AFRICA

FAMILY

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

Nandzi's four year old brother, son of Tabitsha and Tigen

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

YENDI (Dagomba capital)

Abdulai

commander of the Bedagbam slave raiders

Issaka

Bedagbam slave raider

Damba

Bedagbam slave raider

Suba

young boy, captured Bekpokpam slave

Koranten Péte*

Asante consul in Yendi, commander of the central

division of the Asante army. (1720?-1810?)

Demonkum*

Chief of Those-Who-Sit-Before-the-Na, Chief of the Guns

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”

KPEMBE (Gonja capital)

(un-named)

the Kpembewura, ruler of east Gonja

Sharif Imhammed*

emissary of the ruler of Fezzan

KAFABA (Gonja entrepôt)

Jaji

young slave girl, saved by Nandzi from Akwasi Anoma's attentions

KUMASE (Asante capital)

Osei Tutu*

first Asantehene,  d 1717

Opoku Ware*

second Asantehene, ruled c 1720 - 1750

Kusi Obodum*

third Asantehene, ruled 1750 -1764

Osei Kwadwo*

fourth Asantehene (king of Asante),  ruled 1764 -77

(say: O-say Ko-jo)

Osei Kwame*

fifth Asantehene, ruled c 1777 - 1803  (see Kwame Panin)

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*

disgraced former Asantehemaa; mother (or aunt?) of

Kwame Panin (q.v.) (say: Achama)

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*

Kokofuhene, aspirant to the Golden Stool on the death of

Osei Kwadwo

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*

Mamponhemaa (Queen Mother of Mampong), wife of

Koranten Péte (q.v.)

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

ELMINA

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

Hendrik Van Schalkwyk

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)

Rev. Philip Quaque*

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*

Irish slave trader; governor of Castle Brew at Anomabu

THE LOVE OF LIBERTY

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*

slave from the Upper Guinea coast, slave on The Love of Liberty

AMERICA

SALVADOR

Roberto

slave of Fanti origin, employed at the Aragão auction house

Antonio Cardozo do Aragão

manager of the Aragão auction house

Luiza Fernandez

slave of Fanti origin in the Aragão auction house; employed

as a prostitute

Josef Vellozo

slave at the Engenho de Cima; boatman

ENGENHO DE CIMA

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

Jesus Vasconcellos

General Manager, or feitor-mor, at the Engenho de Cima

Father Isaac Pereira

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

Yoruba slave at the Engenho de Cima; slave driver; babalorixa
(Olukoya = the Lord champions the cause of the suffering}

Ayodele

wife of Olukoya

Wono

Yoruba slave at the Engenho de Cima; wife of Josef Vellozo

Gregório

Ewe (Gege) slave at the Engenho de Cima; recaptured absconder

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

character in Christina's story; childhood friend of Francesca

João

Portuguese name of Tomba (q.v.)