Tsehai
Main character, inquisitive, spirited, and energetic, has responsibility to her younger brother.

Fikir
Tsehai’s younger brother, repeats what other people say, talks very simply.

Tsehai’s Dad
Works in his own shop in their compound.  He provides lots of loving encouragement for Tsehai.  He also has nothing against doing anything traditionally classified as “women’s work.”

Mr. Turtle
He is 150 years old and very wise.  If he doesn’t know the answer to Tsehai's question, he searches for the answer in his many books, and if can’t find the answer there he searches for the answer on the Internet.