Who is Niakoro, Ad'jibid'ji, Assitan from God's Bits of Wood and what is their importance?

These are members of Bakayoko's family. Niakoro is his elderly, opinionated mother, Assitan his submissive wife, Ad'jibid'ji (Assitan's daughter) his precocious stepdaughter. Niakoro is a voice of sharp-tongued wisdom, a catalyst for the revelation of one of the novel's key themes. Specifically, the question she asks Ad'jibid'ji about what washes the water is the trigger for Ad'jibid'ji's revelation near the climax of the story.