Stephen Kumalo
            
             Stephen Kumalo, who was an Anglican preacher with great moral
             value. He was very firm in his beliefs, yet very nave when it came to
             the "real world." Many people who knew Kumalo would call him
             "Umfundisi", which is a title and used with respect. Kumalo is seeking out
             lost members of his family who have left the townships for the lights of the
             big city. He is looking for his sister Gertrude, who has become a
             prostitute and mostly, his son Absalom, who has disappeared into the
             darkness. Kumalo could not imagine why his son did what he did nor did he
             want to except the fact that it was solely his son's fault for killing a man.
             The same goes for his sister, the prostitute, he thought that she did what she
             did because she enjoyed it, but in all actuality she was a prostitute so her son
             could have a better life. Kumalo was a very emotional man, who dealt with
             his problem to the best of his knowledge. At the beginning you can tell he is
             a very caring individual for he allowed a child to eat at his home when she
             had nothing to eat at hers. He also responded immediately to the letter which
             he had received from a fellow preacher in Johannesburg. He sacrificed all
             the money which he and his wife had been saving for months, in order to go
             and search for his sister and his son. Kumalo had faced many obstacles
             through out his journey to bring his family back to live in their village.
             When he went through these obstacles, he never slowed down or stopped to
             search for his family members. Therefore, Kumalo was a main element in
             the plot. The reason he was so important is because through out all the trials
             that he faced, he never once buckled and he never once question why it was
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