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This document provides a list of characters and places from Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It introduces over 50 characters from the main village of Umuofia and surrounding areas. The characters include villagers of varying social statuses, wives and children of the main character Okonkwo, and some of the first Christian missionaries that arrive in the region. It also lists a few key places that are settings in the story, including Umuofia village, neighboring villages, and the location of Okonkwo's exile.

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Character List

This document provides a list of characters and places from Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe. It introduces over 50 characters from the main village of Umuofia and surrounding areas. The characters include villagers of varying social statuses, wives and children of the main character Okonkwo, and some of the first Christian missionaries that arrive in the region. It also lists a few key places that are settings in the story, including Umuofia village, neighboring villages, and the location of Okonkwo's exile.

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Things Fall Apart – Chinua Achebe

CHARACTER LIST

PART I

Akueke (70-1) – half-sister of Maduka; daughter of Obierika; being married off to Ibe
Akukalia (20) – friend of Nwakibie
Amadi (74) – a leper
Anasi (20) – first wife of Nwakibie; middle-aged; “strongly built”
Ani (36) – earth goddess and mother of fertility
Chielo (49, 100) – current priest of Agbala; widow with two children; fond of Ezinma
Chika (17) – priestess of Agbala (the Oracle) in Okonkwo’s early years
Ekwefi (37) – Okonkwo’s second wife; Okonkwo nearly shoots her; ran away (from Anene
(109)) to marry Okonkwo; admired his prowess at wrestling when
Okonkwo beat the Cat
Ezeani (30)—priest of the earth goddess Ani; punishes Okonkwo for beating Ojiugo during
Week of Peace
Ezinma (38) – also called Ezigbo, which means “the good one”; daughter of Ekwefi and
Okonkwo
Ibe (72) – marriage to Akueke is arranged
Igwela (21) – oldest son of Nwakibie
Ikemefuna (12) – the young man given to Umuofia in exchange for the murdered wife of Udo
– wife of Udo; killed in Mbaino by neighboring/warring clan
Machi (74) – witty man at meeting of Obierika and Ukegbo to discuss bride price
Maduka (47) – son of Obierika, Okonkwo’s good friend; wins wrestling match impressively
Mgbafo (87) – woman, on trial, was “reclaimed” by brothers because her husband allegedly
abused her
Nkechi (45) – daughter of Okonkwo’s third wife, Ojiugo
Nwakibie – Wealthy Umofian; Okonkwo works under him to get his start

Nwayieke (35, 95)) – an old woman who lives near the udala tree; “has three teeth and always
smokes”; pounds foo-foo late at night
Nweke (141) – son of Obierika
Nwoye – Okonkwo’s oldest son; strong relationship with Ikemefuna; converts to Christianity;
called Isaac
Obiageli (43) – sister of Nwoye; daughter of Okonkwo’s first wife
Odukwe (91) – brother of Mgbafo; speaks on behalf of her at the “trial”
(Ogbuefi) Ezeudu (31) – oldest man in Okonkwo’s village; dies/funeral (121)
(Ogbuefi) Ezeugo (10) – orator
(Ogbuefi) Idigo (20) – friend of Nwakibie
(Ogbuefi) Udo (11) – wife killed by warring neighbors; he gets a virgin bride in exchange from
the clan in Mbaino
Ojiugo (29) – Okonkwo’s third wife; beaten during Week of Peace
Okoye – wealthy neighbor of Unoka; Unoka owes him much money
Osugo (26) – another village male; Okonkwo alludes to him as woman and is insulted
Obierika (65) – good friend of Okonkwo; leader in the village
Unoka – Okonkwo’s father; not respected by Okonkwo for has lack of fastidiousness
Okonkwo – main character; not the head of the village, but an up-and-comer (especially early in
his adult life)
Okonkwo’s first wife – never mentioned by name; mother of Nwoye
Okafo and Ikezue (50) – accomplished wrestlers
Ofoedu (67) – delivers news to Obierika and Okonkwo that Ndulue and his wife, Ozoemena,
both died on the same day in the village of Ire
Ukegbo (72) – father of Ibe; meets with Obierika to discuss bride price
Onwumbiko, Ozoemena, Onwuma (77) – children of Ekwefi who die in infancy
Okagbue Uyanwa (78) – medicine man who tries to help Okonkwo and Ekwefi; digs up
Ezinma’s iyi-uwa (stone that links to spirit world)
Uzowulu (87) – husband of Mgbafo who is accused of beating wife (Mgbafo); wishes to get
bride price back

PART II

Uchendu (129) – Uncle (mother’s younger brother) of Okonkwo who welcomes Okonkwo into
the village in Mbanta (place of exile)
Amikwu, Njide, Akueni (131-2, 135) – children of Uchendu
Mr. Kiaga (150) – interpreter for first missionaries in Mbanta; runs Mbanta mission
Nneka (151) – first woman to go to the missionaries; has had twins in the past
Amikwu (151) – cousin of Okonkwo; sees Nwoye with missionaries and reports to Okonkwo
Okeke (159) – says Mbantans should ignore missionaries; draws ire from Okonkwo; displeases
Mr. Smith because of his condemnation of Enoch (chap. 22)
Mr. Brown (159) – white missionary
Okoli (161) – kills the sacred python; dies shortly thereafter
Nneka, Nwofia (162) – children born to Okonkwo while he is in exile in Mbanta

PART III

Ogbuefi Ugonna (174) – first man with titles to go to Christian church


Ashy-Buttocks (174) – Ibo nickname for court messengers; “kotma”
Aneto (176) – hanged by colonizers for killing Oduche
Nnama (176) – given Aneto’s land by colonizers because he is a sympathizer.
Enoch (178) – his father is the priest of the snake cult; Enoch allegedly kills and eats sacred
python
Akunna (179) – talks about religion with Mr. Brown in a reasonable, thoughtful manner; allows
one of his sons to be education in the missionaries’ school
Chukwu (180) – “Overlord” of Ibo religion
James Smith (184) – takes over for Mr. Brown; sees his mission work in a very different light
than Brown
Ajofia (189) – the leading egwugwu of Umuofia; addresses Mr. Smith in chapter 22
Ogbuefi Ekwueme (193) – is speaking in the District Commissioner’s office when the Umuofian
men are arrested
Egonwanne (200) – Okonkwo is critical of him for being a coward; Okonkwo looks to challenge
him in the final Umuofian meeting
Okika (203) – speaks at length at the final meeting; urges fighting the white man and their Ibo
recruits

PLACES:

Umuofia – Okonkwo’s village (region)


Mbaino – neighboring village – antagonistic to Umuofians
Mbanta – Okonkwo’s mother’s village; place of Okonkwo’s seven-year exile
Abame – village that is massacred after killing of white missionary on a bicycle
Umuru – headquarters for British government in the region

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