Black Panther producer Nate Moore explains the reason why Wakanda decided to stay out of the global limelight and operated autonomously from the rest of the world.
That’s why they’ve been able to have these advancements, because they don’t spend money on war. They don’t spend money defending themselves constantly.
Despite being a work of fiction set in a fictional nation, the story of Black Panther resonates to communities that have African heritage in a lot of ways.
I think Wakanda saw, very early on, that if people knew that they had vibranium, which they do, they were going to be conquered.