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Posted on 07/05/2025 7:39:57 PM PDT by dynachrome
Senegal has pulled the plug on Akon City, reclaiming almost all of the 55-hectare seaside concession after seven years of missed deadlines, fading crypto fortunes and a single half-finished welcome centre that now shares its lot with grazing goats.
The $6 billion “real-life Wakanda” once promised luxury towers and flying-car parking is now the most expensive visitor kiosk on the continent.
Ambitious Beginnings Announced with Marvel-level fanfare in 2018, Akon called it a “real-life Wakanda” inspired by Black Panther -the plan promised soaring hotels, a 5,000-bed hospital and streets that ran on renewable energy and Akoin.
The project aimed to transform 136 acres of coastal land near Mbodiène into a futuristic city featuring luxury hotels, a university, a hospital, and a tech hub. Akon envisioned the city as a symbol of innovation and a sanctuary for the African diaspora.
(Excerpt) Read more at techiegamers.com ...
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Is that the “Obama is a Mac daddy” pastor?
ROTFL! They need a stand up cut out outside the gate of Karen B-Ass that says “Sorry! Folks! Wakanda won’t be opening!
LOL! The very first thing that came to mind when I read the headline!
Word has it that Kalifornia Governor Newsom has signed a Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) with Wakanda to extend the Kalifornia Train To Nowhere to the vibrant center of Wakanda.
That whitey didn’t build it for them.
Musician Akon Says Black Americans Could Move to Africa, Become Millionaires, Cripple US ‘Overnight’
Western journal ^ | Sept 7, 2023
Posted on 9/8/2023, 1:15:30 PM by aquila48
R&B singer Akon may have been born in the United States, but he wants to go back to his roots — which, to him, means constructing a city in his family’s ancestral home of Senegal, which he describes as a “real-life Wakanda.”
Ordinarily, I’d just think this was some idle talk by someone not in compos mentis. After all, one of Akon’s best-known songs was a collaboration with enthusiastic marijuana endorser Snoop Dogg (“I Wanna Love You”), so maybe Akon’s been hitting the wacky tobaccky a bit too often.
However, nothing short of megadoses of LSD could possibly have produced the delusions described by the singer in his promotional push on “Akon City,” in which he promised “every single African American would be a millionaire without even thinking twice” if they relocated to Africa and that America would be paralyzed “overnight” if its estimated 41.6 million black population up and left.
According to a report in AfroTech on Friday, the proposed city in the troubled West African nation of Senegal — which Akon says can be built for the low, low investment price of $6 billion — is intended “to be a safe space for Black Americans and others facing racial injustices.”
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com
Speaking of Akon:
SEC charges eight celebrities in connection with cryptocurrency promotions
Just the News ^ | 3/22/23 | Ben Whedon
Posted on 3/23/2023, 12:18:50 AM by CFW
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged eight celebrities with securities law violations in connection with their promotion of cryptocurrencies.
The SEC announced the charges on Wednesday, which stemmed from an investigation of Justin Sun’s companies Tron Foundation Limited, BitTorrent Foundation Ltd., and Rainberry Inc., according to Variety. Those companies promoted crypto securities BitTorrent (BTT) and Tronix (TRX).
The eight facing charges are Lindsay Lohan, Ne-Yo, Lil Yachty, Soulja Boy, Jake Paul, Austin Mahone, Akon, and Kendra Lust.
(Excerpt) Read more at justthenews.com .
$6 billion for that?
It sounds like a typical 0bama project.
You forgot Milwaukee and Savannah.
Akon...Akoff.
Yep.
Akon simulates rape acts on unsuspecting women at his shows.
He’s gotten into trouble for it in the past, but in the African culture that only translates to gaining more fans.
Full name...
“Aliaune Damala Bouga Time Puru Nacka Lu Lu Lu Badara Akon Thiam”
Wakanda the wild side!
I was just trying to remember what Pastor Manning’s nickname was for Obama until I scrolled down and saw your post. Yes, that’s right, he called him Mac Daddy!
Pastor Manning bfl
Half finished?
I bet the “financials” of the project would be interesting if they would be published and light shone on them.
I wonder how much USAID money went into this fraud/scam???
I'm sorry his venture failed. It would have been good for everyone if it had succeeded. And at least he tried it using his own money rather than demanding the government do it for him.
"Grand opening... Grand closing!" -Chris Rock
A fantasy penned by a white person who didn't think much of blacks, and blacks have glommed onto it as an ideal.
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