The film plays in Wakanda, an extraordinary fictional country in Africa. Hidden from the rest of the world, the people of Wakanda live in peace and prosperity, having preserved their traditions while developing highly advanced technology (by means of an imaginary resource called “vibranium”, and through good governance).
This Hollywood fiction – despite all its exaggerations – offers a bright and captivating image of Africa that opens our eyes for future possibilities. Your country has enormous economic potential, and it was probably not by accident that, in the movie, the people of Wakanda speak isiXhosa, one of South Africa’s official languages.