NAMES OF PERSONSAbedi Pele: famous Ghanaian footballer
Abena: common name of a girl born on Tuesday
Akua: common name of a girl born on Wednesday
Amerikafoo: Americans
Amponsah, Yaa: Name of a fictional character in the novel. Title of hit tune of the 1920s.
Ankyewa Nyame: mythical woman sent by Onyankopon to establish the Asante nation on earth
Anokye, Okomfo: Fictional character in the novel named after an historical priest, adviser to the first Asantehene, Nana Osei Tutu.
Boafo, Kofi: (aka Kofi Kanea, Mansa, Kofi Saman) fictional character in the novel.
Ferguson, Ekem: historical Fanti servant of the British Empire; fictional character in the novel: the narrator, aka Crash
Forson, B: author of a translation of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar into Twi
Karikari, Nana Kofi: Asantehen
