Black Panther fans can find glimpses of Wakanda in Africa

Victoria Falls, Kenya and more

Victoria Falls, where the Zambezi River spectacularly plummets over 100 meters to make one of the world's largest waterfalls, is located on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. The awe-inspiring falls throw up a perpetual mist that supports a lush rainforest.

The indigenous Tonga people called the falls Mosi-oa-Tunya which means "Smoke That Thunders". It's a fabulous place to visit and may bring to mind the waterfall fight scene from the movie.

Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is another city that is reminiscent of Black Panther. Perhaps the place that best captures the juxtaposition of modern and rural Africa is Nairobi National Park, just 6.4 kilometers from the city, where you can see rhinos, giraffes and elephants, and look over their shoulders to see the office towers of the city in the background.

East Africa's expansive savannas, with flat-top acacia trees, seen in Maasai Mara park and Tanzania's Serengeti park, look like they are right out of a sweeping movie scene. But maybe the best place to get that Wakanda feeling is the Wits University campus in Johannesburg. To be surrounded by smart, opinionated, articulate students, fashionably dressed in colorful, sharp clothes, full of hope and plans for themselves, their country and their continent is to feel the heart of the Afro-optimism of Black Panther.

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