Nabaru
has been assigned to nurse Resian with the hope that once she recovers, she
would be circumcised and with it become Olarinkoi’s wife. But she changes her
mind after spending time with Resian. She becomes her friend and confident and
is committed to being part of her rescue plans. She goes out to find a lorry
from Minik’s ranch and organizes to ferry Resian to safety. She ensures that
nothing would come between them and their plans; not Resian’s sudden ailment,
not the rain nor Olarinkoi’s threats. In the end she delivers her safely.
Minik
has set herself out as an anti- FGM crusader. This has earned her hatred among
her community making them refer to her as the wasp. However, this doesn’t stop
her. She rescues Resian and despite the risks posed by Oloisudori rescues Taiyo
from Esoit. When Oloisudori follows the two girls to her ranch, she confronts
him and humiliates him. She realizes that there is an emerging trend where the
rich lure young girls into early marriage and forced circumcision and she vows
to change tact. She has over 500 girl she has rescued. She is not about to give
up yet
Taiyo
has always wanted to study Music. Her father frustrates her dream when he
denies her a chance to go to Mombasa after being nominated by an FM station.
She models Minik as her role model and vows not to follow archaic cultural
practices such as circumcision and polygamy. She is at odds with a culture that
curtails her right of choice. Even though she is forcibly circumcised on
Oloisudori’s orders, she recovers and vows to pick up her pieces again. In the
end she gets to go to Egerton with her sister to pursue her dream career.
When
one is singularly focused on something, the obstacles only serve to envision
them even more. In the end they achieve what they set out to.
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