Genosha

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Genosha
Marvel Comics location
Flag of Genosha
First appearance	The Uncanny X-Men #235 (October 1988)
Created by	Chris Claremont Rick Leonardi
In-universe information
Type	African country
Race(s)	Humans, Mutants
Locations	Hammer Bay, Ridgeback Mountains, Carrion Cave
Characters	Genoshans

Genosha (/dʒəˈnoʊʃə, ɡəˈ-/ jə-NOH-shə, gə-) is a fictional country appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. It is an island nation that exists in the Marvel Universe and a prominent location in the X-Men comics. The fictional nation served as an allegory for slavery and later for South African apartheid before becoming a mutant homeland and subsequently a disaster zone.^{[1][non-primary source needed]} The island is located off the southeastern African coast southwest from Seychelles and northeast of Madagascar. Its capital city was Hammer Bay.