[2][3] Set in a war-torn Mozambique during the end of the civil war when the tension between rival political parties was at its highest point, Tuahir, an older man, and Muidinga, a boy recovering from illness, met at the refugee camp and fled.

Next to one of these bodies they find a set of notebooks written by a person named Kindzu.

The narration alternates the conversations between Tuahir and Muidinga with the entries of the notebooks being read aloud by the latter.

Kindzu manages to narrate the birth of an independent Mozambique and the struggle to keep stability right before the civil war.

He also discusses the importance of family relationships and finding an identity, both personal and national.