West Africa

The fifteen nations that make up what is commonly known as West African range from tiny Togo to larger nations like Nigeria and Mali. While various cultural commonalities cross national borders, each nation has its own problems, culture, and identity. As members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), they seek to cooperate to provide stable trade, economic opportunities, and development. Civil wars, terrorism, rebellions, and corruption in various member nations make this difficult, but these efforts are aided by numerous West African governments, foreign aid organizations, and, since 1996, a coalition of superhumans loosely affiliated with ECOWAS and its member governments.   Given the prevalence of English, French, and Portuguese as official languages among the regions of this nation, many superhumans who adopt alter egos name themselves in these languages. However, it is not unheard of for a superhuman with strong ties to a particular ethnic group or culture to take his name from this heritage. These names often have mystic or mythological significance, though it’s no more common for superhumans in West Africa to have such origins as anywhere else.