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3. The first white missionary to travel to Umuofia. Mr. Brown institutes a policy of compromise, understanding, and non-aggression between his flock and the clan.
5. Okonkwo’s third and youngest wife, and the mother of Nkechi. Okonkwo beats Ojiugo during the Week of Peace.
9. A famous medicine man whom Okonkwo summons for help in dealing with Ezinma’s health problems.
11. The missionary who replaces Mr. Brown
12. Okonkwo's father.
15. The only child of Okonkwo’s second wife, Ekwefi.
16. The younger brother of Okonkwo’s mother.

1. Proud, ambitious, and ill-tempered, Okonkwo is the tragic hero of Things Fall Apart.
2. The native-turned-Christian missionary who arrives in Mbanta and converts Nwoye and many others.
4. The daughter of Okonkwo’s first wife. Although Obiageli is close to Ezinma in age, Ezinma has a great deal of influence over her.
6. The oldest man in the village and one of the most important clan elders and leaders. Ogbuefi Ezeudu was a great warrior in his youth and now delivers messages from the Oracle.
7. A boy given to Okonkwo by a neighboring village.
8. A young boy given to Umuofia by a neighboring village as tribute.
10. A wealthy clansmen who takes a chance on Okonkwo by lending him 800 seed yams—twice the number for which Okonkwo asks. Nwakibie thereby helps Okonkwo build up the beginnings of his personal wealth, status, and independence.
13. Okonkwo's son.
14. Obierika’s son. Maduka wins a wrestling contest in his mid-teens. Okonkwo wishes he had promising, manly sons like Maduka.