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| Character | Description |
|---|---|
| Narrator | The narrator is a Danish woman who moves to British East Africa to run a coffee farm. Read More |
| Denys Finch-Hatton | Denys Finch-Hatton is a British aristocrat, an aviator and safari guide, as well as the narrator's friend and lover. Read More |
| Farah | Farah is the Somali majordomo, or chief steward, on the farm who becomes the narrator's trusted friend. Read More |
| Kamante | Kamante is a young Kikuyu who serves as the narrator's assistant and chef, and is a source of unique views and commentary on life and events. Read More |
| Kinanjui | Kinanjui is the appointed chief of the Kikuyu living on the farm and is a source of advice and support to the narrator in dealing with the natives. Read More |
| Augustus von Schimmelman | Augustus von Schimmelman is a fictional character in "In the Menagerie," taken from the narrator's published short stories Seven Gothic Tales. |
| Awaru | Awaru is a Kikuyu elder who once spent seven years in a European prison and became a skilled tailor. |
| Belknap | Belknap is the mill manager in whose house the shooting accident occurs and who owns the gun. |
| Berkeley Cole | Berkeley Cole is a British aristocrat who owns a nearby farm and is a close friend of the narrator. |
| Choleim Hussein | Choleim Hussein is an Indian timber merchant in Nairobi who sponsors the visit from the Muslim High Priest. |
| Emmanuelson | Emmanuelson is a Swedish actor and vagabond, helped on his way to Tanganyika by the Baroness. |
| Esa | Esa is the old Kikuyu cook who is taken away from the farm during World War I and is later poisoned by his new wife. |
| Father Bernard | Father Bernard is a Catholic priest from the French Mission and good friend of the narrator. |
| Fatoma | Fatoma is the young wife of Esa who murders him with poison. |
| Gustav Mohr | Gustav Mohr is Norwegian farmer who is a source of farming advice, help, and friendship for the narrator, especially during her hardest last days on the farm. |
| Hugh Martin | Hugh Martin is a government official from Nairobi and a frequent visitor to the farm. |
| Ingrid Lindstrom | Ingrid Lindstrom is a Swedish farmer and friend who struggles, like the narrator, to keep her farm profitable. |
| Ismail | Ismail is a Somali gunbearer and storyteller who escorts the narrator on her wartime safari. |
| Jogona | Jogona is the father of Wamai. |
| Kabero | Kabero is a Kikuyu boy who is responsible for an accidental shooting on the farm and runs away to live with the Masai. |
| Kamau | Kamau is a boy who hates to fly yet is in Denys's plane when it crashes. |
| Kaninu | Kaninu is a wealthy squatter and father of Kabero. |
| Karomenya | Karomenya is a deaf-mute Kikuyu boy who, for a time, finds useful work in walking the narrator's dogs. |
| Kitau | Kitau is a Kikuyu boy who works in the narrator's house, seizing the opportunity to help decide whether to become a Christian or Muslim. |
| Kitosch | Kitosch is a native boy who dies after being severely beaten by a white settler. This abuse leads to a sensational court case. |
| Mr. Bulpett | Mr. Bulpett is an older English gentleman who becomes the narrator's valued friend. |
| Mr. Nichols | Mr. Nichols is the South African manager of the farm at the time two lions drag two oxen from their pen. |
| Mrs. Darrel Thompson | Mrs. Darrel Thompson finds out she is dying and bequeaths to the narrator a pony on its way from Ireland. |
| Muslim High Priest | The Muslim High Priest is a visitor from India who spends a memorable day at the farm. |
| Old Knudsen | Old Knudsen is an aging Dane beaten down by life who comes to stay at the farm for a short time until he dies. |
| Pooran Singh | Pooran Singh is the Indian blacksmith and master artisan on the farm. |
| Titi | Titi is Kamante's little brother; he announces the arrival of the Muslim High Priest. |
| Unnamed settler | The white settler, responsible for Kitosch's death by beating, is not named. |
| Wainaina | Wainaina is the father of Wanyangerri. |
| Wamai | Wamai is a Kikuyu boy who is the main victim of the shooting accident and dies of his wounds. |
| Wanyangerri | Wanyangerri is a Kikuyu boy who is a second victim of the shooting accident and suffers facial disfigurement as a result of it. |
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