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The independence, power, prosperity, and tranquility of Wakanda serve as a useful metaphor
for the long-term harm that slavery and imperialism caused to Africa. For instance, studies
show that slavery hindered the economic growth of Africa; regions that suffered greater
population losses are not simply currently poor, but they still suffer from also internal
division, greater incidence of conflict and weakened political systems. Due to its seclusion,
Wakanda would have been shielded from such effects. Similar to how colonialism left behind
bad and harmful effects in Europe, colonialism in Africa was made worse by the European
powers' attempts to manage their African colonies on a shoestring budget. The worst case
scenario occurred in the Free State of Congo (now as the Democratic Republic of Congo, or
Congo), at which Belgian King Leopold II governed the colonists as his personal fiefdom and
frequently beat, sexually abused, and mistreated its residents. Of the 16 million people who
lived in the colony, 8 to 10 million died as a result of his mistreatment of the Congolese
(estimates differ here). There were just Sixteen graduate students in whole country of Congo
when it attained independence. First the king, then the Belgians, did little to invest in the
people or the country's infrastructure while plundering and murdering its citizens.

Even though other nations weren't as cruelly treated as the Congo, general colonisation
resulted in poor economy in poor nations, low levels of authority, significant domestic
conflict, and a higher conflict tendency. In fact, interactions with these same Western nations
are the cause of many of the negative perceptions that individuals living in the West have of
Africa, including hunger, bribery, and violence.

Wakanda is essentially a revisionist past. It demonstrates what institutional, cultural, and

economic progress in Africa may have resembled had colonialism not taken place.

Wakanda also is noteworthy for its tremendous degree of advanced technology. Here, again,
the film reflects aspects of everyday life. Leaders of the soon after freedom era viewed
research and development as a route to independence and respect. It was crucial to
demonstrate technological competence in order to refute colonial accusations that Africans
lacked intelligence and were incapable of self-government.

As an illustration, the later 1950s saw Ghana's new regime place a high focus on forming its
very own Atomic Energy Authority; in 1961, this even attempted (failed) to bring an old
Soviet nuclear reactor to power scientific research. Ghana also formed Ghana Airways, a
national airline with all-black crew and pilots. (At the same time, African American ex-Air
Force pilot Marlon Green filed a lawsuit against Continental Carriers, which ultimately
reached the U.S. Supreme Court, to force American passenger airlines to hire African
American pilots.) The Ghanaian Ministry of Education gave science instruction first attention
and set up a nationwide network of labs to impart fundamental scientific concepts.

It was challenging to develop Africa's scientific capabilities. African nations that achieved
independence have much lower levels of human capital than Asian nations. Less than 10,000
Africans studied at universities all over the world in 1958 due to the minimal efforts made by
colonial governments to educate Africans; nearly all of those students came solely from
Nigeria and Ghana.

Additionally, mind drain has proven to be a major barrier to Africa's post-independence

technical growth. Many Africans had their first training in Western, creating it simple for
them to establish long-term living overseas. Africa continent lost a third of its skilled labor
force over time. to export employment. Globalization has only accelerated the brain drain
pace. Currently, there are more African doctors in the United States than in Tanzania,
Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Liberia, Ethiopia and Ghanaput together. Bennet Omalu, a
physician of Nigerian descent a professor in California who made the discovery of chronic
traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) among footballers. Wakanda exemplifies an African that
was successful in keeping and utilizing its native talent.

It might seem impossible for the continent to grow technologically to the same degree as
Wakanda. African nations, however, have made significant technological advancements in
some fields. For instance, the majority of people in Africa don't have old-fashioned landlines,
making the region the world's quickest mobile telephone industry. They were the first to use
mobile money. Regional microgrids that frequently use solar power, are being built in rural
communities that are not yet connected to national energy networks. Despite this,
technological development is uneven; most African nations still need to make significant
advances in basic science, particularly for work on medical and agricultural research.