THE POISONWOOD BIBLE

Characters - Alphabetical
 
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FIRST NAME LAST NAME DESCRIPTION
Mother Marie AerroNun at Leah's home
Eeben AxelrootPilot with his plane
King BaudouinIndependence contact
Lawrence DevlinCongolese Station Chief
Emily DickensonEmily Dickinson, poet
Jose dos Santos2nd president of Angola
Allen DullesIn charge of CIA 1960
Robine DupreeRachel's Catholic friend from Paris
Daniel DupreeRobine's Husband
Remy FairleyRachel's third husband
Fynton (Brother) FowlesPrevious Missionary
Celine FowlesBrother Fowles' wife
Antoine GizengaLumumba's Lieutenant
Dr. GottliebMade poison for Lumumba
Wesley GreenAm. Baptist Mission Service
Jane GreenWesley Green's wife
Joseph KasavubuIndependence contact
Miss LeepSpinster, Principal of Elementary School
Patrice  LumumbaCongo Independence Leader
Mr. and Mrs. MinorNext missionaries
Rex MintonGoes to Price's church
Joseph MobutuPotential assasin
Miss Betty NagyAdah's teacher
Agostinho NetoAfrican Doctor and Poet
Leah Price NgembaLeah's married name
Pascal (1968) NgembaLeah and Anatole's son
Patrice NgembaLeah and Anatole's son
Martin-Lotaire NgembaLeah and Anatole's baby
Nathaniel NgembaLeah's youngest son
Kwame NkrumahAfrican Nationalist
Orleanna PriceSouthern Baptist, mother of four
Leah Price14 YO Sister, gifted, twin to Adah
Ruth May Price5 YO Sister, youngest
Rachel Price15 YO Sister
Adah Price14 YO sister, gifted, twin, handicapped
Nathan PriceFather and Missionary
Dr. Holden RemileAdmissions Office, Emory University
Delma RoyceCashier in Bethelem
Mama Bekwa TatabaWorks to help with Prices
Moise  TshombeLeader of Lunda Tribe
Frank UnderdownBaptist Reverand
Janna UnderdownFrank's wife
Dr. Bud WhartonOrleanna's father, eye doctor
Noah  From Bible
Aunt Elizabet  Anatole's Mother's youngest sister
Aunt Tess  Orleanna's Aunt
Bwanga  Lucien's young sister
Christiane  Aunt Elizabet's daughter
Crawley Children  Special Education classes
Elevee  Pascal's (1968) best friend
Gbenye  Tata Ndu's oldest son
General Mills  Rachel's monkey
Geoffrey  Rachel's boyfriend
Ham  Bad son of Noah
Japheth  Son of Noah
Joakim  Susannah's husband
Kasavubu  Potential victim
Kenge  Tata Ndu's second son
King Leopold  Previous King of Belgium
Lekuyu (Nelson)  12 YO sent by Anagole to work at Prices
Leon  Chameleon (pet)
Liselin  Leah's Nun name
Lucien  Pascal's half-brother
Mama Boanda No. 2  Tata Boanda's younger wife
Mama Kilis (2)  Wives of Tata Kili
Mama Lo  Village hairdresser
Mama Mwanza  Neighbor, legs for burnt
Mama Nguza  Villager, gouter under chin
Methusela  Parrot belongs to Fowles
Miss Bannie  Sunday school teacher
Mukenge  Potential victim
Mulele  Potential victim
Ngoma  Potential victim
Pascal  Leah's first Congolese friend
Pauline  Lumumba's wife
Princess Grace  Rachel monkey
Roland  Lumumba's son
Saint Mathew  Ruth Mays sock monkey
Shem  Son of Noah
Soeur Therese  Friend of Leah
Stuart Little  Ruth Ann's mongoose
Susannah  Bible woman
Tata Anatole  School teacher
Tata Boanda  Old village fisherman
Tata Chobe  Villager
Tata Daniel  Daniel from the Bible
Tata Kili  Villager
Tata Kuvudundu  Preacher of a sort
Tata Ndu  Village Chief
Tata Undo  Chief of the village
Tata Zinsana  Villager, missing fingers
Termite  Nickname for Rachel
The Templetons  Rachel stayed within Johannesburg
Underdown Boys  Younger than the Price Girls
 
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