| 1 | Orleanna |
Price | Southern Baptist, mother of four |
| | Leah |
Price | 14 YO Sister, gifted, twin to Adah |
| | Ruth May |
Price | 5 YO Sister, youngest |
| | Dr. Bud |
Wharton | Orleanna's father, eye doctor |
| | Rachel |
Price | 15 YO Sister |
| | Adah |
Price | 14 YO sister, gifted, twin, handicapped |
| | Frank |
Underdown | Baptist Reverand |
| | Janna |
Underdown | Frank's wife |
| | Noah |
| From Bible |
| | Shem |
| Son of Noah |
| | Ham |
| Bad son of Noah |
| | Japheth |
| Son of Noah |
| | Rex |
Minton | Goes to Price's church |
| | Miss Bannie |
| Sunday school teacher |
| | Eeben |
Axelroot | Pilot with his plane |
| | Underdown Boys |
| Younger than the Price Girls |
| | Mama Bekwa |
Tataba | Works to help with Prices |
| | Fynton (Brother) |
Fowles | Previous Missionary |
| | Celine |
Fowles | Brother Fowles' wife |
| | Methusela |
| Parrot belongs to Fowles |
| | Saint Mathew |
| Ruth Mays sock monkey |
| | Tata Undo |
| Chief of the village |
| | Mama Mwanza |
| Neighbor, legs for burnt |
| | Tata Zinsana |
| Villager, missing fingers |
| | Mama Nguza |
| Villager, gouter under chin |
| | Nathan |
Price | Father and Missionary |
| | Miss |
Leep | Spinster, Principal of Elementary School |
| | Crawley Children |
| Special Education classes |
| | Delma |
Royce | Cashier in Bethelem |
| | Tata Anatole |
| School teacher |
| | Susannah |
| Bible woman |
| | Joakim |
| Susannah's husband |
| | Tata Daniel |
| Daniel from the Bible |
| 2 | Tata Ndu |
| Village Chief |
| | Tata Boanda |
| Old village fisherman |
| | Mama Boanda No. 2 |
| Tata Boanda's younger wife |
| | Leon |
| Chameleon (pet) |
| | Mama Lo |
| Village hairdresser |
| | Pascal |
| Leah's first Congolese friend |
| | Stuart Little |
| Ruth Ann's mongoose |
| | Patrice |
Lumumba | Congo Independence Leader |
| | Tata Kuvudundu |
| Preacher of a sort |
| | Lekuyu (Nelson) |
| 12 YO sent by Anagole to work at Prices |
| | King |
Baudouin | Independence contact |
| | Joseph |
Kasavubu | Independence contact |
| | Mr. and Mrs. |
Minor | Next missionaries |
| | Miss Betty |
Nagy | Adah's teacher |
| | King Leopold |
| Previous King of Belgium |
| 3 | Aunt Tess |
| Orleanna's Aunt |
| | Tata Chobe |
| Villager |
| | Moise |
Tshombe | Leader of Lunda Tribe |
| | Wesley |
Green | Am. Baptist Mission Service |
| | Jane |
Green | Wesley Green's wife |
| | Termite |
| Nickname for Rachel |
| | Ngoma |
| Potential victim |
| | Mukenge |
| Potential victim |
| | Mulele |
| Potential victim |
| | Kasavubu |
| Potential victim |
| | Joseph |
Mobutu | Potential assasin |
| | Allen |
Dulles | In charge of CIA 1960 |
| | Lawrence |
Devlin | Congolese Station Chief |
| | Dr. |
Gottlieb | Made poison for Lumumba |
| | Pauline |
| Lumumba's wife |
| | Roland |
| Lumumba's son |
| | Gbenye |
| Tata Ndu's oldest son |
| | Tata Kili |
| Villager |
| | Mama Kilis (2) |
| Wives of Tata Kili |
| | Lucien |
| Pascal's half-brother |
| | Bwanga |
| Lucien's young sister |
| 5 | The Templetons |
| Rachel stayed within Johannesburg |
| | Robine |
Dupree | Rachel's Catholic friend from Paris |
| | Dr. Holden |
Remile | Admissions Office, Emory University |
| | Soeur Therese |
| Friend of Leah |
| | Mother Marie |
Aerro | Nun at Leah's home |
| | Liselin |
| Leah's Nun name |
| | Daniel |
Dupree | Robine's Husband |
| | Leah Price |
Ngemba | Leah's married name |
| | Kwame |
Nkrumah | African Nationalist |
| | Agostinho |
Neto | African Doctor and Poet |
| | Aunt Elizabet |
| Anatole's Mother's youngest sister |
| | Antoine |
Gizenga | Lumumba's Lieutenant |
| | Pascal (1968) |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's son |
| | Patrice |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's son |
| | Martin-Lotaire |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's baby |
| | Christiane |
| Aunt Elizabet's daughter |
| | Elevee |
| Pascal's (1968) best friend |
| | Remy |
Fairley | Rachel's third husband |
| | Geoffrey |
| Rachel's boyfriend |
| | Kenge |
| Tata Ndu's second son |
| | Nathaniel |
Ngemba | Leah's youngest son |
| | Jose |
dos Santos | 2nd president of Angola |
| 6 | Princess Grace |
| Rachel's monkey |
| | General Mills |
| Rachel's monkey |
| | Emily |
Dickenson | Emily Dickinson, poet |