Blossoms of the Savannah Lesson Plan

Set in modern Kenya, Blossoms of the Savannah explores the collision between traditional village culture and the modern, increasingly globalized world. After growing up and receiving a modern education in the city of Nakuru, protagonists Taiyo and Resian find themselves thrust into traditional village culture when their father, Ole Kaelo, loses his job and moves his family back to Nasila, the village in which he was born and raised. His two daughters, Taiyo and Resian, are seen in the clan as pariahs because they have not undergone the traditional practice of female genital mutilation, or F.G.M. In his desire to be accepted, Kaelo determines that his daughters must fulfill their duty as...