Transcendent Kingdom
Transcendent KingdomYaa Gyasi
Characters in Transcendent Kingdom
3 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Gifty
A Ghanaian-American neuroscience PhD student studying addiction, torn between faith and science.
Supporting characters
Nana
Gifty's gifted older brother, whose death from opioid addiction haunts the family.
Gifty's mother
A devout, hardworking immigrant felled by profound depression after Nana's death.