Tokara wants to marry his cousin, the beautiful Nafi, bringing their fathers into conflict with one another. Nafi's father is a high-ranking clergyman while Tokara's father is a candidate for Mayor of the small town in Senegal they all call home. Initially, the fathers' fraternal struggle seems to be all about the happiness of their children, but gradually it transpires that Tokara and Nafi are pawns in a bitter dispute about tradition, progress and the true nature of Islam. Can their family ties help them overcome these ideological differences?