Massoh, a 27-year-old Malian, is back at home for her annual holiday. She’s
thrilled to present her new French passport to her father. However, Baba doesn’t share his
daughter’s enthusiasm about this “sɛbɛn” (paper), a symbol of her dual nationality. He
therefore draws Massoh into a back-and-forth discussion in which they question each other
about patriotism, identity, and the difficult subject of homecoming for the diaspora.