Aya Ahoutou, a young Ivorian woman with a degree in archaeology and a specialization in Prehistory, is called to Mali to conduct surveys on a potential excavation site. Oscar Bonogo, an elderly Burkinabé man, must take to the road to earn the money he needs to repay the tontine. Kim, a young Malian girl, recruited into a band of mercenaries, suddenly finds herself in the role of a soldier of God. Three protagonists take turns telling their stories... while we follow the journey of Nourh and Dhib, our distant ancestors who disappeared 300,000 years ago.