| Mother Marie |
Aerro | Nun at Leah's home |
| Eeben |
Axelroot | Pilot with his plane |
| King |
Baudouin | Independence contact |
| Lawrence |
Devlin | Congolese Station Chief |
| Emily |
Dickenson | Emily Dickinson, poet |
| Jose |
dos Santos | 2nd president of Angola |
| Allen |
Dulles | In charge of CIA 1960 |
| Robine |
Dupree | Rachel's Catholic friend from Paris |
| Daniel |
Dupree | Robine's Husband |
| Remy |
Fairley | Rachel's third husband |
| Fynton (Brother) |
Fowles | Previous Missionary |
| Celine |
Fowles | Brother Fowles' wife |
| Antoine |
Gizenga | Lumumba's Lieutenant |
| Dr. |
Gottlieb | Made poison for Lumumba |
| Wesley |
Green | Am. Baptist Mission Service |
| Jane |
Green | Wesley Green's wife |
| Joseph |
Kasavubu | Independence contact |
| Miss |
Leep | Spinster, Principal of Elementary School |
| Patrice |
Lumumba | Congo Independence Leader |
| Mr. and Mrs. |
Minor | Next missionaries |
| Rex |
Minton | Goes to Price's church |
| Joseph |
Mobutu | Potential assasin |
| Miss Betty |
Nagy | Adah's teacher |
| Agostinho |
Neto | African Doctor and Poet |
| Leah Price |
Ngemba | Leah's married name |
| Pascal (1968) |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's son |
| Patrice |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's son |
| Martin-Lotaire |
Ngemba | Leah and Anatole's baby |
| Nathaniel |
Ngemba | Leah's youngest son |
| Kwame |
Nkrumah | African Nationalist |
| Orleanna |
Price | Southern Baptist, mother of four |
| Leah |
Price | 14 YO Sister, gifted, twin to Adah |
| Ruth May |
Price | 5 YO Sister, youngest |
| Rachel |
Price | 15 YO Sister |
| Adah |
Price | 14 YO sister, gifted, twin, handicapped |
| Nathan |
Price | Father and Missionary |
| Dr. Holden |
Remile | Admissions Office, Emory University |
| Delma |
Royce | Cashier in Bethelem |
| Mama Bekwa |
Tataba | Works to help with Prices |
| Moise |
Tshombe | Leader of Lunda Tribe |
| Frank |
Underdown | Baptist Reverand |
| Janna |
Underdown | Frank's wife |
| Dr. Bud |
Wharton | Orleanna'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 |