A creative documentary highlighting the first novel by Mongo Beti, also known as Eza Boto, a pioneering writer of Francophone literature. On a journey through the places mentioned in the novel "Cruel City," two young narrators delve into a colonial world of ruthless violence... We also discover the life story of an African thinker, exiled in Rouen and invisible because of his pan-Africanist views. This documentary is aimed at all Africans and anyone interested in pan-African literature and history.