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JAMB 2017: Characters From The Book “in Dependence” UTME Candidates Need To Know by ThatFairGuy: 5:01pm On Apr 15, 2017 |
It is important to take note of some characters
in a book while reading especially if you are
going to be tested on that book.
Concerning the book “In Dependence” that
UTME candidates will be tested on, we have
compiled a list of important characters in the
book. JAMB may equally ask questions based on
this. So do well, to get your self familiar with
these characters
SOME IMPORTANT CHARACTERS OF THE BOOK
“IN DEPENDENCE”
1. Omotayo Oluwakayode Ajayi also known as
TY.
2. Inspector Adeniyi Ajayi : Tayo’s father who
was once a court servant and an interpreter in
the native administration before joining the
police.
3. Mr Jonathan Richardson: Father of Venessa.
4. Mrs Elizabeth Richardson: Mother of Venessa.
5. Mr Edward Maximilian Barker: The one who
welcomed Omotayo prior to the letter given to
Tayo by Mr Faircliff.
6. Headmaster Faircliff: Tayo’s Headmaster.
7. Mr Clark: Tayo’s Mathematics Teacher.
8. Mr Blackburn: British empire history teacher.
9. Bisi and Remi: Siblings of Tayo.
10. Modupe: Tayo’s Lover before going to Oxford
at age 19.
11. Uncle Bolu also known as Uncle B: Tayo’s
uncle who loved drinking and women. And
women also loved him in return.
12. Uncle Oluwakayode Ogundipe: A Big Man in
Lagos, who lived in a luxurious, a senior army
officer before leaving for France to study
Engineering. He was able to meet Venessa.
13. Helen: Uncle Kayode’s wife.
14. Aunty Bayo: Former girl friend of Uncle
Kayode.
15. Mr Lekan Olajide from Ogbomoso on a
voyage.
16. Mr Ibrahim Mohammed from Kaduna on a
voyage
17. Mrs Isabella Barker: An attractive young
Italian woman who preferred to be called
“Isabella”.
18. Mr Ike Nwade: A student of History.
19. Mr Bolaji Ladipupo: A Law student.
20. Miss Christine Arinze: A student of Modern
language who later became Tayo’s girlfriend but
had a misunderstanding with Tayo because he
didn’t want a longtime relationship. She later on
had Ike has her boyfriend. She died of drug
overdose (Suicide).
21. Christopher Okigbo: A poet and Omotayo’s
teacher.
22. Venessa Richardson”aka Moremi by Tayo to
show her fighting spirit”: Tayo’s white Lady
lover.
23. Gita from Kenya: An English student.
24. Pat: A Physicist.
25. Jane: A Friend to Venessa a physicist also
(whites).
26. Charlie and Mehul: (whites)
27. Simon: The president of west African
Student.
28. Francis: From Ghana who was with the idea
that independence came far too early for
africans
29. Maynes Keynes: Venessa’s grandpa was in
the colonial service Juma and Saratu? Are they
cats?
30. Lord Lugard: was once the governor of Hong
kong before coming to Nigeria and he also
became our governor in the year 1914
31. Nancy Murdoch and Mr Murdoch.
32. Uncle Tony: who had s*x with Jane.
33. Madam Pagnole.
34. Chinua Achebe: things fall apart and No
longer at Ease.
35. Nkrumah: The first president of Ghana and
Senghor of Senegal Kenyatt.
36. Tunde: the cousin of Tayo who works in the
bakery.
37. Yusuf Abubakar: who works in the hospital.
HE believed white women were only meant for
friendship but not for marriage with his genuine
reasons.
38. Joyce: Yusuf’s white girlfriend who said he
hasn’t heard Yusuf speak Nigerian before and
then Yusuf replied her: you daft one, no one
speaks Nigerian.
39. Mr and Mrs winter: across the road at
Bradley
40. Joy Williams: The black WOMAN Yusuf got
married to.
41. Anais Nin: The first British erotic writer.
42. Nigerian coup d’etat and Biafran war.
43. Salamatou: an hairstylist in Dakar, Senegal
who died in a motor accident
44. Jean Luc: A French who had promised to
marry Salamatou but ran away after he got to
know she was pregnant.
45. Miriam: A nurse, whom treated Tayo’s father
and got pregnant for Tayo. Got married to Tayo
and gave birth to Kemi.
46. Kemi: Daughter of Tayo and Miriam
47. President Shagari.
48. Mr Akin: A carver.
49. Wole Soyinka: Okri the Booker.
50. Aureol: SHIPPING COMPANY.
51. Dogun Dutse Mobile station.
52. Samir: From Bradford.
53. Suleiman: Salamatou’s son hence Venessa’s
adopted son. A Muslim he became and a drop
out from Cambridge.
54. Abdou: The driver who was taken Tayo to
the airport before an accident occur.
55. Laurent: Kemi’s boyfriend.
56. Danjuma: The gardener.
57. Professor John Harris: He is the man whom
Kemi introduced to his father from the
University.
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Re: JAMB 2017: Characters From The Book “in Dependence” UTME Candidates Need To Know by tobisco29(m): 5:28pm On Apr 15, 2017 |
Too complex to read your post |
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