The novel charts individuation of the (un-named) narrator, who has returned to his native village in the Sudan having spent seven years in England furthering his education. 
Riwaya hiyo inamfuatilia msimulizi (ambaye hakutajwa jina) katika safari yake ya kurejea kijijini alikozaliwa nchini Sudan baada ya kuishi Uingereza kwa miaka saba akitafuta elimu zaidi.