SHIELD Question: Ward's Recommended Reading List

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Specifically, the reading list recommended to him by his supervising officer per last week's episode. He told Skye that he was reading "one of about a hundred" such books as part of his ongoing training process.

Which makes sense. Intelligence/law-enforcement officers should be expected to undertake a certain amount of this stuff.

I wonder what titles are on that list given to Agent Ward.

Any suggestions? Some will likely be specific to the Marvel Cinema'Verse, but others might have analogues in the real world's bookstores.

Comments

[mdg1.livejournal.com]

Sanaa Ya Vita, by T'Chaka Bashenga

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I recognize the names given to the author...

[mdg1.livejournal.com]

It's Swahili, if that helps.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

A quick search engine run affirmed that, and it's a good subject choice for that character.

Wondering how you chose to construct T'Chaka's fuller name as you did.

[mdg1.livejournal.com]

Traditionally, they don't have last names, and a straightforward patronymic doesn't really make sense , but I thought that there might be a dynastic name, based on the founding of the Black Panther lineage. *shrug*

Alternately: "T'Chaka Komo Wakandas".

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Either works for me.

Wakandan being a conlang (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructed_language) in progress, it would be intriguing to see how "T'Chaka of the line/house/clan of Bashenga" might be phrased.