Mama Tataba

The story is told over a span of many years starting in 1959 when the Price family, Orleanna, Nathan, and their four daughters: Leah, Rachel, Adah, and Ruth May, move to Kilanga Village in Africa from the U.S. state of Georgia. Nathan is a missionary who is going to convert the people of Kilanga Village to Christianity by baptizing them. From this starting point the plot is forwarded by some major events such as; Nathan’s garden not growing any fruit due to the lack of North American insects to pollinate it, Mama Tataba leaving them because Nathan is obsessing about baptizing the natives in the river, the Belgian government says they are handing over the Congo to the people and are hosting elections for the next leader, Orleanna gaining the confidence to speak her mind to Nathan, the ants destroying the villages food, Ruth May dying due to the Mamba snake, Orleanna leading her daughters out of the jungle secretly.
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In the beginning she does everything her dad wants and is a perfect, innocent Christian girl. However she changes when she falls in love with Anatole. Her love for Anatole drives her away from her father and from who she was in the start of the novel. Her contribution to the works significance is a development away from “the ideal little girl” to what we might consider modern, independent women. She challenges societal norms by going on the hunt with the tribes men and realizes she can learn things on her own, rather than from a man.
Ruth May Price is the most genuine and honest family member, due to her young age and inability to interpret her surrounds for anything other than their literal meaning. She offers a refreshing vibe of innocence that the other characters do not. She also shows a sense of caring and forgiveness towards her family that the other characters fail to show, emphasizing her disconnect from the drama that the rest of the family was burdened with.
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