Based on the winning story of a nationwide writing contest, Nawi portrays the life of a determined girl growing up in rural Kenya. Nawi’s aspirations of attending high school are shattered when she learns that her father Eree plans to marry her off to a stranger, Shadrack. Despite her family’s necessity for the bride wealth—symbolized by a substantial amount of livestock—Nawi refuses to succumb to this arranged child marriage. Her steadfast ally in this struggle is her brother and closest friend, Joel. However, Nawi’s father remains entrenched in tribal traditions, swayed by the counsel of uncles, stepbrothers, and the elders of the clan. Even her three mothers, constrained by their roles aswomen, believe that being a wife is Nawi’s destined path. On her wedding night, she plans for a bold move...