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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Obi | Obi Okonkwo is an idealistic young man from the village of Umuofia who works for the Scholarship Board in Lagos, Nigeria. Read More |
| Clara | Clara Okeke, Obi's fiancée, is an Ibo, and she belongs to a sacred yet outcast Ibo group, the osu. Read More |
| Hannah Okonkwo | Like her husband, Hannah Okonkwo is a Christian, but she retains strong feelings for Ibo traditions. She is Obi's mother. Read More |
| Isaac Okonkwo | Isaac Okonkwo, Obi's father, was a catechist (teacher) for the church for 30 years and is now retired on an insufficient pension. Read More |
| Mr. Adeyemi | Mr. Adeyemi is Obi's lawyer, who angers the judge by showing up late to the trial. |
| Agnes | Agnes Okonkwo is one of Obi's siblings. |
| Bisi | Bisi is a girlfriend of Obi's friend Christopher. |
| Chairman of the commission | The chairman of the commission discusses modern novels with Obi. |
| Charity | Charity Okonkwo is one of Obi's older sisters. Her Ibo name means "a girl is also good." |
| Christopher | Christopher, a Nigerian, loves women and partying, but he also holds to Ibo traditions. |
| Esther | Esther Okonkwo is one of Obi's older siblings; she is a teacher. |
| Eunice | Eunice Okonkwo is Obi's youngest sister. |
| Florence | Florence is one of Christopher's girlfriends. |
| Mr. Green | Mr. William Green is a civil servant from England with harsh views on Nigeria. |
| Charles Ibe | Charles Ibe is a messenger at Obi's office. He borrows 30 shillings from Obi and doesn't pay it back. |
| Reverend Sam Ikedi | Sam Ikedi is a pastor at St. Mark's Anglican Church, and he makes a grand speech when Obi leaves for England. |
| Ikemefuna | Ikemefuna is Isaac Okonkwo's foster brother. He was killed by his foster father (and Isaac's father), Ogbuefi Okonkwo. |
| Janet | Janet Okonkwo is one of Obi's siblings. |
| John | John Okonkwo, a younger brother of Obi's, has his school fees paid by Obi. |
| Passenger Jones | Mr. Jones, who works for the United Africa Company, is a passenger on the boat to Nigeria. |
| Inspector Jones | Mr. Jones, a white man, is the inspector of schools when Obi is a young schoolboy. |
| Joseph | Joseph Okeke, a school friend of Obi's from Umuofia, is a clerk in the Survey Department. |
| Judge | The judge presides at Obi's bribery trial. |
| Macmillan | Macmillan is a young Englishman who befriends Obi on the boat to Nigeria. |
| Elsie Mark | Elsie Mark indirectly offers Obi sexual favors to help her get a scholarship, but Obi turns her down. |
| Mr. Mark | Mr. Mark offers Obi a bribe to get his sister, Elsie Mark, a scholarship, but Obi turns him down. |
| Mary | Mary is "the most zealous Christian in Umuofia," the village Obi is from. |
| Nathaniel | Nathaniel attends the gathering in Obi's house to mark the death of Obi's mother, Hannah Okonkwo. |
| Simeon Nduka | Simeon Nduka is the headmaster of Obi's school. |
| Nora | Nora is a Catholic schoolteacher. |
| Ogbuefi Odogwu | Ogbuefi Odogwu is a villager of Umuofia. |
| Matthew Ogbonna | Matthew Ogbonna is a carpenter in the village of Umuofia. |
| Josiah Okeke | Josiah Okeke, a poor schoolteacher, is Clara's father. |
| Ogbuefi Okonkwo | Ogbuefi Okonkwo is Obi's paternal grandfather and the main character of the first novel in the trilogy, Things Fall Apart (1958). |
| Sam Okoli | The Honorable Sam Okoli is a stylish, high-ranking government official in Lagos. |
| Old man | At the celebration in Umuofia, the old man argues with Isaac Okonkwo about religion. |
| Mr. Omo | Mr. Omo is an administrative assistant to Mr. Green. |
| Pat | Pat is a Catholic schoolteacher. |
| Miss Tomlinson | Miss Marie Tomlinson is Mr. Green's secretary; she strikes up a superficial friendship with Obi. |
| Joshua Udo | Joshua Udo is a young man who gets fired for sleeping on the job. |
| Stephen Udom | Stephen Udom, a Nigerian civil servant, is a passenger on the boat to Nigeria. |
| Mrs. Wright | Mrs. Write is an older African woman on the boat to Nigeria. |
| Vice president | The vice president of the Umuofia Progressive Union believes that corruption in Nigeria is on its way out. |
| Zacchaeus | Zacchaeus is Obi's cook. |
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