Amara Okonkwo



Continent: Africa

Origin: Village near El Fasho, Sudan

Gender: Female

Age: 20

Strengths: Physically strong, not naïve, resilient

Weaknesses: Can’t trust anyone, not used to cold, can’t swim

Fears: Losing her mother and sister

Motivation: If she won, her family’s problems would end, they could afford a good house, their own well etc.

Weapon: Machete.

Personality
Amara is quiet and, when you talk with her, you can feel that she doesn’t want to talk with you, be friends etc. She’s a loner and doesn’t interact with others if it’s not inevitable. She doesn’t trust others, it’s not like you can’t win her trust easily. She doesn’t trust anyone at all. She’s very mysterious and only her family really knows her. Amara knows what she wants, she’s self-confident and determined. Don’t try to persuade with her- she’s stubborn and assertive.

Backstory
Amara grew up in a small, poor village in Africa. Her family never did very well, but serious problems started when her father left her, her invalid mother and younger sister. That made Amara the way she is- her own father wasn’t trustworthy, so who could be? As a 9-year-old girl, she had to feed her family. Her mother worked hard in their small garden, growing edible plants. As it was very dry, gardening wasn’t easy. Amara had to go 4 km three times a day to the nearest well. It was hard, but she did it for her family.

But one day, when she was 17, she found the well guarded by a young man, who told her it was now private property. If Amara tried to go to another well, she wouldn’t have reached it before her and her family’s death from dehydration. So she did the only thing she could do: she picked up a small rock and hit the man in the head. He fell to the ground, dead. Amara got the water for her family... and became a murderer. She wasn’t busted though. She never told anyone about that, but when Ten Little Sinners was announced, she decided to fess up in order to enter. If she won, her family would never have to be poor again...