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| uNkulunkulu | The Great Spirit |
| Ninavanhu-Ma | The Great Mother, Goddess of Creation |
| Tree of Life | Personified male counterpart of the Goddess of Creation |
| Kei-Lei-Si (Nelesi) | Mother of Za-Ha-Rrellel |
| Za-Ha-Rrellel (Sareleli) | Wicked Emperor of the Empire of the First People – Father of all tokoloshes |
| The Kaa-U-La birds | Legendary talking birds |
| Amarava (Mamiravi) | Last survivor of the First People, the Amarire, Mother of the Second People |
| Odu | Last survivor of the Bjaa-Uni – artificially produced flesh-and-blood slaves – Father of the Second People, the Bantu |
| Gorogo | Chief of the Frog People – Father of all Bushmen and Pygmies |
| Marimba | Mother of all Tribal Singers, Goddess of Music, Goddess of Happiness |
| Zumangwe | The Hunter, Marimba’s first husband |
| Watamaraka | The Goddess of Evil, Mother of all Demons |
| The Monster | Dragon commissioned to exercise control over Wata-Maraka |
| Kahawa | Son of Marimba and Zumangwe |
| Mpushu | Ka-Hawa’s closest friend |
| Witchdoctor and his friend in the First Village of the Wakambi Tribe | |
| Namuwiza | The Priestess, a Witch in the same village |
| Nangai | – of the Mountains, Outcast God of the Masai, subsequently Chief of the Wakambi |
| Mulungu | The Father of Light |
| Koma-Tembo | The Masai captive, third husband of Marimba |
| Dzumangwe | The God of Hunting |
| Ka-Hawa’s two wives | |
| Rarati | Nubian girl who introduced cattle to the Bantu |
| Malinge | Youth executed for wantonly killing an animal |
| His father, grandfather and great-grandfather | |
| The High Accuser | Legal Prosecutor |
| The Mercy of Heaven | Legal Defendant |
| Mandingwe | A cook |
| Kamago | A woodcarver |
| Nonikwe | A blind, hunchback ‘clairvoyant’ |
| Mutengu | Her uncle, Headman of a village |
| Lusu | Her real father |
| Luchiza | Mutengu’s son |
| Mbomongo | A one-eyed scoundrel, a fellow conspirator |
| Kalembe | The Wizard-Lord of the Wakambi |
| Lumbedu | The Witchdoctor – usurped Chieftainship |
| High wives of Lumbedu | |
| Sons of Lumbedu and Ojoyo | |
| Temana | Gumbu’s Batswana wife |
| Songozo | Headman of a neighbouring village |
| Mbimba | Boy from Songozo’s village |
| Chikongo | Lover of Lulinda, youngest wife of Lumbedu |
| Timburu | His grandfather |
| Mburu | His father |
| Manjanja | His mother |
| Chwenyana | Another of his father’s wives |
| Chungwe | High Chief of the tribe |
| The Strange Ones | Ma-Iti – Phoenicians, probably from the town of Gatti |
| Their ‘King’ | |
| His Son | |
| The Red-haired Giant | |
| The Odd Man | Arab slave to the Strange Ones |
| Another Odd Man | |
| The Tribal Avengers | The men who enforce tribal law |
| Mulaba | Chief of the Batswana |
| A Headman of a neighbouring village | |
| Zozo | Hunchback brother of Vunakwe, wife of Lumbedu |
| Kadimo | Son of Dimo |
| Dimo | His father, King of the Cannibals |
| Sodimo | His grandfather |
| Karesu | Emperor of the Phoenicians’ Empire in Africa |
| Kadesi | Successor to Karesu, but murdered by him |
| Makira-Kadesi | Half-caste Empress, successor to her murdered husband |
| The Boy Emperor | Last Ruler in the Phoenicians’ Empire |
| A Nobleman in the Phoenicians’ Empire. | |
| Slaves in his household | |
| The Mother of Lumukanda | |
| Her Mistress | |
| Two Concubines | |
| Three Priestesses | |
| Slaves | |
| Makira-Luluma | Makira-Kadesi’s spirit in the body of Luluma |
| Watamaraka-Kadesi | The Spirit of Evil in the body of the Empress Kadesi |
| The Wild Huntress | Albino daughter of Marika-Kadesi |
| Battle Leaders | |
| Two Concubines | |
| Munumutaba I – V | Successive Emperors of the Empire of Munumu-Taba |
| Malandela | High Chief – Mighty Lion of the Nguni |
| High Wives of Malandela, and the rest of his 850 seraglio | |
| His last three sons | |
| Nomikonto | His sister |
| Vamba Nyaloti | Witchdoctor to Malandela |
| Nyaloti | His father |
| Mulinda | His sister |
| Luojoyo | His mother |
| His Three Wives | |
| Mukingo | His cousin, sire to his three wives |
| Luva | His witchdoctor colleague, a spy |
| His two homosexual followers | |
| Lumukanda | The ‘Lost Immortal’ – a cannibal |
| His three daughters, the ‘Spirit Virgins’ | |
| Mukombe | Last survivor of a murdered family – adopted by Lumukanda |
| Madondo | Relative who plotted the murder of Mukombe’s family |
| Muti | His father |
| Madondo’s wives, turned into zombies by Lumukanda | |
| Three Sons of Nomeva | |
| Tribal Avengers, especially the Leader and ten principals | |
| Two personal boy servants to Malandela | |
| Dambisa-Luwewe | A spy from a neighbouring tribe, the Ba-Luba |
| Some of Malandela’s Rainbow Indunas (Councillors in peace and Generals in war) | |
| Mitiyonka | Malandela’s father |
| Munengu | Dambisa-Luwewe’s father |
| Muvedu | Luva’s real name |
| Luao | A spy passing under the name of Dahodi |
| Later friends of Vamba Nyaloti | |
| The Lufiti-Ogo | The Star Mother – the Perfect Goddess – created by the Children of the Star, a race of human beings which had evolved to perfection and became extinct as a result |
| The Spirit of Nature | |
| The son of the Spirit of Nature | |
| Namulembu | A Vamangwe woman in Malandela’s seraglio |
| Lulama-Maneruana | Lulamani’s new name |
| Burumutara | A legendary half-bull, half-crocodile monster in the Underworld |
| Bekizwe | Malandela’s brother, High Chief of the Mambo |
| Tandani | His deceased First Wife |
| Their two sons, adopted by Malandela | |
| Kanyisile | Bekizwe’s Second Wife |
| Pindisa | Her daughter |
| Tembani | Pindisa’s foster mother |
| Nunu | Bekizwe’s new First Wife |
| Shondo | High Witchdoctor of the Mambo |
| Some of the Mambo Indunas | |
| Mpungozo | Master of Ceremonies at the Peace Ceremony |
| Luti | Son of Vezi, Mambo volunteer buried alive |
| Mdelwa | Nguni volunteer buried alive |
| Nozipo | Girlfriend of Mdelwa |
| Nonsizi | Mdelwa’s mother |
| Nonudu | Mambo woman playing opposite Celiwe of the Nguni at the Peace Ceremony |
| Mboza | Principal Cook. |
| Govu | Another cook |
| Celiwe | Chieftainess of the Nguni |
| Mabovu | One of her consorts |
| Xhosa | Founder of a new tribe, the Ama-Xhosa |
| Noliyanda | Daughter of Xhosa, immortalised by Lumukanda and proclaimed Queen of the Mambo |
| Vumani | Young boy accosted by Noliyanda |
| Ngozo | Old man left behind in Vamba’s kraal |
| Valindlu | Messenger of Fate |
| Tandi | His young bride |
| Gojela | The coward |
| Mlomo | His father |
| Malevu | Gojela’s Battle Leader |
| Kokovula | The Great Witchdoctor |
| Two assistant witchdoctors | |
| Two other witchdoctors | |
| Munumutaba V | Last male ruler of the Kingdom of Munumu-Taba |
| Three of the Munumu-Taba’s twelve sons | |
| Mpolo | One of the Munumu-Taba’s Councillors |
| Muwende-Lutanana | The Munumu-Taba’s orphaned granddaughter |
| Muxakaza | One time First Wife of Malandela, successor to the throne of the Kingdom of Munumu-Taba |
| Lumbewe | A Prophet in the camp of Munumu-Taba |
| Tondo | The gravedigger |
| Two of the triplets that Muwende-Lutanana presented to Lumukanda | |
| Vura-Muinda | The Black Goddess, Patron Saint of all the tribes |
| Sozozo | Self appointed leader of a breakaway group of Mambo tribesmen |
| Mpongo | One of his newly-appointed councillors |
| Luzwi-Muundi | A ‘Saviour of the Bantu Race’ still to be born in the distant future |
| Five daughters of a Headman | |
| Boy friends of three of the above girls | |
| Tambo | Gawula’s witchdoctor grandfather |
| Liva | A Drummer of Honour |
| Mbewu | The Mighty Hunter |
| Tetiwe | His First Wife |
| Kikiza | A rival in marriage |
| Ndawo | A cattle thief |
| A brother and sister, strange victims of the Famine | |
| Ma-Ouzarauena | One female body inhabited by the three separate souls of Noliyanda, Vuramuinda and Ninavanhu-Ma |
| Lishati-Shumba | New name for the rejuvenated Lumukanda |
| Gandaya | A legendary elephant, guardian of the sacred Kariba Gorge |
| Luamerava | The Illusion of Kariba |
| Lokota | An agitator |
| Two assistant witchdoctors | |
| Two handmaidens of Nomikonto | |
| Two eunuch attendants to Muxakaza in the temple of Zima-Mbje | |
| Lukuma | A half-caste slave |
| Wadaswa | A Hottentot handmaiden |
| Bengu | An old man |
| Dolo | His son |
| A Portuguese ‘Kapitanoh’ and his crew |
