Who is Resian?

Resian emerges as the hero of the novel. She opposes circumcision (FGM) despite pushback from her mother and aunts. From the beginning of the novel, she wants to attend Egerton University to pursue her education. Resian is stubborn, strong-willed, and courageous.

When she is almost raped, she fights back. When she cannot convince her parents to stop an arranged marriage to a criminal, who is old enough to be her father, she runs away.

Resian is the protagonist in the novel she emerges as the hero after overcoming the strict rituals of the community such as female genital mutilation and male chauvinism.

Resian is a young girl who stands up to her parents, the elders of nasila and the traditions of nasila.