Characters
Ikuko Kanazawa: an of®ce worker in Tokyo. Hiroshi Masuda: Ikuko's boyfriend. Bernard Chiluba: an African student. Lucretia: a Brazilian student.
Mike: a photography teacher.
Joyce Mutanga: a media-scientist.
Fatima: head of the Red Sea Research Centre. Taka: a researcher at the Centre.
Sven: a researcher at the Centre.