In a fishermen village in Africa, there is a girl called Binta.
Her father is a fisher, and he hears from his friend all about the white tubab people getting so much fish that you can ever imagine at once and get rich. Binta has a cousin, Soda. She can't go to school because her father thinks that girls shouldn't go to school.
At the climax, Binta's father presents his great idea to the provincial leader. His idea is to adopt a tubab child and show their community, the sharing and caring culture, and give back the child so that he or she can share that idea to the western community and make the world better. Meanwhile at the village, the children do a play in front of Soda's father, and Soda cries and asks her father again, that she wants to go to school.
It was so ironic that Soda's father, who thought he was so great, knows every thing and didn't think he was wrong, was pointed out that he was ignorant by everyone.
They mention about a bird in the first and the end, which I think is a symbol for someone acting north to south and get a new way of thinking or an idea. Also the watch with the alarm stands for the hideous way of thinking the busy and rich western people do.
The theme is to look around because there is always a good idea to know.
