American R&B singer Akon is moving ahead with plans to create a futuristic pan-African city, announcing last week that construction will begin next year on the US$6bil (RM25bil) project despite global tourism’s uncertain future.
Akon, who first announced his idea for the utopian city back in 2018, has described it as a “real-life Wakanda”, comparing it to the technologically advanced fictional African place portrayed in the blockbuster film Black Panther.
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