Pousse-Pousse's dreams of purchasing a motorcart are frustrated by his obligation of paying his fiancée's dowry to her parents.

An African diplomat who has returned to his native country after a long stay in Europe realizes that perhaps he has assimilated too much white culture.

Jisset is a brilliant and popular journalist. He works for the “Perroquet”, an independent weekly, and is conducting an investigation on the suspicious activities of one of the most important businessmen in the country, Moni-Sam.

An aging village chief entrenched in traditional Cameroonian ways clashes with his daughter. She was educated in France to help support the family, but has taken on the trappings of Western Europeans.