The River Niger | Characters
Al
Al is one of ‘‘Mo's men,’’ a black revolutionary organization. He is described as a "closet homosexual, capable, determined, very young.’’ In the end of the play, Al turns out to be the informer who has betrayed his fellow revolutionaries. In a scuffle that ensues, Al and John simultaneously shoot one another, and they both die.
Grandma Wilhemina Brown
Grandma Wilhemina Brown is Mattie's mother, Jeff s grandmother. She is described as "a stately, fair-skinned black woman in her middle eighties’’ and ‘‘very alive.’’ Grandma is...
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