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Synopsis:
Love is absolutely the most powerful emotion in the world. It draws us to people without warning and without discrimination and compels us to bond with people our common sense tells us would be better to leave alone.
African villager, Makeba, knows all too well of the power of love. It’s grabbed her, shaken her and captivated her to love a man she can never be with. But despite the reasons, Makeba refuses to resist the pull of love. She’s determined to get her man.
Samba is the prince of the village where Makeba lives, and he is just as fond of her as she is of him. But he values the traditions of his village and knows that he can’t be with Makeba — no matter how much he wants her.
Follow Makeba and Samba as they each make their way to America to follow through with Makeeba’s plan for them. Will losing her family, her village, her traditions — everything that was ever important to her — be for nothing as forces behind her back align to prevent her from being with Samba? Will Makeba be relieved to have escaped the many injustices of her village, including the horrifying genital mutilation that young girls must suffer? Or will she fail in America and be forced to return to the Ivory Coast to face the horrors she’s eluded.
Makeba transforms from a shy African villager to an Americanized woman who’s strong enough to stand on her own two feet to protect herself and along the way, she finds the courage to shape her own destiny despite the deceit and disloyalty of those most close to her.
