IMPORTANT CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK "INDEPENDENCE"

IMPORTANT CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK "INDEPENDENCE"

. Inspector Adeniyi Ajayi:
Tayo’s father who was once a court servant and an interpreter in the native administration before joining the police.

Mr Jonathan Richardson:
Father of Venessa.

4. Mrs Elizabeth Richardson:
Mother of Venessa.

5. Mr Edward Maximilian Barker:
The one who welcomed Omotayo prior to the letter given to Tayo by Mr Faircliff.

6. Headmaster Faircliff:
Tayo’s Headmaster.

7. Mr Clark:
Tayo's Mathematics Teacher.

8. Mr Blackburn:
British empire history teacher.

9. Bisi and Remi:
Siblings of Tayo.

10. Modupe:
Tayo’s Lover before going to Oxford at age 19.

11. Uncle Bolu also known as Uncle B:
Tayo’s uncle who loved drinking and women. And women also loved him in return.

12. Uncle Oluwakayode Ogundipe:
A Big Man in Lagos, who lived in a luxurious, a senior army officer before leaving for France to study Engineering. He was able to meet Venessa.

13. Helen:
Uncle Kayode’s wife.

14. Aunty Bayo:
Former girl friend of Uncle Kayode.

15. Mr Lekan Olajide from Ogbomoso on a voyage.

16. Mr Ibrahim Mohammed from Kaduna on a voyage

17. Mrs Isabella Barker: An attractive young Italian woman who preferred to be called "Isabella".

18. Mr Ike Nwade: A student of History.

19. Mr Bolaji Ladipupo: A Law student.

20. Miss Christine Arinze:
A student of Modern language who later became Tayo’s girlfriend but had a misunderstanding with Tayo because he didn’t want a longtime relationship. She later on had Ike has her boyfriend. She died of drug overdose (Suicide).

21. Christopher Okigbo:
A poet and Omotayo’s teacher.

22. Venessa Richardson"
aka Moremi by Tayo to show her fighting spirit": Tayo’s white Lady lover.

23. Gita from Kenya:
An English student.

24. Pat:
A Physicist.

25. Jane:
A Friend to Venessa a physicist also (whites).

26. Charlie and Mehul:
(whites)

27. Simon:
The president of west African Student.

28. Francis:
From Ghana who was with the idea that independence came far too early for africans

29. Maynes Keynes:
Venessa’s grandpa was in the colonial service Juma and Saratu? Are they cats?

30. Lord Lugard:
was once the governor of Hong kong before coming to Nigeria and he also became our governor in the year 1914

31. Nancy Murdoch and Mr Murdoch.

32. Uncle Tony:
who had s*x with Jane.

33. Madam Pagnole.

34. Chinua Achebe:
things fall apart and No longer at Ease.

35. Nkrumah:
The first president of Ghana and Senghor of Senegal Kenyatt.

36. Tunde:
the cousin of Tayo who works in the bakery.

37. Yusuf Abubakar:
who works in the hospital. HE believed white women were only meant for friendship but not for marriage with his genuine reasons.

38. Joyce:
Yusuf’s white girlfriend who said he hasn’t heard Yusuf speak Nigerian before and then Yusuf replied her: you daft one, no one speaks Nigerian.

39. Mr and Mrs winter:
across the road at Bradley

40. Joy Williams:
The black WOMAN Yusuf got married to.

41. Anais Nin:
The first British erotic writer.

42. Nigerian coup d’etat and Biafran war.

43. Salamatou:
an hairstylist in Dakar, Senegal who died in a motor accident

44. Jean Luc:
A French who had promised to marry Salamatou but ran away after he got to know she was pregnant.

45. Miriam:
A nurse, whom treated Tayo’s father and got pregnant for Tayo. Got married to Tayo and gave birth to Kemi.

46. Kemi:
Daughter of Tayo and Miriam

47. President Shagari.

48. Mr Akin: A carver.

49. Wole Soyinka:
Okri the Booker.

50. Aureol:
SHIPPING COMPANY.

51. Dogun Dutse Mobile station.

52. Samir:
From Bradford.

53. Suleiman:
Salamatou’s son hence Venessa’s adopted son. A Muslim he became and a drop out from Cambridge.

54. Abdou:
The driver who was taken Tayo to the airport before an accident occur.

55. Laurent:
Kemi’s boyfriend.

56. Danjuma:
The gardener.

57. Professor John
Harris: He is the man whom Kemi introduced to his father from the University.