Quotes
"You will be safe here in this village because my family is royal. Do not forget that"
Page 88
James' mother
Nana
The funeral makes James realize...
James is in love with Akosua
Quey and Cudjo
Love interests
"Nana Ya and I have chosen a nice wife for him to marry when the time comes"
Page 92
James' wife
Amma
Going to Mampanyin makes James realize
James is his own person
Nana and James
Mother and Son
"Things he had to be seen doing, so that everyone would know that his family was still important...I want to leave my family without them knowing I have left them"
Page 104
Akosua
James' love interest
He helps find the girl
Kwame
James sr. and Cobbe
Father in Law
"But he knew his parents would never approve of Akosua, not even as a third or fourth wife. She had nothing, and she came from nowhere"
Page 99
James' Cousin
Kwame
This person lived in the outskirts of the village
White doctor
Quey and Esi
Aunt
"He could still remember the fights they had when he was a small boy. His mother screaming loudly about his name."
Page 90
James' grandfather
James
This event was held for the kind Asante
A funeral
James and Asante King
Grandfather in law