Cobbe is Effia and Fiifi’s father and Baaba’s husband. He is a good father to Effia, even while Baaba is cruel. However, when Cobbe is on his deathbed, Effia realizes that he had raped his house girl Maame, and that Effia is in fact Maame’s daughter. She also realizes that Cobbe had shamed Baaba by making her take care of Effia.
Cobbe Otcher Quotes in Homegoing
The Homegoing quotes below are all either spoken by Cobbe Otcher or refer to Cobbe Otcher. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: Effia
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He knew then that the memory of the fire that burned, then fled, would haunt him, his children, and his children’s children for as long as the line continued.
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Cobbe Otcher Quotes in Homegoing
The Homegoing quotes below are all either spoken by Cobbe Otcher or refer to Cobbe Otcher. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part 1: Effia
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He knew then that the memory of the fire that burned, then fled, would haunt him, his children, and his children’s children for as long as the line continued.
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