Shola Inkose (originally spelled "Inkosi" and altered in later issues)is a mutant telekinetic from the island nation of Genosha. While attending school in Chicago, Genosha (along with his family) was destroyed. Since that time, Shola has had haunting nightmares of his home nation's destruction--visions triggered by his otherwise latent telepathic abilities.

Shola first met Kitty Pryde in Chicago when he saved her and several of her colleagues from a collapse following a laboratory explosion. From there, he was swept into a whirlwind adventure alongside Kitty Pryde and Karma to defeat newly enhanced adaptive Sentinels.

Eventually, Shola returned to his homeland of Genosha to help aid Professor X rebuild the island nation in the wake of Cassandra Nova's attack. This short-lived team, including [[Wicked:char:3425], Freakshow, Omega Sentinel, Callisto, and Magneto, briefly operated under the title of "New" Excalibur.