Summary

The book’s final chapter is titled “Kilimanjaro,” and begins with the narrative shifting focus onto June Dey. A brief introductory segment describes how, over the course of his five years in Africa, June Dey fought alongside many warriors, feeling it was his duty to protect his people. The whole while, however, he felt like he had no real relationship with Africa and Africans.

The narration then shifts focus into the first-person perspective of the wind / Charlotte, who takes on the identity of an old woman named Kilimanjaro, who has “a face just like Charlotte’s, that story I once was” (287). June Dey discovers her weeping, and tries to comfort her. Instead, she challenges him to discover her true name, to find and defend his true people, and to find “the girl who will save you. Who will save us all … the girl with...