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Abeo Kata

This person is the protagonist of the book. She spends over a decade in ritual servitude.

Wasik Kata

This person is the adoptive father to the protagonist. This person takes his daughter to become trokosi.

Ismae Kata

This person is the adoptive mother to the protagonist, who dies while she is at the shrine.

Serafine Vinga

This person is the birth mother to the protagonist. This person travels to Ukemby to find her daughter in the shrine, but to no avail.

Didi

This person is an American friend to the protagonist's birth mother, who visits Ukemby when she is eight.

Agwe

This person is the adoptive brother to the protagonist, who falls ill just before she goes to the shrine.

Grandmother

This person is the mother to the protagonist's adoptive father. This person convinces him to take his daughter to the shrine.

Mama Darkwa

This person is...

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