Wakanda

**Wakanda** is a fictional advanced African nation from *Black Panther* comics.

## Description

Wakanda is a small nation in East-Africa, on the North-East border of Uganda. It is technologically advanced due to its overabundance of the lightweight, nigh-indestructible and highly vibration resonant metal, "Vibranium". Due to technological advancements, Wakanda spent much of its history in secrecy until revealing itself in the 2010s and trying to make outreach problems to assist other nations.

## History

### Origins

Wakanda was founded around a Vibranium meteor by the king Bashenga, the first Black Panther.

## Appearances

### Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle!

A clock in the queue shows the time in Wakanda.

### Avengers Stunt Show

One version of this show has Black Widow preventing Taskmaster from stealing a cache of Vibranium transported by Quinjet to the campus from Wakanda.

### Avengers: Quantum Encounter

There are Wakandan Salads on the menu, and the Wakanda Design Group is part of the story.

### Avengers Quinjet

Wakanda is to be the central location in this attraction.

### Doctor Strange: Mysteries of the Mystic Arts

Wakanda appears on the Cabinet of Caballero's dimensional map.

### Hollywood Land

Various articles in *The Daily Bugle* will regard Wakandan politics. This includes Princess Shuri attending Coachella, a story on world-nations reacting to Wakanda revealing itself, and questions about Vibranium.

### Marvel Super Hero Academy

T'Challa is listed as teaching Wakandan History at the *Super Hero Academy*. A poster for Wakanda appears on the Disney Fantasy's bulletin board for the Super Hero Academy.. The Taskmaster show features a video-call with Wakandan characters in Wakanda.

### PYM Test Kitchen

Ant-Man will receive texts from Okoye declining a request to use Wakandan royal guards to guard the kitchen.

### Shawarma Palace

Various newspapers on display at the stand reference Wakandan history. This includes one on Princess Shuri and Naki attending the Shawarma Palace.

### Shawarma Palace Too

There is a sticker in the Wakandan alphabet.

### Stark Expo: Make Way for a Better Tomorrow!

At the expo, Iron Man announces collaborating with Wakanda to design a new Arc Reactor.

### Web Slingers: A Spider-Man Adventure

Onome of the Worldwide Engineering Brigade is a native of Wakanda who came to WEB via a Wakandan Outreach program. She assisted build outer shells of the Web Slingers with Vibranium. A flyer in the queue identifies her as tutoring the Wakandan language Xhosa alongside fellow WEB member, Bruno Carrelli.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2019/03/29/hong-kong-disneyland-goes-big-for-ant-man-and-the-wasp-nano-battle-opening/
2. ↑ https://marvelousmousetravels.com/marvel-restaurant-at-sea/
3. ↑ https://disneycruiselineblog.com/2017/05/first-look-disney-fantasy-2017-dry-dock-enhancements/
4. ↑ https://www.insider.com/avengers-campus-marvel-references-2021-6#theres-also-a-mention-of-princess-shuri-and-nakia-from-black-panther-at-the-cart-10
5. ↑ https://www.disneyfoodblog.com/2021/05/25/photos-first-look-at-shawarma-palace-too-coming-to-disneys-avengers-campus/
6. ↑ https://wdwnt.com/2023/02/marvel-themed-travel-poster-banners-installed-in-disney-traders-at-epcot/