In this book, the antagonist, a nameless Nigerian narrator has moved to Berlin with his American wife. This was to be a “break from our breaking-apart life”.
In Berlin, his path crosses with fellow Africans: Mark, a film student from Malawi; Karim, the man on the train, who had no choice but to leave Somalia in order to save his daughter from being forced into marriage; Manu, a Libyan surgeon, waiting for his wife and daughter to arrive, hoping they haven’t been lost in the perilous journey across the sea.
