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