Under Our Skin - Footsteps of a Migrant

Adama and Awa are 25-year-old Senegalese-Burkinabé twins living in Saint Louis, Senegal. They were born from a Burkinabé father, who left to make a life for himself when they were only eight years old, and a Senegalese mother. They searched for him for years before discovering an uncle, Drissa Ouédraogo, who was also looking for his brother, Abdoulaye. Having learned of the twins’ existence he comes to meet them for the first time in Senegal. He decides to go with them to follow Abdoulaye’s footsteps. Together they embark on a common quest through Senegal, Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso. They meet the other families that Abdoulaye founded in Guinea-Bissau and Burkina Faso. The twins will get to know their paternal family and will be confronted with Mossi culture for the first time.