The Kaywana Trilogy (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Edgar Mittelholzer
- First Published: 1952
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1611-1953
- Setting: British Guiana
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Africa or Africans, Politics, Colonies or colonization, Love or romance, Race, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Slavery or slaves, Revolutions, Social issues, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Guyana or Guyanese people, Ethics, Cruelty, Intermarriage, Insurgency
- Locales: British Guiana
Characters Discussed
Children of Kaywana, 1952
Kaywana (ki-WAH-nah), the daughter of a West Indian woman and an English sailor, the mistress of both Adrian van Groenwegel and August Vyfius and the mother of children by both men. She defies the local shaman, because she believes he is poisoning her daughter. Although her daughter recovers, she kills the shaman’s own daughter. She dies in a battle between the Dutch and the natives.
Hendrickje van Groenwegel (hehn- DRIHK-yeh fon GREHN-vay-gehl), the great- granddaughter of Kaywana on both her father’s...
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