In a rural area of Kenya, young Nawi dreams of one day having a voice—as a teacher, as a doctor, as a self-determined woman. Her teacher encourages her to go to Nairobi and study. But her father sells her into marriage for eight camels, sixty sheep, and a hundred goats. On her wedding night, Nawi bravely flees toward the future. On an island, she earns money for the crossing and begins to teach other young people to read and write. When she learns that her newborn sister is now to be married in her place, she returns. Nawi confronts her husband and family – but she has a plan: she fights for her self-fulfillment, demands a future for her sister, and in doing so changes the fate of many girls.
