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Book cover of Stay with Me
Stay with MeAyobami Adebayo

Characters in Stay with Me

4 characters, main characters first.

Main characters

  • Yejide

    Hairdresser and co-narrator whose struggle to conceive and fear of losing her marriage drive the story.

  • Akin (Stay with Me)

    Yejide's husband from a traditional Yoruba family, the novel's other narrator.

Supporting characters

  • Funmi (Stay with Me)

    The young woman Akin's family brings into the household as his second wife.

  • Moomi (Stay with Me)

    Akin's mother, whose pressure for an heir sets the second marriage in motion.