Saaraba

Tamsir returns to Senegal after 17 years in Europe His uncle gives him a patronage job in Dakar virtually without duties He visits his familys village to see his parents and there he meets the beautiful Lissa Tamsir espouses traditional ways as does Lissa but when her parents agree to marry her off to a corrupt and wellspoken member of parliament Tamsir and Lissa dishonor the family and she becomes pregnant The MPs response his and Tasmirs uncles plan to capture the village farmland the reactions of Lissas parents who are strict followers of Islam the disaffection of Dakar youth and the dreams of a village mechanic to find Saaraba Utopia complete the story