Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead. Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew and she discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive ... Poignant and powerful.