alphabetical list of characters alex : lolas husband amaka : somadinas mother ariel : lolas second child azuka : somadinas husband bob : team leader at lolas new job chika : another girl from somadinas village chuck : lolas first boss djimon : a yoruba man who marries somadinas sister dr. hayes : lolas physician dr. walker : a psychologist who treats lola for ptsd gregg : lolas brother-in-law harold : a private detective ibrahim : a gardener in lagos ikenna : somadinas father jumoke : an operations engineer in lagos and lolas co-worker ken : a teacher at alexs school and lolas canoeing companion kwemto : somadinas one-year-old son lola zeitman : a geophysicist from texas who does not believe in metaphysical nonsense mairo : djimons first wife , a fulani from northern nigeria maurice : an eighty-four-year-old telepath from west texas nwanyibuife ( nwanyi ) : somadinas sister obialo : somadinas oldest half-brother okocha : a young nigerian geologist who works with lola in the houston office olumiji : a nigerian telepath sara : kens wife and lolas canoeing companion shawna : teddie 's friend from grade school somadina : a nigerian telepath seeking her sister summer : lolas younger sister teddie : lolas youngest child tom : a helpful telepath from london udo : somadinas half brother who is especially good with computers zane : lolas oldest child deux semaines ( two weeks ) by jeffrey miska vol .