What is Wakanda?
{{no sources|date=December 2023}} [[File:Wakanda map.svg|thumb|Wakanda in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] located between [[Niger]] and [[Nigeria]] next to [[Lake Chad]].]] '''Wakanda''', officially the '''Kingdom of Wakanda''', is a country appearing in [[American comic book]]s published by [[Marvel Comics]]. Created by [[Stan Lee]] and [[Jack Kirby]], the country first appeared in comic book ''Fantastic Four'' #52 (July 1966).<ref>{{cite web |last=Cronin |first=Brian |date=September 19, 2010 |title=A Year of Cool Comics – Day 262 |url=https://www.cbr.com/a-year-of-cool-comics-day-262/ |access-date=October 23, 2021 |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]]}}</ref> Birnin Zana is the capital and largest city. Wakanda is located in [[sub-Saharan Africa]] and has been shown as being in [[East Africa]].<ref>{{cite news |author=GEORGE GENE GUSTINES |date=July 22, 2016 |title=Marvel's World of Wakanda Will Spotlight Women, on the Page and Behind It |newspaper=NYT |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/books/black-panther-marvel-comics-roxane-gay-ta-nehisi-coates-wakanda.html |access-date=July 29, 2024 |archive-date=July 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160725003957/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/23/books/black-panther-marvel-comics-roxane-gay-ta-nehisi-coates-wakanda.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> It is home to the superhero [[Black Panther (character)|Black Panther]]. ==Location== [[File:Lake Turkana vicinity.jpg|thumb|In the MCU, Wakanda is located just north of [[Lake Turkana]], at a point bordering [[Kenya]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]] and [[South Sudan]].]] Some sources place Wakanda just north of [[Tanzania]] and at [[Rwanda]], as mentioned in ''Fantastic Four'' vol. 3 #21. However, others, like ''Marvel Atlas'' #2, show it at the north end of [[Lake Turkana]], between [[South Sudan]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], and [[Ethiopia]], surrounded by fictional countries like Azania, Canaan, and Narobia.<ref>{{cite comic | Writer = Michael Hoskin, [[Anthony Flamini]], Eric J. Moreels & Stuart Vanda