| Wallace | Brown | Nini's father. Aka: Stet. |
| Dick | Clark | An American television and radio personality. |
| Morris | Day | Kachelle's lover. |
| Miss | Debra | Kachelle and Narrator's friend. |
| Lyra | James | Narrator. |
| Jazzy | Jeff | A DJ. |
| Eddie | Levert | Lead singer of O'Jays. |
| Gloria | Mae | Timna's best friend. Deceased. |
| Miss | Margaret | Mae's neighbor |
| Miss | Maybelle | Narrator's neighbor. |
| Daniel | McMurray | The narrator's sex-buddy. |
| Marilyn | Neely | The reverend's wife. AKA: First Lady Neely. |
| Trevor | Neely | Troy's son. |
| Troy | Neely | The pastor of the Baptist Church. AKA: God. |
| Sister | Sadie | The preacher's wife. AKA: Sweet Sadie. |
| Jack | Sprat | One of the Baptist members. |
| Andre | Spumante | A champagne in California. |
| Eric | Turman | A physicist. Lyra's lover. |
| Latasha | Wilson | Olivia's rich friend. |
| Alma | | LeeLee's friend. |
| Arletha | | Narrator. Aka: LeeLee. |
| Barbara | | Narrator's friend. |
| Bird | | Nini's uncle. Aka: Bert. |
| Bruce | | Deceased. Daughter's brother. |
| Caroletta | | Eula's lover and close friend. Narrator. |
| Chauncey | | Stet's friend. |
| Cozbi | | Narrator's sister. |
| Daughter | | Protagonist. |
| Derrick | | Nini's nephew. |
| Eula | | Caroletta's close friend. |
| Euodia | | Narrator's sister. |
| Faith | | Rhonda and LeeLee's black friend. |
| Hill | | One of the nuns. |
| Irie | | The night nurse. |
| Jackie | | Nini's step-sister. |
| Jael | | Narrator's granddaughter. |
| Jan | | Kimba's mother. |
| Jay | | The bully boy. |
| Joe | | Alma's husband. |
| Kachelle | | Narrator's friend. |
| Keturah | | Jael's mother. Narrator's daughter. |
| Khalil | | Nini's nephew. |
| Kimba | | Nini's step-sister. |
| LaJene | | One of Mama's friends. |
| Mae | | Nini's grandmother. |
| Mama | | Daughter's mother. |
| Matred | | Narrator's mother. |
| Mayretta | | A friend of LeeLee's mother. |
| Monica | | Trevor's girlfriend. |
| Nancy | | One of Mama's friends. |
| Nichelle | | Narrator. Aka: Nini. |
| Pauline | | Caroletta's grandmother. |
| Prince | | An Artist. |
| Reese | | An attorney. Eula's lover. |
| Renee | | Nini's sister. |
| Rhonda | | LeeLee's partner. |
| Rico | | Daughter's brother. |
| Stewart | | One of the nuns. |
| Tami | | Daughter's friend. |
| Tasheta | | Nini's step-sister. |
| Timna | | Narrator's daughter. |
| Tony | | Daughter's old friend. |
| Tonya | | LeeLee's childhood friend. |
| Twan | | Jay's little brother. |
| Vashti | | Narrator's sister. |
| Wilson | | One of the nuns. |
