Against the Odds is an extraordinary story about an extraordinary woman. Ten years ago Kakenya was living in a small Masai village nine hours from Nairobi, with no running water, no electricity and no education. Like many of her friends she should have been married in her teens. Instead she challenged the male dominated traditions in her village. She made an unusual deal with her father to win her education: she agreed to be circumcised first. Now she is studying for a PhD in the USA and plans to build a school for girls in her village in Kenya. Against the Odds follows Kakenya from America back to her village in Kenya, where she is visiting her family for the first time in two years
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