There are several theories for the name of Wakanda. The name may be inspired by a Siouan god called Wakanda, Wakonda, or Waconda, or Wakandas, a fictional African tribe from Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel The Man-Eater, written in 1915 but published posthumously in 1957,[3] or the Kenyan tribe Kamba, Akamba or Wakamba,[4][5] or the word "kanda", which means "family" in Kikongo.[6]