Marvel Studios' Bashenga: The First Black Panther

MCU Disney+ Series

2.5 million years ago, a meteorite made of the alien element vibranium landed in the heart of Africa, greatly affecting the surrounding flora. Centuries later, five tribes colonized the area and went to war over the metal, which they referred to as Isipho. One day, a Wakandan warrior named Bashenga (John Boyega) was guided by a vision of Bast (Doechii) who led him towards a plant that had mutated as a result of the metal's radiation. Upon ingesting the herb, Bashenga discovered he had been imbued with superhuman abilities and used them to unite the tribes as the first King of Wakanda and the first "Black Panther". Four of the tribes pledged their loyalty to Bashenga; but the Jabari Tribe followed by their leader M'Towa (Ernie Huston) refused to pledge to his allegiance, and have settled into the northern mountains to continue adhering to a more traditional and primitive way of life, while the rest of Wakanda continued to develop into a modernized rule. Bashenga's lineage would come to form a sixth tribe named the Panther Tribe, which included a line of his royal descendants that continued to survive into the modern day, thus establishing the peace inside the population of the Kingdom of Wakanda.