Africa's Newest Countries - Wakanda and Nambia, Get Your Passport Ready

After the British Airways gave Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong'o a new national identity, now a citizen of Wakanda, America's president Donald Trump in a speech to African leaders talked about an African country called Nambia having "an increasingly self-sufficient health system." Unfortunately Africans don't recognize that country. What are your thoughts on Nambia and Wakanda gaffes, which have thrown social medial into a frenzy?

The past few weeks have seen the continent getting new countries added to the already existing 55. Both new countries, Wakanda and Nambia, typical of state creation, were created by the British and America.

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