Legendary Senegalese-American singer, Akon, has spoken on his plan to build a futuristic place called Akon City in Senegal.
While speaking at a conference the Smack That crooner said that the idea behind the city was to welcome Africans in diaspora to a ‘home back home’.
Akon said that while growing up in America where his family moved to when he was seven, he ran into a lot of African-Americans who did not know a lot about their culture and that it prompted him to want to build a city that would motivate people about their homes.
He said: “So I wanted to build a city or a project like this that will give them the motivation to know that there is a home back home”.
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The city which has a futuristic design done by architect Hussein Bakri is said to make provisions for hospitals, hotels, a university, movie studios and more.
Akon also said that the city would include a village of African cultures.
The singer whose real name is Aliaume Damala Badara Akon Thiam said: “As you come in from America or Europe or anywhere in the diaspora, and you feel like you want to visit Africa, we want Senegal to be your first stop.”
