AFRICA |
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Ama |
the heroine, known as Nandzi in the earlier part of the story; later known as Pamela, as Ana das Minas and as “One-Eye” |
Nandzi |
see Ama |
Pamela |
see Ama |
Ana das Minas |
see Ama |
“One-Eye” |
see Ama |
Nowu |
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Tabitsha |
Nandzi's mother, Tigen's junior wife |
Tigen |
Nandzi's father, Tabitsha's husband |
Sekwadzim |
Tabitsha's father, Nandzi's maternal grandfather |
Kwadi |
Tabitsha's youngest baby |
Satila |
Nandzi's betrothed |
Itsho |
Nandzi's favourite lover |
Lati |
Nandzi's second lover |
Bato |
Tigen's senior wife |
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Abdulai |
commander of the Bedagbam slave raiders |
Issaka |
Bedagbam slave raider |
Damba |
Bedagbam slave raider |
Suba |
young boy, captured Bekpokpam slave |
Koranten Péte* |
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Demonkum* |
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Na Saa Ziblim* |
the Ya Na, king of Dagbon (i.e. the Dagomba king) |
Galidima* |
chief of the Dagomba king's eunuchs |
Na Gariba* |
former king of Dagbon |
Minjendo |
female Bekpokpam slave; companion of Nandzi |
Akwasi Anoma |
Asante official; “the
ornithologist” |
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(un-named) |
the Kpembewura, ruler of east Gonja |
Sharif Imhammed* |
emissary of the ruler of Fezzan |
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Jaji |
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Osei Tutu* |
first Asantehene, d 1717 |
Opoku Ware* |
second Asantehene, ruled c 1720 - 1750 |
Kusi Obodum* |
third Asantehene, ruled 1750 -1764 |
Osei Kwadwo* |
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Osei Kwame* |
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Konadu Yaadom* |
Asantehemaa (queen-mother of Asante), 1752?-1809 ; younger sister of Akyaama; maternal aunt (or mother?) of Kwame Panin; mother of Amma Serwaa and Opoku |
Akyaama* |
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Kwame Panin* |
nephew (or son?) of Konadu Yaadom; son (or nephew?) of the disgraced Akyaama; the future Asantehene Osei Kwame (q.v.) |
Amma Sewaa* |
elder sister (?) of Kwame Panin |
Opoku* |
infant son of Konadu Yaadom |
Ntoo Boroko* |
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Konkonti* |
Chief Executioner of Mampong |
Adabo* |
son of Kusi Obodum (q.v.) /Chief Surveyor of Nuisance and Master of Those Who Keep the Roads Clear |
Mensa |
Asante musketeer |
Okomfo Tantani |
traditional Asante priest (“fetish” priest) |
Abena Saka* |
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Esi |
female Asante pawn; friend of Ama |
Atakora Mensah* |
Mamponghene (king of Mampong) |
Kyei Kwame |
Kokofuhene (King of Kokofu) aspirant to the Golden Stool on the death of Osei Kwadwo (say: Chay Kwame) |
Dzimwa |
Bekpokpam diviner |
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Esi |
see above |
Sven Jensen |
Danish Chief Merchant at Elmina Castle; second in command and successor to Pieter De Bruyn |
Pieter De Bruyn |
Director-General (Governor) of the Dutch West India Company at Elmina Castle; also known as Mijn Heer (say: de Brain) |
Mijn Heer |
see Pieter De Bruyn |
Elizabeth De Bruyn |
deceased wife of Pieter De Bruyn |
Augusta |
alias Efua Kakrabaa; Fanti trader in Edina (Elmina town); former wife of Pieter de Bruyn |
Efua Kakrabaa |
see Augusta |
Effibaa |
Augusta's slave girl |
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Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, Preacher and Chaplain of Elmina Castle, also known as Hennie and Henk (say: Skulk-vake) |
Jacobus Capitein* |
former chaplain at Elmina Castle (say: Capitain) |
Trenks* |
bombardier and draughtsman at Elmina |
Bezuidenhout |
commodore at Elmina Castle (say Be-zay-den-hote) |
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chaplain at Cape Coast castle (say: Philip Kweku) |
Catherine Blunt* |
first wife of Philip Quaque |
Rose* |
wife of Sven Jensen |
Taguba* |
mother of Rose |
Broni |
head of family of Rose and Taguba |
David Williams |
English captain of the slave ship Love of Liberty |
Richard Brew* |
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Arbuthnot (Smith) |
Chief Officer on The Love of Liberty |
Roy Bruce |
seaman on The Love of Liberty |
George Hatcher |
seaman on The Love of Liberty |
David Alsop |
seaman on The Love of Liberty |
Joe Knox |
seaman on The Love of Liberty |
Fred Knaggs |
seaman on The Love of Liberty |
Butcher |
surgeon on The Love of Liberty |
William Williams |
nephew of Captain David Williams; passenger on The Love of Liberty; later British Consul in Salvador |
Kwaku |
young Akan boy; slave on The Love of Liberty |
Kwaku's mother |
slave on The Love of Liberty |
Mara |
young girl, slave on The Love of Liberty |
Tomba* |
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Roberto |
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Antonio Cardozo do Aragão |
manager of the Aragão auction house |
Luiza Fernandez |
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Josef Vellozo |
slave at the Engenho
de Cima; boatman |
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Fifi |
Fanti slave at the Engenho do Meio |
The Senhor |
owner (senhor de engenho) of the Engenho de Cima |
The Senhora |
wife to the Senhor |
Narciza |
female house slave at the Engenho de Cima |
Esperança |
old creole female slave at the Engenho de Cima |
Jacinta |
female slave without hands at the Engenho de Cima |
Vicente Texeira |
bookkeeper at the Engenho de Cima |
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Catholic chaplain at the Engenho de Cima |
Alexandre |
Mulatto son of the Senhor |
Miranda |
daughter of the Senhor and the Senhora |
Bernardo (Kofi) |
Fanti slave at the Engenho de Cima; chief carpenter |
Ignacio Gomes |
free man, half Tupi, half Kongo; tanner and leather worker at the Engenho de Cima |
Tomás |
Hausa slave at the Engenho de Cima; blacksmith |
Olukoya |
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Ayodele |
wife of Olukoya |
Wono |
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Gregório |
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Benedito |
old Crioulo slave at the Engenho de Cima; catechist |
Luis dos Santos |
slave at the Engenho de Cima; wag |
Pedro |
slave at the Engenho de Cima; underdriver |
Micaela |
slave at the Engenho de Cima; child |
João-João |
character in a story; the lobishomem in human form |
Pedro |
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João |
Portuguese name of Tomba (q.v.) |