Study Guide

Out of Africa Characters

By Isak Dinesen

She's the narrator, protagonist, farm-owner and all-around Main Character in Out of Africa....

Adventurer and friend, Finch-Hatton serves the purpose of marking the narrator's time in Africa....

Farah is, literally, the Baroness' right-hand man. No, really; when she has to preside over the...

The ruler of the Kikuyu, Chief Kinanjui is an imposing figure whose reign roughly corresponds to...

Kamante is a sick little boy when we meet him, but he grows up to be a gourmet chef. The narrator...

Old Knudsen is an old (bet you figured that out from his name) Danish grouch who comes to die on...

Berkeley Cole is about 180 degrees from Old Knudsen; he's a fancy-pants English aristocrat who,...

Emmanuelson is a Swedish fugitive who stops over, borrows some cash, and shares some fine wine on...

The squatters are described by the Baroness as sort of a clump; it's hard to pick any one out of...

Pooran Singh, the sweetiepie blacksmith, is especially notable for being sad that the farm is...