Jahra's world.

The Villages

• World as far as the villagers know has 5 villages.
• All 5 villages in a whole is called the "Living Quarters"
• Each village (except Uzoma) has 100 adults (50 men, 50 women), 50 children (25 boys, 25 girls)
• Uzoma has over 500 villagers
• Each village has 10 Patrol Officers 
• Patrol officers have guns, they keep order in each village
• The villages are Lesedi (Light), Obi (Heart), Zuri (Creative), Sefu (Sword) & Uzoma (Good way)
• Lesedi is a Tswana word
• Obi is an Igbo word
• Zuri is a Swahili word
• Sefu is a Swahili/Arabic word
• Uzoma is an Igbo word
• Lesedi is the village of agriculturists & land preservation 
• Obi is the village of healers & nurturers 
• Zuri is the village of art & expression
• Sefu is the village of order & compliance 
• Uzoma are the outsiders & the untouchables
• Villagers must stay in there villages until Crossover (18th Bday ritual)
• Patrol officers can travel between home village & Sefu (for training)
• The Kirin mountains block the villages from the outside, uncivilized, wild.
• Uzoma is the closest village to mountain
• All villages have a symbol, uniform, chant & purpose
• All villages except Uzoma follow the same rules with exceptions, run on the same schedule and are sticklers for time management and punctuality

Jahra's Family

• Jahra's family consists of: Jahra, Nuru (Younger sister), Ganya (Older sister) and Qwame (Father)
• Their ages are: Nuru (5) Qwame (Past Crossover) Ganya (Past Crossover)
• Jahra's mother has probably died, but fled to Uzoma.
• Jahra's family lives in Obi
• Jahra and Nuru are students, Qwame is a patrol officer and Ganya is a digger 
• Jahra's family is more privileged because their father is a patrol officer
• Jahra is ambitious, a dreamer and different from many of her friends
• Nuru is energetic, bubbly and outspoken
• Ganya is stern, stuck in her ways & rarely happy
• Qwame is kind-hearted, stern, hard-working and loves his girls more than anything

The Obi People

• The Obi people have green thumbs.
• They are kind and joyful
• Women wear their hair in french braids, men wear their hair cut low and neat
• Obi women wear Akwete cloth dresses, silk shawls, leather sandals and shoulder sacks
• Obi men wear Akwete trousers, brown dashiki, Fulani straw hat and leather sandals and satchels
• Obi girls wears Akwete cloth skirts and loose blouse and leather sandals and smaller sacks
• Obi boys wear Akwete shorts, beige dashiki, fulani straw hat and leather sandals and smaller satchels
• The Obi symbol is a Barberton Daisy
• The Obi chant is nsọpụrụ ìhè (honor light)
• The purpose of the Obi village is to cultivate the land, feed the masses, appreciate the sun.
• The jobs of the Obi people are diggers, planters, crop distributors, crop packaging, foresters, scientists, farmers, traders and members of village court
• Biggest issue: land is poor during winter because crops have died out and trading is low
• Obi people greet each other by saying "Anyanwu" which means sun

The Rules

• Time waits for no man
• Life is about Time management and Punctuality
• Your days are numbered
• No running, jumping, crying, thinking too much, speaking to patrol officers and royal family without permission, fleeing to other villagers unless it is job related
• No talking to people of the Uzoma village
• No going past the Kirin Mountatins
• No hugging, no kissing, no touching for too long
• All hours must be fulfilled
• No more than 2 children to a family
• No secrets, no whispering
• No holding grudges
• No stealing, no killing, to fighting