Zaya — A Soldier's Story 2: Return from the Dead Character Profile

About Zaya

Regina's close friend who stays behind to care for her younger brother while navigating the displacement and tension caused by the oil company's arrival.

Zaya — Character Profile

Character Facts

Played by

Somkele Iyamah Idhalama

Appears in

A Soldier's Story 2: Return from the Dead (2020)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (4)

• Zaya — Social Friend — Regina (Linda Ejiofor)

  Close friends; Zaya agrees to watch Regina's brother before her departure.

• Zaya — Alliance Co-Villager — Chealsea (Berit Glaser)

  Fellow villagers attempting to heal and resist corporate displacement.

• Zaya — Conflict Corporate Opponent — Mr. Hammersmith (Eric Roberts)

  Leader of the American company seizing village land for crude oil extraction.

• Zaya — Alliance Resistance Ally — Logan (Chris Attoh)

  Local defender helping organize community protection against corporate forces.

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More characters from A Soldier's Story 2: Return from the Dead

• Mr. Hammersmith (Eric Roberts)
• Regina (Linda Ejiofor)
• Chealsea (Berit Glaser)
• Capt. David (Baaj Adebule)
• Major Egan (Tope Tedela)
• Lt. Col. Kenze (Segun Arinze)
• Ghetto (Sambasa Nzeribe)
• Capt. Nimma (Michelle Dede)
• Man in Black (Ani Iyoho)
• Col. Bello (Chukwuma Aligwekwe)
• Reporter (Lola Adamson)
• Mrs. Assambe (Vimbai Mutinhiri)