19 Facts About Wakanda

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Wakanda has appeared in comics and various media adaptations, such as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, where it is depicted as the most technologically advanced nation on the planet.

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In recent stories by writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, Wakanda is located on Lake Victoria, near fellow fictional nations Mohannda, Canaan, Azania, and Niganda.

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Wakanda sells off minute amounts of the valuable vibranium while surreptitiously sending the country's best scholars to study abroad, consequently turning Wakanda into one of the world's most technologically advanced nations.

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4.

Wakanda has an unusually high rate of mutation due to the dangerously mutagenic properties of the Vibranium Mound.

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Once Hydra's empire has been undone, Wakanda expanded its legacy to form an intergalactic empire on Planet Bast, while revoking the mutant ban in their country, such as allowing Storm to visit and help anytime.

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Wakanda contains a number of religious sects originating from various places in Africa, the Pantheon of Wakanda is known as The Orisha.

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The mutant Ororo Munroe, ex-wife of T'Challa and former queen of Wakanda, is called Hadari-Yao, a goddess who preserves the balance of natural things.

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Wakanda formed a religious order that guarded the mound and fought to keep the "demon spirits" from spreading across the kingdom.

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9.

Wakanda evolved from a hunter-warrior society, and was traditionally ruled by its greatest warrior.

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10.

Wakanda tries to defeat T'Challa in combat, hoping to take over the country, but is beaten and banished from Wakanda.

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Wakanda's has a number of other powers, some of which she has demonstrated.

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12.

Wakanda's had apparently lost many worshipers over the years to the Cult of the Panther God, despite the fact that Sekhmet physically manifested before its followers, and the Panther God only appears to its priests.

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Wakanda has its own intelligence system known as the N'Charu Silema; a spy network that worked across the globe to maintain the nation's secrecy.

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Wakanda is one of the few Earth-616 civilizations who have contingency plans for dealing with Galactus, "The Devourer of Worlds".

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Wakanda first shared his concept for a futuristic, technologically advanced city in 2018 and said it would welcome members of the African diaspora.

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16.

Wakanda appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe .

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17.

Wakanda did great research on the very cultural aspects of the character.

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18.

The opening animated sequence to Black Panther explains Wakanda was aware that the outside world was becoming increasingly chaotic throughout various historical events that affected Africa, such as the Atlantic slave trade, the colonization of Africa by European powers, World War I, and World War II.

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Director Ryan Coogler stated that his depiction of Wakanda was inspired by the southern African kingdom of Lesotho.

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