There are many other different characters that the reader is introduced to, including Richard, the white man who has come to Biafra to write about its history. Ugwu, the poor child of a family that live in a village is given the opportunity to live with Odenigbo and Olanna and quickly becomes a part of their family and a son-figure to them. She Is the lover of Odenigbo and to be quite frank, most of the novel is woven around her challenging life with him and her desire to marry and have children. Olanna, is the beautiful London-educated daughter of a rich Biafran businessman and can almost be pictured due to her beauty which is mentioned several times throughout the book. He feels strongly about black equality and rights, but also teaches. The protagonists include Odenigbo ‘the master’ who is a lecturer and an intellect. Their lives are lavish and exciting and all at once, you feel involved in their lives too. The book is complicated and difficult to get into at first, but you begin to feel at ease in the world of the wealthy people of Biafra soon after the first opening chapters.
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