In March 2018, a month after the film “Black Panther” was released, the fictional country Wakanda was the fourth most-mentioned African country on Twitter — after Egypt, South Africa and Kenya — according to a 2019 study by the University of Southern California. The fact that Africa’s fourth most-talked about country doesn’t exist confirms just how powerful pop culture is in shaping our understanding of the world around us.
In March 2018, a month after the film “Black Panther” was released, the fictional country Wakanda was the fourth most-mentioned African country on Twitter — after Egypt, South Africa and Kenya — according to a 2019 study by the University of Southern California. The fact that Africa’s fourth most-talked about country doesn’t exist confirms just how powerful pop culture is in shaping our understanding of the world around us.
