Though it’s set in a fictional African nation, “ Black Panther ” explores many important issues that impact our nonfictional world. In fact, it inspired Donald Steinberg, a former deputy administrator for the United States Agency for International Development ( USAID ), to use Wakanda as an example for his students at Dartmouth College.
Steinberg told The Hollywood Reporter today (May 31) that he developed a Wakanda-focused case study for students in his global development class: The Challenge of Global Poverty: Why It Matters, What We Can Do About It. The project requires students to imagine how Wakanda might distribute $400 million in aid to neighboring Tanzaniaa, Uganda and Rwanda, as well as antagonist Erik Killmonger’s hometown of Oakland.
