Plans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda of Marvel's Black Panther, have been formally abandoned by Senegalese ...

Akons dream of building a futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal, modeled after Wakanda, has been reportedly shelved. The project, once hailed as a haven for the global Black diaspora, is now being ...

Four years after announcing his plans for a Wakanda-inspired city, the "Locked Up" singer is being told to get to work or risk losing the land In 2020, the “Locked Up” artist announced his ...

News Akon’s Planned $6 Billion Wakanda-Inspired African City Didn’t Happen, Here’s What It’s Become The "Locked Up" rapper's dream for a futuristic Senegalese city may not become a reality. By ...

In 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon vowed to create "a real-life Wakanda" in Senegal. But four years on, his futuristic city remains little more than a pipe dream. The West African nation had ...

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something more realistic, officials say. "The Akon City project no longer exists ...