Ekwefi. Okonkwo's second wife, once the village beauty. Ekwefi ran away from her first husband to live with Okonkwo. Ezinma is her only surviving child, her other nine having died in infancy, and Ekwefi constantly fears that she will lose Ezinma as well.ekwefis long walk reveals that she loves ezinma more than anything and will do anything for her. okonkwo doesnt want anything to happen to her. Ekwefi is characterized as a devoted, loving mother. After her previous tragedies and losses, she becomes that much more attached to her only surviving child, Ezinma. Motherhood consumes her, and the attention she lavishes on her daughter forges a strong bond between the two.
