In Oroonoko, the eponymous hero is an African prince from Coramantien who is tricked into slavery and sold to European colonists in Surinam where he meets the narrator. Behn's text is a first-person account of Oroonoko's life, love, rebellion, and execution. Oroonoko: or, the Royal Slave centers on the unlucky love story of Oroonoko, an African prince, and the beautiful Imoinda.