Agwé (Wakandan Empire; home of the Jengu and the Teku-Maza)

agwe-wakandanemp-planet Agwé history - per Empire of Wakanda AGWÉ

Official Name: Agwé

Nature: Extraterrestrial rubble/debris, Nehanda's Lattice sector, unidentified galaxy
formerly a planet

Environment: None;
formerly a life-sustaining biosphere; Agwé is an aquatic planet

Gravity: None;
formerly unrevealed (but presumably possessed a gravitational field in which it was comfortable for humans to function)

Atmosphere: None;
formerly an unspecified combination of gases (humans and humanoid extraterrestrials were only seen within a ship or else in aquatic suits when underwater

Natural Satellites: Unrevealed

Artificial Satellites: Unrevealed

Natives: None;
formerly the Jengu and Teku-Maza

Population: None;
formerly unrevealed (80% of the population was transported away in ships with a total mass of three dozen megatons)

Capital City: None;
formerly unrevealed, if applicable

Government: None;
formerly unrevealed; after being conquered by the Empire of Wakanda, a rebel group existed, led by Farouk

Languages: None;
formerly unrevealed; T'Challa and Nakia communicated with Farouk and Jafari without any translators, but they may have had technological translators in the aquatic armor agwe-wakandanemp-ieow-attack

Monetary Unit: None;
formerly unrevealed

Major Resources: None;
formerly the Jengu

Planetary Defense: None;
formerly the Revolutionary Guard;
previous armies were defeated and dissolved by the interstellar Empire of Wakanda

Places of Interest: None;
formerly the rebel base

Prominent Residents: None;
formerly Farouk, unidentified last surviving Jengu, Jafari, various unidentified Teku-Maza either loyal to Farouk or Jafari

Visitors: Achebe (formerly of the Empire of Wakanda), Askari (Imperial warriors), Black Panther (T'Challa), Imperial Forces, Manifold (Eden Fesi), Maroons, Nakia of the Maroons, N'Yami of the Teku-Maza, Zenzi (possessed by Bast);
M'Baku (commander of the Maroons) and Taku (Rigellian & Maroon) at least maintained orbit in the Mackandal ship; they may or may not have actually been on Agwé.

First Appearance: Black Panther VII#9 (April, 2019)

agwe-wakandanemp-jeng&rebels History:
(Black Panther VII#9 (fb)) - Eons ago, the giant Jengu ruled the seas of Agwé.

From the Jengu, the Teku-Maza evolved into aquatic humanoids, building a great civilization beneath the waves. Nonetheless, they continued to revere the Jengu, whose whim moved the waves.

Eventually the Empire of Wakanda came to Agwé to conquer it. The Teku-Maza fought them, but the Imperials overpowered them, and the Jengu were hunted to near extinction.

The Teku-Maza were enslaved, their memories were ripped from them, and their culture was plundered.

One Jengu survived N'Jadaka's assault, and it hid away in the depths of the planet, in the deepest oceans.

(Black Panther VII#9 (fb) - BTS) - The Teku-Maza N'Yami was born off-world, away from Agwé, and had her memories stripped by the Empire. Though she never recovered her memories, she believed the key to the process was on Agwé.

After joining the Maroons (the rebels against the Empire), N'Yami eventually returned to her ancestral home, where she founded and led the Revolutionary Guard in a successful struggle that liberated the planet.

(Black Panther VII#9 (fb)) - When the Teku-Maza rebelled again, the last of the Jengu joined the battle.

(Black Panther VII#9 (fb) - BTS) - Via its connection to the planet, the Jengu told the Teku-Maza of their past history.

(Black Panther VII#9 (fb) - BTS) <At least five years before the main story> - N'Yami left Agwé and rejoined the main branch of the Maroons, rising in the ranks to become commander.

Eventually N'Yami was killed by Manifold (Eden Fesi, who had fallen under Imperial Control) when the Empire discovered the Maroons' main base and destroyed it, setting the rebellion back years.

<Three years before the main story> - The Empire returned, and the rebellion had to fight to preserve their victory. They wished to forge an alliance with N'Yami's Maroons, but when their entreaties were left unanswered (as the Maroons were running for their lives), new methods were considered. Jafari thought to sue for peace with the Empire by offering up the Jengu.

Considering this a betrayal of all N'Yami had stood for, Farouk led a rebellion against Jafari.

(Black Panther VII#9 (fb) - BTS) - Farouk at least believed that Jafari, having failed to deliver the Jengu, had promised to deliver the likes of T'Challa and Nakia (prominent members of the Maroon rebellion following N'Yami's death).

agwe-wakandanemp-maroons-aqgear (Black Panther VII#9 (fb) - BTS) - Seeking the Jengu's scale to restore the memories of the Nameless (the various peoples whose memories been erased/submerged by the Empire of Wakanda), T'Challa, Nakia and other Maroons traveled to Agwé, meeting with Commander Jafari aboard the Zhingha. They agreed to aid him against what Jafari claimed were enemies of the Teku-Maza Revolutionary Guard, outlaws posing as rebels who were willing to sell the Taku-Maza back into bondage for a few Imperial credits; however, these were actually Farouk and the true/loyal rebels.

(Black Panther VII#9) - In aquatic suits, T'Challa, Nakia and the other Maroons departed Farouk's Zhingha ship and engaged the "outlaws." T'Challa and Nakia, at least, were overwhelmed and transported to the rebel base. There Commander Farouk released their bonds and returned the Spear of Bashenga to T'Challa as a show of good faith and explained how they had been deceived by Jafari. Farouk subsequently explained the history of the Jengu and Teku-Maza.

The rebel base was soon after assaulted by Imperial forces led by Manifold.

(Black Panther VII#10 (fb) - BTS) - The Askari (Imperial Forces) infiltrated the Jengu lair.

(Black Panther VII#10) - Aboard the Mackandal ship, above the planet Agwé, Taku reported to Commander M'Baku that the Empire's forces were not letting up and while their shields were holding, their engines were gone, and they were dead in space. With no word from T'Challa and Nakia, who were still planetside, Commander M'Baku ordered Taku to scramble the Zulu ships to buy some time.

T'Challa stated that taking out Manifold was the key to the battle, and Farouk suggested that the Manifold's target was likely the Jengu. Returning to aquatic armor, they challenged Manifold, but he made portals to prevent blasts from striking him. Farouk eventually used proximity charges to stun Manifold, after which the rebels engaged the Askari.

When an Askari agent held a gun to Farouk's head, he remotely instructed the rest of the Teku-Maza to lay down their weapons as the future of their people depended on it. However, after Jafari brought the rebel leaders to the bridge and discussed compensation for his successes, Achebe -- who had seemingly been a loyal Askari leader -- apparently fatally shot Jafari, activated a panel on his uniform that caused explosions in the armor of the other Askari present as well as in the nearby Imperial ship. The Bast, having possessed N'Jadaka's daughter, Zenzi, claimed credit for this action.

M'Baku and Taku subsequently stood in shock as N'Jadaka's counselor Achebe destroyed several Askari, restored the mind/will of Manifold, who transported T'Challa and Nakia back to Mackandal, after which the Imperials ship detonated, all apparently a result of the Bast-possessed Zenzi (N'Jadaka's daughter).

(Black Panther VII#11) - From the rebel base, the Askari reported that they had secured the Jengu and that the Teku-Maza had all surrendered. Achebe put them in contact with Princess Zenzi, still possessed by Bast, who commanded the Askari to kill themselves; unable to resist Bast's power, the Askari detonated their armors and perished.

Teku-Maza rebels confirmed to Farouk that the Jengu was secure. After the group had traveled to the rebel base, Bast noted how N'Jadaka had stolen much of her power, and Manifold explained how T'Challa had sent Wakandans from Earth on a mission that had led to the founding of the Empire of Wakanda. Bast further advised them that their plan to use the Jengu's scale and the Vibranium to access the memory archives was a known of by N'Jadaka, who had prepared a trap. She explained that she could restore T'Challa's memories and he could access the spirit plane Djalia to access the rest of the Wakandans' memories.

Bast worked with the Jengu to restore T'Challa's memories.

(Black Panther VII#12) - Aboard the Mackandal, orbiting Agwé, Farouk and Achebe revealed the plot to sacrifice Agwé -- using the M'Kraan Shard and the raw Vibranium they had collected to detonate Agwé's core, while having Manifold evacuate the population -- to slay Emperor N'Jadaka.

Bast and the Jengu restored T'Challa's memories.

(Black Panther VII#13 - BTS) - As T'Challa established a connection to Wakanda Prime on Earth, Taku warned Commander M'Baku that he was sapping energy from the Mackandal's critical systems energies as it orbited Agwé. agwe-wakandanemp-destroyed

(Black Panther VII#14 (fb) - BTS) - From a Maroon hideout elsewhere in Nehanda's Lattice, Manifold, backed by Achebe, transported three dozen megaton of freighters from Agwé to his location.

(Black Panther VII#14) - As Farouk communicated from Agwé to the Maroon hideout via Achebe, the next group entered the portal, with the plan to arm the core-killer after the last ship entered. However, five flights of Massai fighters emerged from hyperspace, including one led by N'Jadaka. Farouk ordered the freighters to get back planet-side to save the civilians and to ready a counter-attack.

    The Mackandal and other Maroon ships joined the fight, but contact with Manifold was severed with a fifth of the population still remaining on Agwé.

    Regardless, unwilling to allow N'Jadaka to escape, Farouk ordered the ground crew to arm the core-killer.

    T'Challa took out a quarter of the Masai Imperial fleet, and Bast caused the Masai fighters to ram their own flagship, destroying the fighters and heavily damaging the flagship.

    N'Jadaka ordered his crew to scan for and fire on Agwé's population centers. Farouk advised M'Baku aboard the Mackandal that the Empire was bombarding their shelters and that the core-killer was armed. With no other choice, M'Baku recalled all Zulu fighters and had word sent to any of Farouk's men still engaged with the Imperial fleet to tell them that they had room.

    As the core-killer's decay began, Farouk's aid advised him that the Mackandal had recalled all of its fighters and a few of the Teku-Maza's. As the Maroons retreated, N'Jadaka denounced them as cowards and ordered his crew to get him planetside to find his daughter. However, as they entered Agwé's atmosphere, the core-killer detonated, destroying the ship.

(Black Panther VII#15 - BTS) - Taku accompanied the Mackandal as it made the transport and ultimately arrived in Wakanda prime on Earth. Unbeknownst to them, the symbiote that had bonded to N'Jadaka survived the explosion on Agwé and carried his mind with it as it piggybacked on the Mackandal.

Comments: Created by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kev Walker.

The text feature at the end of Black Panther VII#9 noted that Agwé was a Jovian planet whose mass consists of liquid and is home to the amphibious Teku-Maza, one of the earliest peoples to be incorporated into the Wakanda Empire. The Teku-Maza were originally aquatic, but after certain genetic modifications, they became amphibious.

Sacrificing a planet and a 20% of its population to kill Emperor N'Jadaka was a harsh choice, but as it failed to kill N'Jadaka, it is really tragic.
I did not see anything that indicated that the Jengu was transported off-planet, but presumably as it was worshipped by the Teku-Maza, that would have been done very early in the transport process.

I would ASSume the water world Agwé's name was deliberately chosen to be similar to "agua" the Spanish word for water...or some other language's similar word.Some relevant, progressively modified, history of the "Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda"

Black Panther VII#1, the "Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda" spanned five galaxies and had set their sites on "our own" (the Milky Way Galaxy).
Black Panther VII#2, the Rigellians were largely not enslaved but driven to near extinction by the Empire
Black Panther VII#4, the Rigellians had a great interplanetary empire in the "galaxy" that was presumably renamed by the Wakandans as T'Chaka's Reach after they "made short work" of the Rigellians, and the star system was dotted with planetary ruins. The Rigellians were now nomads of their home "galaxy."

Although the five "galaxies" of the Empire were described thusly, the image made it clear that these were star systems and/or local groups of star systems
Black Panther VII#7, A Rigellian Empire sprung up in T'Chaka's Reach, disconnected from the "known Rigellian people." This prosperous empire was the first to fall to the Wakandan Empire. Rigellians can be found throughout the Empire and are overrepresented among the "lower classes," including the Slaves and the Nameless.
Ultimately, the story was revised / was toned down slightly to make it for believable in the context of the Marvel Universe/"Reality-616." Rather than spanning five galaxies, as the text continued to state, it was a sector of space that included five local systems (I believe more than just star systems, but some groups of associated star systems).
Black Panther VII#9 referred to the "Intergalactic" Empire of Wakanda as being made up of "five star clusters."
But still, at least one of the latter stories referenced millions of worlds under the Empire's domain, and the "five galaxies" and the "intergalactic nature" of the Empire continued to be stated...presumably, because it sounds impressive.
Black Panther VII#14 had T'Challa reiterate the "five galaxies" status and specifically state that it "entailed hundreds of races across millions of planets."

Agwé is a Loa sea god.
--Quiof Thrul

Profile by Snood.

CLARIFICATIONS:
Agwé has no known connections to

NAUTIKOS - inhabitants are fish-like humanoids; home world of pirate Captain Sharrr--Silver Surfer (2014)
AQUA-CENTURIOUS - planet covered mostly by water; inhabited by race of intelligent Sea Serpents; one crash landed its ship in the ocean 800 miles off the coast of Argentina centuries ago; hunted and killed by sailors with harpoons while on an expedition lead by Dr. Efrem Marsh who sought to capture the beast alive--Strange Tales I#67
AQUANOX (giant carnivorous fish) - water covered planet, visited by Starjammers, who were nearly killed when they went swimming in search of food--Uncanny X-Men#391
AQUION - planet, race of fish visited by cosmic-powered Human Torch while seeking allies against Galactus--Fantastic Four I#521
ARIMA of Reality-691 - home of the Alphans until they were transported to Centauri IV just before Arima was consumed by Galactus--Guardians of the Galaxy I#25
DREXEL - waterworld visited by Han Solo--Star Wars I#9
NAUTILUS - aquatic world that was formerly home to Heavy Duty--Gun Runner#3
KR-KN - Waterworld--X-Men: Kingbreaker#1
Ocean world - covered with raging ocean, visited by Klaatu; presumably different than Underwater World--Incredible Hulk II#306
Underwater world - home of giant squids, visited by Hulk from Crossroads--Incredible Hulk II#301
VODAN - alleged homeworld of Homo Mermani--Namor: The Best Defense#1
other waterworlds, or "Agwe" planets, characters, groups, items, events, races, or places...

rebel hideout

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Farouk led the Revolutionary Guard, an army of Teku-Maza who opposed the Empire of Wakanda. After Jafari had feigned an alliance with the Maroons, Farouk had T'Challa and Nakia transported here, where he revealed Agwé's history.

After Bast and Achebe had destroyed the Askari present on Agwé, the Maroons used this as a base to coordinate efforts to restore the memories to those mind-wiped by the Empire.

The Jengu assisted the power-limited Bast in restoring T'Challa's memories, and T'Challa facilitated the restoration of other Wakandans' memories. Farouk remained in the base as Manifold transported most of the Agwé's population away and when he detonated the core-killer.

--Black Panther VII#9 (10-14

images: (without ads)
Black Panther VII#9, story pg. 1, panel 2 (Agwé, from orbit);
            panel 3 (Zhingha vs. rebel ships);
        pg. 4 (T'Challa and Maroons in aquatic gear departing Zhingha to engage rebels);
        pg. 9, panel 1 (rebel hideout);
        pg. 15 (origins of the Jengu & Teku-Maza);
        pg. 16 (Imperials attack Agwé, slaughter Jengu);
        pg. 17, panel 4-5 (Jengu joining Teku-Maza against Imperials);
        last page, "Intergalactic" Empire of Wakanda feature page (star systems map):
    #10, pg. 5, panel 1 (rebel hideout, control room);
    #11, pg. 19, panel 1 (rebel hideout interior, with T'Challa, Zenzi/Bast & the Jengu);
    #14, last page (Agwé destroyed)

Appearances:
Black Panther VII#9-10 (April-May, 2019) - Ta-Nehisi Coates (writer), Kev Walker (artist), Sarah Brunstad (associate editor), Will Moss (editor), Tom Brevoort (executive editor)
Black Panther VII#11 (June, 2019) - Ta-Nehisi Coates (writer), Kev Walker (penciler), Marc Deering (inker), Sarah Brunstad (associate editor), Will Moss (editor), Tom Brevoort (executive editor)
Black Panther VII#12 (July, 2019) - Ta-Nehisi Coates (writer), Kev Walker (penciler), Marc Deering (inker), Sarah Brunstad (associate editor), Will Moss (editor), Tom Brevoort (executive editor)
Black Panther VII#13-15 (August-October, 2019) - Ta-Nehisi Coates (writer), Daniel Acuna (artist), Sarah Brunstad (associate editor), Will Moss (editor), Tom Brevoort (executive editor)

First posted: 09/01/2025
Last updated: 09/14/2025

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