Other Fictional African Countries in Marvel Comics
- Azania - A faux South Africa with its own white supremacist superheroes. Enemies of Wakanda and Mbangawi. First appears in Black Panther vol. 2, #1-4. An African country by the same name appears in the novel Black Mischief by Evelyn Waugh.
- Burunda - Also known as the "Peoples Republic of Burunda". Capital is Freedomtown. Visited by Moon Knight. Marc Spector: Moon Knight #2 (July 1989)
- Canaan - Ruled by Moses Magnum, it is apparently a small offshoot of Wakanda located to the west. First appears in Deathlok #22, 25.
- Central Saharan Republic - Small central African country visited by the X-Men. Uncanny X-Men #444 (July 2004)
- Genosha - Former mutant homeland. Was first seen in Uncanny X-Men #235.
- Ghudaza - Formerly ruled by Doctor Michael Ibn al-Hajj Achebe. African nation that assisted the United States government in a failed takeover of Wakanda. Appears in Black Panther vol. 3, #3.
- Halwan - Country that Brillilae attempted to invade with the Black Tiger's help. Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu # 20.
- Imaya - Appears in War Machine #1-4 and Night Thrasher vol. 2, #17.
- Kwarrai - The small South African nation from which Vibrania hails. First appears in Marvel Super-Heroes III #4.
- Mbangawi - Ruled by Doctor Crocodile, and an ally of T'Challa and Wakanda. Also known as the "Blessed Kingdom of Mbangawi". Captain Britain vol. 2 #9 (September 1985)
- Mohannda - Nation to the north of Wakanda, ruled by Wakanda's ally the known as Afrikaa. Black Axe vol. 1 #5 (August 1993)
- Murkatesh - Homeland of Brillalae, which means "She Who Glistens". She attempted to recruit Abe Brown of America as the new Black Tiger. Deadly Hands of Kung-Fu #20.
- Narobia - Homeland of the exiled Princess Zanda. Black Panther vol. 1 #4, 11.
- Niganda - Neighboring country with deep enmity for Wakanda. Black Panther vol. 4, #5.
- Rudyarda - Small nation near the Sudan, visited by the Fantastic Four. Fantastic Four #119 (February 1972)
- Ujanka - A tiny country that borders on Ghudaza. Black Panther vol. 3, #3.
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