sentences:  Park (Emmet Judson Williamson), an African American who has moved to Africa and is driving to Limbe with his son.As they ride, France's mind drifts and we see her as a young girl in Northern French Cameroon where her father was a colonial administrator.The story is conducted through the eyes of young France, showing her friendship with the "houseboy", Protée, as well the sexual tension between him and her young and beautiful mother, Aimée.