SOURCE WORK: DESCRIPTION OF PEOPLE ‘WAKIANDA’
In Gikuyu language, “Wakianda” means “People of the Slopes” Refering to the Gikuyu people who arrived at Mt. Kenya in 1210AD carrying Managi & Ikunjo [Sacred tablets & Scrolls) from Axum, Ethiopia then settled on the slopes of their holy mountain and sealed it off to guard their secret treasures from outsiders. – yamumbi.com
ADAPTATION: WAKANDA
Origin of the word “Wakanda” has not been officially declared by Jack Kirby or Stan Lee while they were alive, but its a fictitious nation originally ruled by Bashenga, the first black panther who sealed off the sacred Vibranium mound and guarded it from intruders.