Juju Sereng is a human colonist and engineer who works at World 41’s HQ in Centralville and is friends with Don Davidson. Given his engineering background, Sereng is interested in the workings of the ansible that Mr. Lepennon and Mr. Or bring to World 41. After Davidson goes rogue and isolates himself and a handful of men on New Java, Juju is the one to communicate directly with Davidson over the radio. He expresses a disdain for the native Athsheans, which Davidson shares, but also suggests that Davidson is creating danger for the colonists by refusing to comply with the Athsheans’ neutrality terms. Juju does not agree with Davidson when Davidson suggests that he and his men can take on the Athsheans singlehandedly, suggesting that Juju is a reasonable man. Davidson’s decision ultimately leads to his own capture and imprisonment on Dump Island, and Juju likely remains in Centralville until the Shackleton returns to pick up the colonists.
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Juju Sereng Character Timeline in The Word for World is Forest
The timeline below shows where the character Juju Sereng appears in The Word for World is Forest. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter One
Davidson goes to meet up with a friend (Juju Sereng) at the bar and sees Raj Lyubov there, sitting with some Navy men. Davidson...
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Chapter Three
...women but also to drop off an ansible, or transmitter, to Prestno (a nearby planet). Juju Sereng, an engineer, asks what that means. Since the Cetians invented ansibles, Or is the...
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Chapter Seven
...Davidson and the officers. Davidson rarely speaks to Dongh on the radio directly; usually it’s Juju Sereng. Davidson likes Juju, but he’s an asiatiform, and it’s weird how many of them...
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On the radio earlier, Juju had told Davidson that he was making it hard for the rest of the humans,...
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Davidson asked Juju to send Central’s hoppers to him if they were too scared to use them, and...
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