Akon insists his Akon City project is still alive despite delays and misinformation, while the government shifts to a more practical plan.

The “Smack That” rapper and singer also provided an update on the country album that he’s working on in Nashville.

No other story details or casting announcements for Eyes of Wakanda are known at this time. The animated show is expected to debut at some point in 2024, alongside fellow Marvel animated series X ...

Senegal announced that the West African country’s plans for Akon City — a $6 billion Wakanda-style metropolis inspired by the ...

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( NewsNation) — R&B singer Akon’s $6 billion plans to build a futuristic city on Senegal’s Atlantic Coast have been cancelled ...

Reportedly costing $6 billion, Akon City was set to feature a uniquely curved skyscraper but after five years of setbacks, the 800-hectare site based in Mbodiène is still void of any life.

Senegal has scrapped Akon's $6 billion Akon City project, inspired by Wakanda, due to delays and lack of progress. Announced ...

Akon's futuristic city in Senegal, known as Akon City, has officially been scrapped. Now the nation will use the land to ...

Akons dream of building a futuristic $6 billion city in Senegal, modeled after Wakanda, has been reportedly shelved. The project, once hailed as a haven for the global Black diaspora, is now being ...

Plans for "Akon City," a futuristic metropolis modeled to be a "real-life Wakanda," made waves when the public first learned of the initiative in 2018.

Plans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda of Marvel's Black Panther, have been formally abandoned by Senegalese ...