# Obebe — Tarzan and the Ant Men character guide

> Obebe in Tarzan and the Ant Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Obebe the cannibal

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Snapshot

A cannibal chief whose village and sleeping habits frame the jungle scenes surrounding Tarzan's African estate, glimpsed through the eyes of his daughter Uhha.

## Who they are

Obebe rules a cannibal village where his daughter Uhha chats with a friend about ornaments and young men while her father sleeps within his hut. The ordinary rhythms of village life — gossip, coiffures, courtship — play out against the grimmer backdrop of Obebe's reputation and appetites. His presence anchors the opening African sequences, grounding Tarzan's world in a landscape both familiar and menacing.

## Relationships

### [Uhha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/characters/uhha)

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Obebe, a tribal chief, commands Uhha as a subordinate warrior in their native African tribe.

### [Uhha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/characters/uhha)

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Obebe, a tribal chief, commands Uhha as a subordinate warrior in their native African tribe.

## In the story

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/i)

Cannibal chief who holds Esteban Miranda captive and wants to eat him, but is opposed by the witch doctor.

### [XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tarzan_and_the_ant_men_se/chapters/xxii)

Cannibal chief who held Tarzan prisoner; urges Khamis to torture Tarzan; mistakenly kills Khamis in the dark.

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