Saturday, August 03, 2024

Real-Life Wakanda

Today, goats and cows graze the deserted pasture in Senegal. It is the future site of R&B singer Akon’s real-life Wakanda, the fictional country from Marvel Studios’ Black Panther films. It will run on solar power and his Akoin cryptocurrency.

A digital rendering of Akon City. Source: Hussein Bakri/BAD Consultant/Semer Group

Akon’s African metropolis has been plagued by controversies and delays. We’ll have to wait and see if it goes ahead.

Read more: CityLab


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