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The American R&B singer Akon has his plans to build a city from scratch will ahead. Akon has funds for a futuristic metropolis with a population of 300,000 people. It will be Akon City and be built on the coast of Senegal on Africa's west coast. Akon has Senegalese roots. He was born in the USA to Senegalese parents and much of his childhood in Africa. He his city as a "real-life Wakanda," in reference to the city in the movie "Black Panther". He that construction on the $6 billion project will next year and is expected to take three years to . He hopes his undertaking will provide much- employment for Senegalese.

Blueprints on the akoncity.com website a cityscape of surreal-looking gleaming glass and steel high-rises. The designs of the towering skyscrapers were by traditional sculptures in African villages. The city will high-tech living and high-speed Internet connectivity. Akon the city to be a port of call for Senegalese and other Africans facing racial injustice in the USA or Europe. He said: "The system back home people unfairly, in so many different ways that you can never . And they only go through it because they that there is no other way. So if you're from...the diaspora and you that you want to visit Africa, we want Senegal to be your first stop."