Clando / Clandestine

Proud and determined, the hunter set out, leaving behind his village ravaged by a terrible drought. All the villagers came out to wish him well, and everyone gave what he could: an egg, a handful of peanuts or a few kola nuts…

As in the folktale, Sobgui, a former computer programmer who now drives a « clando » cab in Douala, travels to Europe to buy cars and to escape for a while his life in Cameroon which has become unbearable. In Cologne (Germany), Sobgui joins a community of African emigrants. Most are hard-working and ambitious people. Sobgui begins a love affair with Irene, a German political activist who encourages Sobgui to return home and fight for change.