Okeyo’s life bespeaks both success and failure. Being a man of chutzpah, his life path crisscrosses those of special women who impact him greatly.  Either as a protagonist, victim or villain, life shapes  his destiny and plunges him headlong  into the new developments in society at the coming of the Whiteman. The only clear path for him is to walk the track cut for him at the same time fulfill the requirements of his call as a warrior and protector of what his people cherish.