Black Panther is going to be an MCU first in several respects, and its vibrant African setting is certainly one of them.
Wakanda is an incredibly imaginative city, and one of the more realized locations in the Marvel Comics.
Wakanda is a fictional nation from the Marvel Comics, located in Africa and home to T’Challa, king and protector of Wakanda, and his people.
“There are so many characters in the Black Panther world that we wanted to explore, we didn’t want to rely on cameos from other movies,” Moore explained.