Characters in "The River Between."

1. Waiyaki - The protagonist of the novel, a young man torn between his Christian education and his traditional Kikuyu heritage.

2. Nyambura - A beautiful young woman who is in love with Waiyaki but is also being courted by Kabonyi.

3. Kabonyi - A wealthy and powerful man in the village who is also in love with Nyambura and sees Waiyaki as a threat.

4. Joshua - The Christian missionary who establishes the school in Makuyu and tries to convert the Kikuyu people to Christianity.

5. Muthoni - Waiyaki's sister who becomes pregnant out of wedlock and is cast out of the village.

6. Kamau - Waiyaki's childhood friend who becomes a leader in the resistance against the white settlers.

7. Kinuthia - A respected elder in the village who is torn between his loyalty to tradition and his desire for progress.

8. Chege - Waiyaki's father who is a respected elder in the village and tries to guide his son in making the right decisions.

9. Kabonyi's father - A powerful and influential man in the village who supports Kabonyi's efforts to undermine Waiyaki.

10. Muthoni's baby - A symbol of the consequences of breaking traditional taboos and the clash between tradition and modernity.