the Midnight Angels.Black Panther vol. 6 #1. Marvel Comics.
• Ayo - Aneka's lover and another former Dora Milaje. After Aneka was arrested and sentenced to death, Ayo broke her out of prison. Using a pair of prototype armored suits, the two became the Midnight Angels.
• M'yra - A member of the Dora Milaje who lost her right arm. She was reassigned to protect Shuri.Black Panther Vol. 5 #7. DC Comics.
• Nareema - A Dora Milaje member who helped Storm fight the V-Series Doombots.Doomwar #4. Marvel Comics.
• Nakia – A Wakandan Mutate with superhuman strength, speed, and agility. She is a former Dora Milaje of T'Challa.
• Okoye – A former Dora Milaje.Black Panther Vol. 3 #1. Marvel Comics. Okoye is of the J'Kuwali tribe and acted as a traditional, proper concomitant to the king, speaking only to him and only in Hausa, an African language not widely spoken in Wakanda and thus affording the king and his wives a measure of privacy.
• {{Anchor|Queen Divine Justice}}Queen Divine Justice – The street-smart queen of the Jabari tribe of Wakanda raised in Chicago, and former Dora Milaje of T'Challa.Black Panther Vol.3 #16-17. Marvel Comics. She originally went by the name Chanté Giovanni Brown, while her Wakandan name is Ce'Athauna Asira Davin.{{cite web |url=http://www.marvel.com/universe/Queen_Divine_Justice |title=Queen Divine Justice |website=Marvel Universe |date=June 23, 2006 |access-date=January 6, 2011}}
• Zola - The headmistress of the Dora Milaje who trained Aneka, Ayo, and Nakia.Black Panther: World of Wakanda #1. Marvel Comics.

• The Dora Milaje appeared in Black Panther, voiced by Alfre Woodard and Vanessa Marshall.{{cite web |title=Voice Of Dora Milaje - Black Panther |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Black-Panther/Dora-Milaje/ |access-date=March 12, 2018 |work=Behind The Voice Actors |type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}}
• Okoye, Nakia, and Divine Justice of the Dora Milaje appeared in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes episode "Welcome to Wakanda".{{citation needed|date=August 2016}}
• The Dora Milaje appeared in Avengers Assemble, with Aneka voiced by Erica Luttrell{{cite web |title=Voice Of Aneka - Avengers Assemble |url=http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Avengers-Assemble/Aneka/ |access-date=December 14, 2017 |work=Behind The Voice Actors |type= Check mark indicates role has been confirmed using screenshots of closing credits and other reliable sources}} while the other unnamed members are voiced by Daisy Lightfoot{{cite episode |title=The Zemo Sanction |series=Avengers Assemble |network=Disney XD |airdate=October 14, 2018 |season=5 |number=5}} and Debra Wilson.{{cite episode |title=Widowmaker |series=Avengers Assemble |network=Disney XD |airdate=February 17, 2019 |season=5 |number=21}}
• Okoye appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda, voiced by Yvette Nicole Brown.{{cite web |last=Goldman |first=Eric |date=May 25, 2018 |title=Okoye Works To Help Save Shuri In New 'Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Black Panther: Trouble In Wakanda' Short |url=https://news.marvel.com/tv/89419/okoye-works-to-help-save-shuri-in-new-lego-marvel-super-heroes-black-panther-trouble-in-wakanda-short/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612210924/https://news.marvel.com/tv/89419/okoye-works-to-help-save-shuri-in-new-lego-marvel-super-heroes-black-panther-trouble-in-wakanda-short/ |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |website=Marvel News}}
• The Dora Milaje appeared in the X-Men '97 episode "Tolerance is Extinction – Part 3".{{Cite web |date=May 15, 2024 |title=X-Men '97: Every Marvel Cameo in the Season Finale |url=https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/x-men-97-episode-10-finale-marvel-cameos-explained-spider-man-daredevil-mutants/ |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=TV Shows |language=en}}

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The Dora Milaje appear in live-action media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

• A member of the Dora Milaje appears in Lego Marvel's Avengers.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}
• The Dora Milaje appear in Marvel Ultimate Alliance 3: The Black Order.{{citation needed|date=April 2021}}

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• {{Official website|https://www.marvel.com/teams-and-groups/dora-milaje}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/black-panther-history-of-the-dora-milaje |title=Meet the Warrior Women of Wakanda |first=Tucker Chet |last=Markus |date=December 22, 2016 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://marvel.fandom.com/wiki/Dora_Milaje_(Earth-616) |title=Dora Milaje |website=Marvel Wiki}}
• {{Cite web |url=https://comicvine.gamespot.com/dora-milaje/4060-55780/ |title=Dora Milaje |website=Comic Vine}}

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