smart city initiatives being worked out in Africa, with many ecocities emerging across the continent. Senegalese-American singer Akon announced plans to build "Akon City", a solar-powered "real-life" Wakanda on 2,000 acres of coastal land in Senegal inspired by Birnin Zana. He first shared his concept for a futuristic, technologically advanced city in 2018 and said it would welcome members of the African diaspora. The Washington Post reported that the project had secured $4 billion of the $6 billion investment necessary to build Akon City. Technology writers have also compared Wakandan principles to those expressed in African technology research. Anti-colonial AI, for example, has been described as "in keeping with Wakandan principles" by developing technology for benevolent purposes. It also seeks "to avoid algorithmic exploitation and algorithmic oppression" in artificial intelligence. The Wakanda name has also been adopted in small businesses. One example is Wakanda Place, an African and multicultural bar in Adelaide, South Australia. Entertainment at the bar includes DJs who play music from Africa and the African diaspora. In other media Television Wakanda appears in the 1996 Fantastic Four episode "Prey of the Black Panther". Wakanda appears in the Black Panther TV series. Wakanda appears in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Wakanda appears in the Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers episode "His Majesty, Black Panther!" Wakanda appears in Avengers Assemble. In the episode "The Panther and the Wolf", it is revealed that some of the Wakandans are part of the Shadow Council while others are either high-ranking or less fortunate. Film Wakanda appears in the straight-to-DVD animated feature Ultimate Avengers 2. This version is an extreme isolationist nation that views all outsiders as enemies. Wakanda appears in Lego Marvel Super Heroes - Black Panther: Trouble in Wakanda. Wakanda appears in the Disney XD short film Black Panther in ... The Visitor. Marvel Cinematic Universe Wakanda appears in media set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). Inhabitants from this version of the country speak in the Xhosa language, as T'Challa's actor Chadwick Boseman developed using a "regional accent based on where Wakanda would be. He did great research on the very cultural aspects of the character. Even though it's a fictional culture, [he figured] out ways to tether it into real African culture." Additionally, it is located at the northern end of Lake Turkana, at a fictional point bordering Ethiopia, South Sudan, Uganda, and Kenya. In real life, this area