Boromo, Burkina Faso. When Rasmané finds out that his friend Pierre has died, he sets off for his home town to help his family to transport the body home for his funeral. However, Rasmané hasn't reckoned with the traditional village elders who are strictly against them paying their last respects to a non-believer in the village. For Rasmané it is the beginning of an odyssey through Burkina Faso, as it turns out its not so straightforward to get the body of a man buried who was not baptised, does not have a Muslim first name and was not a member of any of the country's religious communities.
Mina
Mina, CEO of a large company, decides to take a second partner. It is a daring and cavalier decision, in an environment where polyandry is viewed with suspicion. But Mina has her reasons.
Niassi
Небольшое селение в Буркина-Фасо. Шесть девочек сбегают с ритуала «очищения». Речь идёт о женском обрезании — обычае широко принятом в Африке, часто незаконном, но до сих пор практикуемом. Четверо из них прибегают во двор одного дома, где просят женщину по имени Колле Ардо предоставить им защиту. Они слышали, что она не отдала обрезать свою дочь. По принятому обычаю, нельзя лишить человека убежища, если он того просит, и Колле начинает мулааде — своеобразную магическую защиту, символом которой становится цветная верёвка натянутая перед входом во двор дома. Теперь никто не может войти туда с целью забрать девочек.
Soumari
La Nuit de la Vérité is situated in an imaginary West African country. After ten years of civil war between the government army of the Nayak, led by 'Le président', and the Bonande rebels led by Colonel Theo, there is some sign of peace negotiations. But not everyone is in favor of peace and one can feel the tension. The night of truth starts with a festive dinner, but the village idiot Tomoto always seems capable of ruining the attempts for peace with violence and provocation.
Rokia
Эмиль, его жена Фанта и их четверо детей ведут неплохую жизнь. Но к сожалению отца, Жан, старший сын, интересуется одной лишь музыкой. Однажды из-за этого увлечения Жану приходится покинуть отчий дом...
Eugene, an idealistic young African farmer and musician, decides to leave his village and family momentarily to try out his luck in the city. He makes new friends there, who accompany him on his musical career. He also meets up with Kassi, a childhood friend who has become a prostitute, with whom a new, closer friendship begins. However, when she dies from AIDS, Eugene is confronted by the harsh reality that his spontaneity and innocence blocked out and decides to put his singing talents and fame as a singer to the service of fighting the disease of AIDS. Once back home in his village, the reunion with his wife and children make him realize that life and hope are more powerful than anything else.
On their wedding night, a couple rescue a baby from a garbage bin only to adopt it some years later.
