8 African countries that were created by Hollywood and their locations

Just on Thursday, September 21, 2017, president of the United States,Mr Donald Trump . He praised the country for its qualitative health care system. To the Africans, this is an act the Hollywood is popular for.

Hollywood and many western writers are obsessed with creating mythical African nations. Rather than looking at the map of the region, they curate names and territories by melding with names of existing entities. As a result, there are countries like Kenyopia, Ligeria, Gamba, Botswanga and others.

Early this month, the British Airways’ Inflight magazine stated that Lupita Nyong’o. Really, the reputable airline failed to realize Wakanda is a mythical land created by Marvel for its Black Panther series.

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This explains the reason the act should stop, as political leaders and corporate organizations may think these mythical regions really exist.

Here are some of these fictional territories and their locations in Africa, as it will be something of great interest to visit these locations one day.

1. African Confederation

According to the Star Trek: The Next Generation, African Confederation is the birthplace of Geordi La Forge. Geordi is one of the few black characters in the Star Wars movie franchise.

The geographical area called African confederation includes the present-day Somalia.

2. Bahari

Bahari is a small North Africa nation located along the Sahel deserts. According to the CBS television service, The Scorpion, the nation is a former Nazi German colony, as such it is ridden with several military bases of the Nazi German military.

3. Birani

Birani is stated to be located near Namibia and Angola. The Banana forest nation was curated for the movie – The Gods Must be Crazy.

Dumgase is noted to host the vast Banana plantation in the country.

4. Bulungi

Bulungi is an African country situated between the south of Côte d'Ivoire and southeast of Liberia. The capital of Bulungi is Yabba-Dabba.

The satirical newsgroup, The Onion, stated the country was created by the United States’ Ambassador to Bulungi.

5. Kamanga

Kamanga is a Southern African country located between Namibia and Mozambique. According to the Chris Ryan’s novel, Tenth Man Down, the country is a former British colony and blessed with uranium, diamonds and bauxite as natural resources.

Kwacha is its national currency.

6. Kambezi

According to the several episodes of MacGyver, Kambezi is a Southern African country very close to Zimbabwe.

The nation is noted to have a huge population of black Rhinos and heavily depends on smuggling of Cannabis Sativa (dagga).

7. Lombuanda

Lombuanda is an independent African country on the Gulf of Guinea. According to the Mission Impossible’s episode "The Diamond", the country is ruled by French-speaking settlers.

8. Matobo

Matobo is the most popular mythical country as it has featured in two Hollywood movies - The Interpreter in 2005 and some episodes of 24: Redemption.

The country is currently located at the present day Zimbabwe.