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

Singer Akon’s plans for a $6 billion city in Senegal have been abandoned in favour of something more ‘realistic’. Dubbed Akon ...

Plans for a $6 billion futuristic city in Senegal, envisioned by U.S.-born singer Akon and inspired by the fictional Wakanda ...

Designed with curvy skyscrapers and sleek infrastructure, early renderings of Akon City drew comparisons to Marvel's ...

The Senegalese government has confirmed that instead of the ambitious plan, it had been scrapped to make way for something ...

Plans for a futuristic city in Senegal dreamt up by the singer Akon have been scrapped and instead he will work on something ...

Akon performs in Rio de Janeiro on Sept. 22. Wagner Meier/Getty Images American R&B singer Aliaune Thiam, professionally known as Akon, has long wanted to help Senegal, the country he grew up in.

In 2020, Senegalese-American singer Akon vowed to create "a real-life Wakanda" in Senegal. But four years on, his futuristic city remains little more than a pipe dream.

The "Akon City" foundation stone in Mbodiène, Senegal, in August 2021. JOHN WESSELS / AFP The village of Mbodiène lies 100 kilometers south of Dakar on the Atlantic coast.

Akon’s multi-billion dollar quest to build a metropolis in Senegal faces a new ultimatum. The Senegalese government has threatened to take away the land designated for the project if the singer ...

Akon was born in the United States, but spent a portion of his childhood in Senegal before settling in New Jersey. As he told CNN in a 2020 interview, he’s always dreamed of being able to use ...