A young Malian immigrant in France, Sékou refuses to accept fate. When he returns to his home country for his vacation, it is to try to find solutions to desertification, which is inexorably destroying his village. Through his journey and encounters, the multiple causes (deforestation, overpopulation, economic pressure from wealthy countries, etc.) and consequences (loss of soil fertility, food shortages, ethnic conflicts, immigration to Northern countries, etc.) of desertification are addressed.