Hippolyte Wangrawa

In the Mossi culture, one of the rites attending the birth of a child and its induction as a new member of the community involves the burial of the placenta. The space in which the placenta is buried is called 'Zan Boko' - a phrase which connotes the religious, cultural and affective relations that bind the child to the land and that embraces the notions of 'rootedness' and 'belonging'. Kaboré tells the story of Tinga, who resists the encroaching urbanization of his native territory.

Karim is a young peasant twelve. Since the mysterious disappearance of his father, Ousmane, he lives with Issa, a tyrant uncle, with whom her mother Aisha remarried. Karim works the land with his parents and sold in the market a few chickens or gourds. Sala, twelve years, city and daughter of wealthy people. She only comes to the village to spend the holidays. The two children meet. And as usual, when a boy wants to show signs of his love, he gives the girl a gift.